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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (20 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm for this Deputy that local authorities can invoke section 76 of the 1993 Roads Act in order to remove water from public roads, removing the risk of flooding to private property, that the section allows the local authority to take such action without the need to serve notice on the landowner on or through whose...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Given that the Opposition has attempted to make hay from this issue in recent weeks, it is absolutely disgraceful that there is no justice spokesperson from any Opposition party here, including the Technical Group, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. The manner in which they have behaved in recent weeks proves that this is a cynical political ploy. They have absolutely no interest in what...

Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak. We could nearly speak about the weather here every week in the last number of weeks because things have been so bad. I pay tribute to the local authority staff and Eircom workers and I offer my condolences to the family of the deceased Eircom subcontractor who lost his life at the weekend. As we have all said, it is was a miracle that more people were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Minister stated that the transcript of last week's meeting tallies with his recollection of his interaction with Mr. O'Brien in the particular instance he cited. Having reviewed the entire transcript, did the Minister find anything that did not tally with his recollection? In his interaction with the chairman of GSOC and the other commissioners, is he satisfied that he received the same...

Other Questions: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: In 2012 the overall budget was €629 million and NGOs received approximately €159 million. Given the scale of the money involved it is essential we do not leave any scope for an information vacuum to develop and NGOs need to be encouraged to publish as much information as possible. I welcome the Minister of State's reply in this context. As a percentage of our overall gross...

Other Questions: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will the Minister of State examine encouraging NGOs funded through Irish Aid to level with the people they stop on the side of the street to ask if they would sign a direct debit and tell them exactly what percentage of the money goes to the charitable purpose, how much goes to the collector and how much goes to the organisation for administration? On any street in urban Ireland one is bound...

Other Questions: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that those charitable and non-governmental organisations that are funded by his Department, partially or otherwise, operate salary systems in keeping with that in the public sector; if he is satisfied that staff in those organisations are not in receipt of top-ups; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: This question relates to the expenditure of Irish Aid moneys and the allocation of such moneys to non-governmental organisations working overseas, specifically in light of the recent controversy about top-ups and excessive salaries being paid to executives in receipt of moneys from the HSE and other agencies of the State. I seek assurances that the salaries within those organisations are in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on plans to provide new diplomatic missions; and if he will make provision for any other new missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 11 February 2014, if an Irish company offered to provide the system without cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Records (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 169. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make the military service records available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8403/14]

An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Motion (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tá áthas orm cúpla focal a rá ar an rún seo - go molann Dáil Éireann Rónán Ó Domhnaill lena cheapadh ag an Uachtarán mar Choimisinéir Teanga - atá os comhair na Dála tráthnóna. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an gcoimisinéir atá ag éirí as, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, as...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister's reply. I think he will agree with me that it is intolerable that local authorities and regional road design offices work in a vacuum in designing roads for which An Bord Pleanála refuses permission. We saw this happen in Adare and other parts of the country. The problem does not arise only at preplanning consultation stage but when permission is refused by An...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: While I welcome the Minister's response, I raised this issue in the context of the situation in Adare, County Limerick which has virtually been left in Limbo because the local authority and the regional road design office are none the wiser about why An Bord Pleanála decided to reject the route of the road. I hope the N21 which conveys the bulk of the tourist traffic from Dublin and...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the upcoming merger of the National Roads Authority and the Rail Procurement Agency, he will consider amendments to existing planning legislation and regulatory instruments to allow the NRA and or local authorities to engage in pre-planning consultations with An Bord Pleanála in an attempt to avoid money being...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 797. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if as a result of the proposed merger of the Rail Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority, he is satisfied that the current legislative and regulatory framework which apply to both organisations is such that both agencies are capable of addressing issues including planning applications and the submission of observations to...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: These questions relate to the current position whereby the National Roads Authority is prohibited from entering pre-planning consultations with local authorities or An Bord Pleanála in the context of the construction of new roads across the country.

Other Questions: Airport Security (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Timmy Dooley might be given citizenship.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll out of the National Driver Licensing Service; if he is satisfied that the delays which were being encountered at initial stages of the roll out have been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the implications for the pension entitlement of a permanent primary teacher who would resign their position to take up a temporary position in another part of the country in the hope that they may be made permanent at that location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8030/14]