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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. In regard to the regional development strategy, the IDA announced yesterday the initial tranche of larger urban centres. There is a substantial tier of towns in the population category of 1,500 to 7,000 underneath that. Mr. Shanahan told Deputy John Deasy that he was open to suggestions from local authorities. Is he open to suggestions now or will authorities have to wait until 2017?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have a feeling that our region is disadvantaged compared to other regions by virtue of how the land is owned. It is no slur on the airport. It must run its business and make a commercial return. However, if there is a site for sale in Mallow in County Cork versus one for sale in Newcastle West and one is considerably more expensive than the other, there is an obvious attractiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of visits made by the Industrial Development Agency to County Limerick in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Appeals (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants or assistance available to organisations which wish to buy a defibrillator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/15]

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on this Bill. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, who is from my own county. It is generally accepted that she is doing a very good job in the Department and I wish her well in that role. The Bill refers to the internationalisation of education and focuses primarily on third-level in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Data (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, in tabular form and by county and year, of the total number of new vehicles registered during the month of January in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the retirement packages available for domestic staff in community hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans the Health Service Executive has for the staff of the palliative care unit, which has been constructed at Saint Ita's Community Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide resources through the Health Service Executive to staff the new cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 666. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the hedge cutting time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6120/15]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: While I agree that it cannot be called the National Roads Authority, if it is going to have a function in respect of rail we should be careful in the context of branding and ensure that there is not some sort of elaborate scheme launched in order to come up with a name and a logo.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for putting forward the amendment. I had a similar amendment drafted, but I appreciate the fact that it was not as detailed as what the Minister has come up with. This came out of the bizarre situation whereby the National Roads Authority would embark on the design and construction of a new road without knowing whether it was going to get planning permission for it....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: And Harold's Cross greyhound stadium.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To be clear, did this money originate from the Higher Education Authority by way of allocation to the college concerned?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Did the Higher Education Authority make any note, or did it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it aware of it now?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The last time we had the Higher Education Authority in here was only a fortnight ago. Its responses in relation to what it is doing with State money, and any degree of oversight it has in that regard, were appalling. This seems to be another example of that. I think this is an opportunity to have representatives of the authority in on their own to explain what they actually do, if that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Specifically on that-----