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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Airports (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Government's decision to proceed with the legislation currently before the House. It has significant implications for my constituency, where a substantial landbank in County Limerick will be transferred to Shannon Group from what was Shannon Development. Our aspiration is that Shannon Group would, under the Minister's guidance and assistance, encourage the use of this landbank...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Airports (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will the Minister give a timeframe for when the legislative process will be concluded in its entirety? In terms of infrastructural improvements required to connect the airport to the wider region, will he provide some detail as to what plans the Department has to make Shannon Airport more accessible to people from the west and mid-west? One of the issues for many years has been the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will the Deputy withdraw his representations?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Therefore, there are representations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Airports (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made to separate Shannon Airport as an independent State airport. [27099/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Airports (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport update the House on the progress made to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, to make it an independent, properly constituted airport?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Mountain Rescue Service (26 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made any representations to the Department of Finance in order to have organisations engaged in mountain rescue exempt from VAT. [27227/14]

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy told a different story in the west.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy told a different story wherever he went.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I apologise.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have read what the Deputy stated there.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is a county-wide process for Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Naturally enough. The Deputy was in government for 14 years and left a lot to be done.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív's idea apply to milk prices also?

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What about the question of price?

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy never answered the question on price fixing.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív never answered the question on price fixing.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is why he left.

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on an important motion. I welcome the acknowledgement in the contribution of the Minister of State that the Department sees the plight of farmers across the country. The Minister of State knows my constituency very well and it suffers from a double whammy of severely disadvantaged land and a constituency based on the milk and beef sectors. From attending...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the Bill. From my viewpoint of representing the mid-western region, the Bill is long overdue. The reason the Bill is important will have been clearly visible to anyone who has been using Shannon Airport in recent years. The carpark at the airport, which is a good indicator of how an airport is performing, was getting increasingly easier to access,...