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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form by county of the number of applications that are deemed by his Department as dormant; the number of those applications which are dormant specifically as a result of habitat directives; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown on the length of time that the 13 lease applications for offshore renewable energy projects are waiting to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to transfer 2012 entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22390/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Projects (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants or assistance available from his Department for the building of an underpass under a road to carry stock safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/14]

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...