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Other Questions: Food Exports (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: My question relates to the impact the ban on EU exports to Russia, the second largest market for EU produce, is having in Ireland and across the EU. The Minister might use the opportunity to update Members on any discussion between the EU and Russia or any bilateral discussions between Ireland and Russia on the matter.

Other Questions: Food Exports (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Minister referred to storage aid and intervention. Will that be reviewed on an ongoing basis by the Agriculture and Fisheries Council? The decision to ban produce from the EU came as a result of what Russia did in Crimea. As that will not be resolved any time soon and certainly not before the end of the year, I presume the measures the Minister mentioned should be extended. I refer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the discussions that he has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to those landowners whose lands have been designated for the protection of the hen harrier habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent court proceedings her plans to make amendments to existing procedures to allow staff of Go Safe to be in a position to provide evidence on behalf of gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43426/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details in tabular form by District Court and circuit area by month since the introduction of Go Safe in 2009 of the cases dismissed by judges because of claims by motorists that they had not received notifications of the speeding fines in the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43424/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total water consumption by local authority area on 1 October 2013 and on 1 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/14]

Nursing Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: This motion is an opportunity missed because instead of the very narrow motion it put down, the Opposition should have considered care of the elderly in a broader way. I speak from personal experience. Many who have personal experience of caring for elderly relatives will be aghast at some of the earlier contributions tonight and wonder are these seriously the same people who cut the blind...

Nursing Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----when it talks about what it is going to do now with its 19 seats. One of the points missed in this motion is that care of the elderly is multifaceted. It includes public, community-based facilities, private nursing homes, community-based facilities owned by the voluntary sector and the home-based services. I have raised before with the Minister of State and her predecessor the amount...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the aftermath of the fiasco that was the licence for the Garth Brooks concerts last summer, a commitment was given to review the legislation on licensing events of this nature. In the recent past an announcement was made that a concert will be held in Croke Park next summer. When is it expected that legislative proposals will be brought forward to address this anomaly to ensure concert...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Unmetered.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is three of Deputy Adams's dinners.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Those assessments are gone to their heads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to follow on from matters raised by Senator Brennan. What does Ms O'Donnell think of the fact that the number of penalty points for speeding offences has increased from two to three? A driver who accumulates 12 penalty points is off the road. Anecdotally, I have been told that there are locations in towns and villages across the country where speed detection is perceived to be an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: We have indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It has now gone up to three.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The point is that the Garda is being challenged and the RSA should have a naming and shaming role with regard to local authorities which are failing in their duties. We know some of them. One can get lost on some roads in this country not for the want of signs but because of the size of potholes. Deputy McEntee's county would be an example of somewhere with a serious problem in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I congratulate Ms O'Donnell and wish her well in her role. I also compliment her predecessor. With the guidance of the Chairman, I would like to see a full relationship between the chairman of the RSA and the committee. It is beneficial that the chairman comes before the committee on a regular basis. While we are talking about the matter of road fatalities, in my constituency a man was...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Alcohol Sales (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 154. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office compiles information on the total amount of alcohol sold here and the amounts imported into the State for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Alcohol Pricing (11 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department examined the issue of the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and other multiples below the price which was originally paid for it, as a result of claiming VAT rebate on the differential from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42839/14]