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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In terms of the region, is that not what this boils down to? The next time Aer Lingus goes back, the deal will be so onerous for Shannon that it will be unable to live up to the expectation and then the airline will state it is obliged to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, the important point here is that were Mr. Kavanagh the chief executive of British Airways - perhaps he will be some day in the future, given that is the natural progression - he would be negotiating with a Government. Essentially, that is what is going on here over the airwaves. I am sure the officials in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, who at 7.20 p.m. may have nothing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Was that the unanimous view of the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The chairman of the Aer Lingus board might like to consider reverting to the committee on this issue. This is far too important an issue. For example, if the committee arrived at a decision and seven members dissented, it would still be indicated. This is a minority share owned by the Government and we have a right to know what happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: We have an obligation to consider what has been discussed and deliberated on, but we are working in the dark. Aer Lingus would do itself a favour if it came clean and told us the whole truth. It came out of the blue and told us half the story the other day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is not unanimous then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Mr. Barrington accept that from the committee’s point of view he is leaving us in a position where the board of a company, of which the State owns 25%, has made a decision but the committee does not know whether there was dissent, no more than there is dissent among the public, about the bid? Would it not be in the company’s best interests to put in the public domain how...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's plans to address the difficulties faced by farmers whose lands have been designated as sanctuaries for protecting the habitat of hen harriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary does not qualify for the single parent tax allowance. [6997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the engagements her Department has had with officials in the European Commission in respect of an application for funding from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, in respect of funds under the access to justice proposal under the European Union Commission Justice Programme 2014 to 2022; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made, to date, on the recommendations made by Mr. Justice Quirke in respect of the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if a person in receipt of half-rate mobility allowance can have the rate increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6805/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans to include the new drug, Regorasenib Stivarg,a from a pharmaceutical company (details supplied), for inclusion in the community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can impose a charge of €20, on medical card patients, to provide a script for vital medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that he has approved a grant of €250,000 to a sports club (details supplied) in New York; the terms of this grant; if it is funded from current or capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a legal charge will be required on a sports club (details supplied) in New York, to safeguard the taxpayers' grant-aid of €250,000, as would be required for a similar grant award to a sports club here; and the way this might be registered and enforced, if required. [6915/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the verification and inspection process he has put in place to ensure the integrity of the grant award of €250,000 to a sports club (details supplied) in New York. [6916/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funds available to his Department in 2014 and allocated for 2015, to grant aid sports clubs based outside Ireland. [6913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advertisements were placed, inviting sporting clubs based outside Ireland to apply for grant-aid for the development of their sporting facilities; if he will confirm where these advertisements were placed; the number of applications received; the criteria used to adjudicate on these applications; the total number of successful...