Results 8,381-8,400 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: For many communities that have experienced emigration, with family members living in Australia, England and elsewhere, this is another development that will enable emigrants to keep in touch with those at home at what is a difficult time for many. As a Deputy from a rural area, this is to be welcomed.
- ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We should not underestimate the importance of broadband to the future development of this country. It is probably as important to us now as the Shannon scheme was to rural electrification between the late 1920s and the 1950s. It is a pity the Bill has not received the amount of media coverage it deserved. As previous speakers have noted,...
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Who was the contractor that laid the pipes?
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: They were too busy selling Aer Lingus.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (23 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a P21 to be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3504/14]
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy should not forget herself; she should pay back the leader's allowance.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about people who do not pay their VAT?
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Fianna Fáil members also did it.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Like the leaders' allowances.
- Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members’ Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality pointed out there is much more work to be done in the charities regulatory area. While some Members attended the justice committee to describe their shock at the Minister’s decision to wind down a particular aspect of lottery funding, some of the figures revealed here this...
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: I previously raised the need for a debate in this House on the disappeared and the Smithwick tribunal's findings on the killing of two RUC officers south of the Border. Has time been made available for that debate? In respect of promised legislation, what stage has the foreshore (amendment) Bill reached and when is it likely to be brought before the House? It is important legislation...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Adams went to America, with or without a visa.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Why has Deputy Adams no confidence in the Irish system?
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: 550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2446/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (21 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: 694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to harmonise the driving licence regime between Ireland and Canada; the progress that has been made on issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2860/14]
- Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (16 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words. The area about which I am concerned is along the Shannon Estuary in west Limerick - from Limerick City to the mouth of the Shannon, in particular the area around Foynes in County Limerick where on the night in question 2.5 ft of water poured out on to the main street causing damage to businesses and homes and the evacuation of people. The...
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about Aer Lingus? Deputy Browne and his colleagues made a bags of that.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: She had been in the bath.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy was going grand until that point.
- Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: That would be an ecumenical matter.