Results 9,441-9,460 of 11,269 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is not necessarily the case. If someone is from Shannon Banks or Westbury in Limerick, which is part of County Clare, they are expected to know Doolin, Lisdoonvarna and Lahinch, yet they are in a suburb of Limerick city. That is ridiculous. They will never go to those areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Murphy's knowledge test, by his own admission, is covering areas that people do not physically cover.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: No. It covers the functional geographical area of the local authority. In the case of Limerick, it covers all of the county of Limerick and Limerick city. If someone lives in Montpelier across the bridge from O'Brien's Bridge, which is less than a third of a mile, his or her knowledge test will include areas such as Athea and Abbeyfeale but not O'Brien's Bridge, Ogonnelloe or Clonlara,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: No. It is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I do not want to hog the meeting, Chairman, but that is not the case. The area knowledge test does not cover that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The reason for the huge failure rates is that what Mr. Murphy requires as a chief executive officer in terms of the knowledge test is not what is being delivered. There is a major problem in that regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rural Transport Programme: Discussion with National Transport Authority (23 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I acknowledge the presence of the representatives of the National Transport Authority. I hope the knowledge that local administrators have will be retained. In my area the administrators do more than just make sure a bus turns up. In some cases they are socially connected to the people in the sense that if a person is missing from a particular service they are often the first to alert the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the €20 million from Spencer Dock?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the management costs that have been reduced in each of the four companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: In the first contribution that was made, reference was made to sale of the interests in Spencer Dock. Can Ms Jupp elaborate on how much was realised? Witnesses must excuse my ignorance, as I am from the country. Was that a historic CIE site or was it bought recently? If it was bought recently, when was it bought and how much was paid for it? In respect of the €36 million, could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Election of Chairman (18 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I nominate Deputy John O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Election of Vice Chairman (18 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I propose Deputy Paudie Coffey.
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Before I speak to the Bill, I seek your guidance, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, about some of the comments made by the previous speaker. Will your office or the Office of the Ceann Comhairle have the speech just made examined by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges? People have been named in the Chamber and they are not here to defend themselves. It is the worst abuse of parliamentary...
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I am formally complaining-----
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have the floor.
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I will speak through the Chair, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and the ignorance of foreign channels trying to break through will not deflect from what I am saying. It is the worst abuse-----
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: -----of parliamentary privilege to name people in here who are defenceless-----
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: -----and have their professional reputations tarnished, attacked and besmirched in such a cowardly way.
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: They will not repeat it outside the gates of this institution.
- Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The foreign channel can throw all the abuse he wishes at me-----