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Other Questions: State Examinations Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I appreciate that the third level institutions are responsible for the points system. However, the difficulty does not just stem from the leaving certificate and the low uptake. For instance, in 2011 only 1,000 people or thereabouts took applied maths. As I have pointed out to the Minister previously, the difficulty relates to the number of third level students dropping out between first...

Other Questions: State Examinations Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increased numbers taking up higher level maths for examination at leaving certificate as a result of the reintroduction of bonus points, if he will consider a similar initiative for those students taking up applied math, physics and chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50117/13]

Other Questions: State Examinations Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: This question relates to the success of the Department in increasing the uptake of higher level mathematics in the leaving certificate examination, which has been welcomed by employers and people working in education. I am concerned that the uptake of certain other subjects at higher level in the leaving certificate is still quite low, however, particularly in the cases of applied...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding issues that still have to be sorted between persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50451/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may avail of mortgage interest relief on the part of their overall mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50698/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); when it is likely a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of exceptions that may be made for the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50301/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislative plans he has to deal with the issue of sponsorship by commercial entities of current affairs programmes by the public service broadcaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind allowing local authorities to charge for the disposal of fats, oils and greases; if he will acknowledge that the charge for disposal of brown water for commercial properties should cover the disposal of all waste waters from commercial properties; if he has limited the amount that local authorities can...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any correspondence to local authorities to encourage them not to increase their water charges or commercial rates for 2014; if he will provide details of the amount charged by each local authority in tabular form by standard unit for water in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50287/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of penalty points issued to persons as a result of detection by the speed camera vans since their introduction; the amount of revenue that has been raised as a result; if all the revenue has been returned to the Exchequer; the amount of fines levied which is overdue by more...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (26 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50816/13]

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: Why does the Deputy not ask Mary O'Rourke?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (21 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding financial assistance (details supplied). [50045/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (21 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department officials carried out interviews on persons travelling through Irish airports and ferry terminals as a means of detecting social welfare fraud; if she will provide details in tabular form of the number of interviews per airport and ferry terminals that were carried out in 2012; the number of payments that were discontinued as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative and regulatory controls that exist to cover the sale, advertising and promotion of electronic cigarettes. [49995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Data (21 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the data in response to a parliamentary question regarding applications for drivers' licences and learner permits in 2012, if he is satisfied that an adequate presence of national driver licence centre in Limerick exists in comparison to the data relating to applications and distances from centres in counties Leitrim,...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy had his chance to speak. On the significance of the decision made, I pay tribute to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. There is no doubt that he has made an excellent start in leading the country's economic recovery. The analogy he used at the weekend was that when one was learning to swim, sooner or later one had to let go of the bar and take off the armbands....

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy John Paul Phelan for sharing his time with me. I return to some of the commentary made by Deputy Seán Fleming before he left the House. The vacant Fianna Fáil benches are reminiscent of the vacant attitude Fianna Fáil took to the running of the country when it was in government. Unless I was in a parallel universe, Deputy Seán Fleming made out in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am one of the few Deputies present who is not from an area affected by the Grid25 project. While my constituency may not be affected by the current proposal, there is no doubt, given its topography, that it will be identified for the future development of wind farms. To be fair to the delegation, its members did not come here expecting to hear flippant, throwaway promises that all their...