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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the successes of the reading and mathematics recovery programmes in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if she will extend the programmes to non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when is it likely that this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme+, if there will be a maximum and minimum number of acres that payment will be made in respect of, and if persons in hen harrier designated areas must have a plan to avail of the schemes; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme and green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme+, if he will please advise whether a farmer, who has finished with the agri-environment options scheme 1 and-or with the agri-environment options scheme 2, may transfer to these green schemes,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9276/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate could be reissued in view of financial circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a grant will be increased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the patronage process in place for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and the timeframe for this process. [9131/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be purchased for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow;and if this school will be housed at a temporary location in the interim. [9236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may apply for an exemption from Irish in secondary school. [9154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposal to introduce a register for technologists to enable them to work under the new Building Control (Amendment) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9049/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the construction regulations for one-off houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the officials from the OPW. I wish to start with decentralisation and the property portfolio. A reply to a parliamentary question that I tabled in January 2015 stated that the Road Safety Authority, RSA, has a lease on a property in Ballina costing €442,828; in Carrick-on-Shannon, the Department of Social Protection has a 20-year lease for €600,000; while in Limerick...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Ms McGrath have details of the occupancy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the Department of Social Protection building in Carrick-on-Shannon, there is capacity for 186 people and €600,00 is being paid under the lease arrangement. How does the OPW know that it is value for money if it does not know how many people are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How many people are in Carrick-on-Shannon at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW know that it is getting value for money if 186 places have been provided but it does not know how many people are there? How can the OPW rationalise the value for money element in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW monitor the effective use?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That does not answer the question I asked. How does the OPW monitor this on an ongoing basis? The Department of Social Protection said that it needed 186 places but how do we know that €600,000 is value for money if we do not know how many public servants are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To take the example we are discussing, did the Department of Social Protection communicate to the OPW in 2013 that it had a sufficient amount of space for the number of people who were in Carrick-on-Shannon?