Results 61-80 of 82 for cavan speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (9 May 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to attract international visitors to the country, including to places of exceptional natural beauty. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to Fáilte Ireland for direct reply in regard to their tourism initiatives in Cavan and Monaghan.  Please contact my private office if you have not received a reply within ten working days. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... There is also a YouTube channel. As well as that, local sports partnerships are being empowered to engage with the Department's sports capital section. If there is an issue in Louth, Monaghan, Cavan or anywhere in the north east, there is no reason the sports partnerships cannot engage with the Department's officials and they can provide the expertise and support. In respect of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2015. (28 Sep 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...soon as I have that report I will share it with Deputy Troy. This is a commitment in the programme for Government of which I am very conscious, not only Lakelands, but also that whole corridor in the country from Cavan, Monghan and east Donegal right down to the outskirts of Cork city that falls between two stools, my own county included. There was bewilderment in some quarters about...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (19 Jul 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...; Sligo County Council; Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; Kerry County Council; Tipperary County Council; South Dublin County Council; Wicklow County Council; Cork County Council; Meath County Council; and Cavan County Council.

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Project Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Ireland branding has been very successful. Since coming to the Department, I have instructed departmental officials and Fáilte Ireland that there is a corridor down the middle of the country from Cavan, Monaghan and east Donegal right down to north County Cork, which I believe is a priority area. I believe that priority needs to be addressed through the local authorities in...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Project Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...amount of money available for capital works to enhance the tourism product available. I had a meeting with Fáilte Ireland representatives this morning to discuss the corridor I mentioned that goes from outside Cork city up to Cavan and Monaghan along both banks of the River Shannon. When local authorities are making applications to Fáilte Ireland for capital works, they...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (8 Jun 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the following counties submitted expressions of interest: Local Authorities/Counties Kilkenny Limerick Waterford Kildare Roscommon Cork City Monaghan Clare Sligo DLR Kerry Tipperary SDCC Wicklow Cork County Meath Cavan Of the expressions of interest received, only three were for new pools, two of which were valid and both in Dublin, one in Lucan and the other in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...infrastructure in all of County Kerry, most of Limerick and all of north Cork. That is just one region, not to mention the fact that the counties of Longford, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan have no access to the network, in addition to a huge part of the south east, such as Wexford and parts of Kilkenny, Carlow and Wicklow. What is the plan to roll out the network? There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... The geological survey map of Ireland reveals that many of the areas that would be regarded as potential fracking areas - the limestone areas of east Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, west Cavan and across the Border - are also areas susceptible to high levels of radon, if one looks at it very coldly and without looking at it without major levels of research. Would it be fair to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...be, there is no indication as to what happens the geology on the way down. My biggest concern is that vein of territory, starting on the shores of Lough Derg in east Clare up to the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, is very susceptible to high levels of naturally-occurring radon which we can deal with if it is allowed to be emitted naturally. What is the effect when man sticks his oar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...a keen knowledge of the Northern Ireland energy market. It appears from the evidence the committee received that EirGrid is intent on putting the north-south interconnector through the counties of Cavan, Meath and Monaghan to facilitate an energy deficit in Northern Ireland. Obviously, the ESB could potentially be a beneficiary of that. The representatives of EirGrid said clearly to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Ms Graham for her reply. What would she say to the communities in Cavan, Monaghan and Meath who will have this structure erected on top of them? There has been little or no consultation, or it is meaningless consultation, with EirGrid. At the same time EirGrid walked away from a similar project in the south east and it is due to walk away from a similar project in the west, telling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...not like to live beside one of these structures and his honesty was refreshing, although it nearly cost him his position. If he would not like to live beside one of these, why should somebody in Cavan, Monaghan or Meath, as their communities will not benefit in any case? The beneficiaries would be communities in Northern Ireland with an energy shortage. Ironically, at the last meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The people of Cavan, Monaghan and Meath have to fix it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of a report commissioned by the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly which looked at illegal fuel laundering and the diesel residue dumped along the Border, specifically counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal. Total expenditure by the Department in respect of these local authorities is just over €5 million, with Louth County Council receiving €3.79 million since 2011....

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ..., from County Cork to County Donegal. The latest figures show that the Exchequer is happy to fork out €3.7 million to Louth County Council, €1.18 million to Monaghan County Council, €23,000 to Cavan Council and €40,000 to Donegal County Council to clean up the mess.

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... As I have stated on previous occasions, it is also fine for Sinn Féin to pay for septic tanks in Northern Ireland to be desludged but it does not want to pay for the desludging of such tanks in Cavan or Monaghan. Those in Sinn Féin will charge for water services in Fermanagh but they will not charge for them in Cavan. It will be very interesting to see what those in...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the Committee of Public Accounts, in the Chamber or on the street, the perception of the fairness and impartiality of the penalty points system has got a walloping. We cannot have situations where a judge - an impartial and independent adjudicator of the law - in the Cavan-Monaghan District Court claims the law is being brought into disrepute by the penalty points system and that cases...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (10 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...59 cases have been thrown out in Castlebar; 133 in Ennis; 71 in Gorey; 68 in Nenagh; 71 in Wexford, along with a whole clatter of others. This culminated last week in a situation in a court in the Cavan-Monaghan area where the judge within his remit referred to the law being brought into disrepute. This is a very serious situation. I refer to the person who is informed by post that he...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the flooding we have seen throughout the country, which is due in no small way to the lack of any type of such maintenance. There are over 50 different publicly-funded agencies in charge of the Shannon, from Cavan to its mouth at Ballylongford. Is it any wonder it bursts its banks every year? In the health area, one of the commitments in the programme for Government on which I believe...