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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What would an increase in employer’s PRSI to 15.75% have meant to the industry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The next time someone says employers' PRSI should go up, the federation will issue a statement saying "not".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Dessie Ellis had better watch out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----in regard to the Irish consumer. Deputy Griffin made a good point, that we have a poor record on bringing people back into Ireland from overseas. I wonder whether the two are related. Another issue that was relayed to us, and we would be failing in our job if we did not bring it up here, is proficiency in English. An issue was raised a while ago about training. People like to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Apologies for being late. I welcome the participants. I am an unashamed supporter of publicans and pubs. We are endangered species in this place at present because they are being blamed for all the social ills. The irresponsible behaviour of some people in regard to alcohol, particularly from a road traffic point of view, is something that nobody would condone. That being said, there...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Land Issues (17 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of townlands in County Limerick that have designated lands for the protection of the habitat of the hen harrier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48626/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is important to point out that the washing of the hands in public is all very well and good but the reality is that these people are living with a problem that was created under the negotiations carried out by the Irish Government at the time when the directive was being drawn up by the European Commission. We can talk all we want about irrelevant issues such as whether we remain in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: That type of debate is pointless and of no worth to today's discussion. The people concerned are now living with the decision of the then Government which signed them up to this and withdrew the compensation package. I would like to outline the reason it is important this committee review this matter. In regard to the eligibility criteria for the single farm payment, the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the delegates. I live in the middle of a hen harrier designated area. All of west Limerick is designated. I have heard about this in chapter and verse for many years. It is not today or yesterday that this issue has become a problem but it is now coming to a head. To be fair, most landowners do not really have a difficulty with the designation and understand the reasons for it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am deputising for Senator Pat O'Neill.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed salary cap for young farmers under the rural development programme; and the proposed salary cap for off farming income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47951/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Protection of Habitats (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of discussions his Department have had during 2014 with the European Commission in respect of issues associated with the designation of farm land for the protection of habitats for the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48258/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of a recent response by the EU Commissioner for agriculture to a parliamentary question, if he will provide details in tabular form by county since 2009 of the number of farmers who have lost their single farm payment because of a loss of compliance with the definition eligible and where the eligibility has been lost as a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install public lighting on the N21 at the principal junction in Rathkeale, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install public lighting at Banogue village in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (16 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 693. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of landowners who have been instructed by National Parks and Wildlife Service to change their farming activities since the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC, as it relates to the protection of the habitat of the hen harrier; and if she will make a statement...

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the witnesses. My brother is chairperson of a credit union and he is a member of ReBo.

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Mr. McVeigh. My brother is so effective that this is the first time I have had the chance to discuss ReBo with anyone.

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: My concern relates to what Deputy Connaughton said. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications, of which I am a member, has done a lot of work on the future of the An Post network, in particular in rural communities. There is no doubt the sustainability of the network will come under enormous pressure. The reality is that for many communities no financial services will...