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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a replacement proof of citizenship will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford as their first time passport application cannot be issued without same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23294/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the mobility allowance and mobility transport allowance; the scheme that has been put in place since the removal of those allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 881. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by general hospital of the number of persons in each of grades three to eight, as of 30 April 2014; if he will provide the same detail for 30 April 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22982/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clerical promotions that have taken place within the hospital structure without interview in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22983/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each clerical grade within the Health Service Executive; the total salary cost of each grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22984/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1000. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of any funding his Department may have available for persons to apply for in order to set up a mother and toddler group for children. [22667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (15 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received correspondence from any tier two or tier three ports as identified in the national ports policy of their intention to carry out major expansion of their facilities; if it is his intention to uphold the categorisation of ports as contained in the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (15 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on passenger numbers in Shannon Airport following the decision of the Government to separate Shannon from the Dublin Airport Authority. [21524/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I accept there needs to be a knowledge test and I should have said so at the outset. There needs to be a knowledge test and there needs to be standards. I also accept that the Minister of State's overall role is in policy. One of the policy statements that could be made by the Department is that the test the NTA is imposing should reflect the area in which the person is expected to...

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the matter of the industry knowledge test for small public service vehicles for discussion. I regret I have had to raise it as a Topical Issues matter but I have already raised it umpteen times through parliamentary questions, as well as at the Oireachtas transport committee, but the replies have been wholly unsatisfactory. This is a significant...

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It might be far more important for an applicant from the Minister’s area to know about O’Brien’s Bridge or Ardnacrusha, County Clare, or Montpelier, County Limerick, than it would be to know about places in south Tipperary that he or she will never service. There is a hands-over-the-ears mentality in the NTA. It does not understand there are jobs being put at stake....

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Invariably the test is designed for failure. I accept a rural hackney licence has been brought in but the reason for that is because the NTA will simply not change the knowledge test to allow a person to be tested on the area in which they cover rather than the overall county from which they come.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: They have gone very quiet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fáilte Ireland: Chairperson Designate (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Cawley and thank him for his presentation. I am sure he understand the constraints under which we are working and which have necessitated several suspensions of the proceedings. I come from a part of the country, County Limerick, that has been bypassed by the tourism industry. We are located along one of the most important strategic roads in Ireland in terms of the tourism...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fáilte Ireland: Chairperson Designate (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: We are claiming him for Mayo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Given the previous contributions, would it be fair to say that there is no overall national umbrella structure for all the search and rescue people? Is there any one point of contact at Government level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is their role primarily for when an emergency is called or are they there to ensure there is continuous training and development?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has a drill operation or training exercise been carried out recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Nationally, under the auspices of the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: On Sunday night, I was watching a preview of the programme that is to be aired next week. It showed the helicopter airlifting somebody from Ballhoura. The area has a very good reputation. My point was not necessarily on the mountain bike trails but on people entering low uplands with bogs, bog holes and very soft conditions underfoot. People go off the trail and get lost and become...