Results 8,141-8,160 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 510. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the delivery of a new accident and emergency unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (1 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 511. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made in respect of auditing those sections 38 and 39 organisations funded from his Department; the level of compliance in those organisations in respect of pay practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons by county that are currently awaiting MRI scans; the number of those waiting over six months; those waiting over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14834/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test Regulations (1 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint external auditors to certify that the knowledge tests that are currently being undertaken by those applicants requiring SPSV licences are accurate and that the replies which are being offered in the multiple choice elements are correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (27 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there was a reduction in tax credits in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14464/14]

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do not worry; I am not simple at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Strategic Plan 2012-17 and Other Issues: RTE (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: If a person is on that sort of money, he or she is in RTE for over 20 years, whereas a Prime Minister or Chancellor will be there for probably seven or eight years. If that person has not made provision for his or her pension over a 20 year period, having been paid in excess of €300,000 in today's money, then that is that person's problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Strategic Plan 2012-17 and Other Issues: RTE (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I ask the representatives to examine these schedules in future-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Strategic Plan 2012-17 and Other Issues: RTE (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----and try to understand its audience. Gene Wilder in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was big in 1974 but he is not big now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Strategic Plan 2012-17 and Other Issues: RTE (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the RTE representatives for attending. Like the previous speakers, I support much of the work RTE does. In particular, initiatives in recent years like "Love/Hate" have lifted the bar. However, we would be failing in our duty in this committee if we did not separate what RTE is doing well from what it could be doing better. Following on from what previous speakers said about...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Policy (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department have had recent discussions with colleagues in the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on protection of habitats on agricultural land; their implications for landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drainage Schemes Status (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his officials have considered measures to assist those landowners who clear water channels to improve drainage and thereby reduce the risk of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider initiatives to incentivise the roll-out of free Wi-Fi in city and town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their 2013 agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14355/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a vaccination programme for meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 147. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the commissioning of the new vessels for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Events (25 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 152. To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans for members of the Defence Forces to participate in upcoming events to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (25 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax is liable in respect of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 12 March 2014, if it is incumbent on his Department to ensure moneys provided by his Department to a parent or legal guardian to provide home tuition is spent on this service; the checks his Department have in place to ensure that children whose parents or legal guardians receive said moneys actually...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the policy on the provision of broadband services in rural areas; if he recognises a universal social obligation to provide adequate broadband, mobile and telephone services to all areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14053/14]