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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would the Minister be averse to the idea? Does he see the logic of my argument?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage those local authorities who are touched by or adjoin the Wild Atlantic Way to develop localised driving routes, off the main route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23237/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on any changes to the knowledge test for small public service vehicle licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made to narrow the differentials between solid fuels north and south of the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of cases dealt with by coroners in 2014; the total cost in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm, in respect of the panels that were established for the Garda Síochána recruitment campaigns, that all of the candidates in band 1 have now been called and that band 2 candidates will now be called in the next round of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position of bands 1, 2 and 3 that were formed in the Garda Síochána recruitment process; in view of the fact the candidates who have already been chosen for recruitment have come from band 1; when it is envisaged that the candidates in band 2 will be informed that they will progress to band 1; and if she will make a...

Topical Issue Debate: Primary School Literacy Programme (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On a day when the country is talking about literacy through the exploits of Leopold Bloom, giving a child the ability to read independently is probably one of the greatest gifts one can give. It is better than a situation I experienced recently. A man in his fifties arrived at my constituency office. I gave him a form for a housing adaptation grant and he told me he could not fill it out...

Topical Issue Debate: Primary School Literacy Programme (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and the Minister for Education and Skills for attending. Last Friday I attended a presentation of certificates in the Limerick Education Centre, with which the Minister will be very familiar. The certificates were for teachers who have recently obtained a qualification to deliver the Reading Recovery programme. As the Minister will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the representatives. Having listened to the presentation and following on from Deputy Moynihan's questions, I cannot help but draw the conclusion that what is essentially being proposed to be constructed on a North-South basis is an energy one-way street that will predominantly benefit the economy of Northern Ireland in the short to medium term. This one-way energy street is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: We will become a net exporter of electricity to Northern Ireland and our surplus will be exported as more and more power plants come on stream. It is clear from Mr. Blaney's answer to Deputy Moynihan's question that, as sure as there is a sun in the sky, consumers will not benefit from all this additional capacity in Ireland. Even with the lower cost of coal and oil, consumers have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What percentage reduction in electricity can domestic users expect to see within five years through the construction of this interconnector? Surely that has been worked out. If it is of such benefit to the Irish jurisdiction, what benefit can consumers expect to see within five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To the consumer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: By how much will the consumer's electricity bill be reduced as a result of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is a very basic question from Mr. Blaney's point of view, as he is in a regulatory role, there to protect the consumer. The issue of the interconnector is going on since Job was a boy. Surely Mr. Blaney has a figure in a head as to how much the consumers in this State would be better off as a result of this thing being built.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do we have a figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The beneficiaries of that will be the producers of electricity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The benefit will be €10 million-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----to 4 million people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So it is €5 each.