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Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is Deputy Martin one himself?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: We saw where that led his party before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have one final question. Would Mr. O'Connor like to live beside a pylon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is okay. I thank Mr. O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Mr. O'Connor for attending. In the event that he became chairman of EirGrid, what would he deem to be appropriate action for him to take if it came to light that a consultation process was a sham?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: Apart from re-opening the consultation, is there any action that Mr. O'Connor would deem necessary as a chairperson of a State company, knowing that a consultation has not engaged with the stakeholders properly? Would he take any action other than to re-open the consultation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: From his previous experience, would Mr. O'Connor not deem that the ultimate deciding person, the chief executive officer or a person at that level, should at least be held to account? I am not from the areas affected, but I sat through all of the committee proceedings on this issue. From a State company's point of view, listening to what people from the affected areas had to say was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will move on to an issue relating to Mr. O'Connor's previous role as chairperson of An Bord Pleanála. Does he recall the number of instances in which inspectors recommended a particular action to the board in respect of a planning application and the number of times that he, as chairperson of the board, asked that the decision be overturned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: This matter probably has a bearing on the consultation undertaken by the company to which Mr. O'Connor may be assigned as chairperson. If an inspector examines a planning application on the ground, reviews the local authority's file, considers the local community's input and makes an assessment and recommendation to the board, which is not on the ground and does not put the same amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any circumstance in which a home owner may have the valuation of his or her property altered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51730/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Allowances (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons an allowance is not paid to persons that fill a co-ordinator's post on a temporary basis in adult education. [51523/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in tabular form by country of origin, of the number of PPS numbers that were awarded to inward migrants into Ireland during 2012; if she will provide details of the number of those PPS numbers to which payments from her Department were awarded in 2012; the total amount paid in respect of such PPS numbers; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in tabular form of the different publicly provided metropolitan area networks in the country; the year of completion; the total cost of the MAN; the year that the MAN was lit; if that is the case, details of the volume of traffic on the MAN; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be made available from his Department in respect of a unit (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Application Numbers (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the number of persons applying for Garda vetting on more than one occasion particularly those actively engaged in the local voluntary sector, if he will consider a consolidated or joined up Garda vetting system, where a person could be certified as vetted for a particular period of time rather than for a particular purpose; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when grant applications for funding for 2014 festivals will be accepted; the headings under which the applications were made; the conditions attached to the awarding of funds from his Department and or agencies under his remit in 2013. [51780/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (28 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November 2013, if she will confirm the total amount of fraud detected as a result of the detections at State airports; if the money in question has been returned to her Department; if there are plans to extend the inspections to the other airports and passenger port terminals and other entry points...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (28 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing section 42 of the Planning and Development Act and Article 45 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2000-2013 with a view to making amendments to allow planning authorities to request further information to be sought on substantive planning issues and to allow conditions to be imposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the different locations at which specialised beds, that is, hospital beds for use in a person's home, are stored and the quantities in each. [51162/13]