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

Patrick O'Donovan: Anyone who watches the RTE programme on emergency and rescue services will probably get a better insight into the work of mountain rescue. I am not from a mountainous county but we have low uplands, in Ballyhoura and Mullaghareirk. In the area, there is a response organisation. Following a missing young person case a number of years ago in the Abbeyfeale area, there came about the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: Fierce hardy.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is being pursued for a jobseeker's allowance overpayment when the error was on the part of the social welfare officials; if the overpayment can be cancelled at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21657/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the grassland sheep payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/14]

Order of Business (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: When will the promised maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill come before the House? More than 240 applications have been made for foreshore licences, some of which take up to five years to be determined. As the Taoiseach is aware, many of these applications involve job creation measures for coastal communities and ports.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: That man is sitting beside Deputy Flanagan. He should talk to Deputy Wallace about that. The vineyards get single farm payments.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: He has a very selective memory.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: He must not want any votes in County Meath.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding exemption from capital gains tax (details supplied). [21504/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a status update on a staff appeal application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to maintain the third teaching post for the next school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will issue on an appeal against the decision not to approve sufficient funding to equip two new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21453/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision in an application under the summer works scheme which is now under appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to reduce rent supplement to families who are experiencing great difficulty while on council waiting lists and cannot afford to meet the increasing rents being imposed by landlords, which is resulting in families being accommodated in hotels at very high cost to the State. [21415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has participated in ERS 2 scheme and now finds that they cannot establish allocation rights in view of changes being introduced under the new EU Common Agricultural Policy be given a situation of force majure, that is, lease to run its course then entitlements returned to them if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural College Places (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the teaching staff numbers in agricultural colleges in view of increased enrolments together with the commitments laid out in Food Harvest 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue on the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20723/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription levy in the near future for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20749/14]

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: With regard to mandated persons, teachers are hugely important as a cog in the wheel. They are cheek by jowl with children on a daily basis and they have an important role to play, but they need to be supported, resourced and trained. They need to be sensitive. When the heads of the Bill were being examined, some of the contributors at the committee meeting were reluctant to suggest...

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It does what it says on the tin and puts children first. It is long overdue. Having listened to the debate this evening and since the Minister introduced the legislation, I note that others have contextualised the Bill in terms of where the country has come from. It is no harm to do that. Every morning every Member walks in past the...