Results 10,021-10,040 of 10,871 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Health Service Budget: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I also welcome the contribution made by the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall and welcome her colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to the House. The Department of Health is not the prettiest to be assigned to. I wish to put on the record my admiration for those people who serve in the health services, HSE or Department of...
- Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. What is being proposed by Government is only an initial step. It should not be forgotten that Members of the Oireachtas are also citizens. I remind those Members who have bemoaned the fact that Members of the Dáil or Seanad are to be members of the constitutional convention that Members, too, are citizens and voters who have opinions...
- Written Answers — Jobseeker's Allowance: Jobseeker's Allowance (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a job-seeker's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32826/12]
- Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans and the Garda management plans to increase the strength of the Garda reserve in the absence of recruitment to An Garda SÃochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/12]
- Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of an Garda SÃochána serving in non-policing duties including clerical, communications and management by division; his plans to civilianise these roles to release personnel for policing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32821/12]
- Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a situation in which retired or retiring members of an Garda SÃochána become eligible to be members of the Garda Reserve, to assist in administrative and office duties and thereby release Garda personnel for policing duties and reduce the training cost of reservists; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Grant Aid: Grant Aid (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial grant assistance that is available in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/12]
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: When is the data sharing Bill due before the House? Is it expected to apply not only to businesses, but also to public bodies in an effort to clamp down on social welfare fraud?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Mattie McGrath said the previous Government was a disgrace.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Fair play to Deputy Mattie McGrath. He will stand by his man.
- Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Following on from the previous question, when will the Minister introduce proposals on amending the party leader's allowance? My understanding is that, since the foundation of the State, the allowance was given to political parties to cover the cost of running those parties. It metamorphosed into a payment for keeping people on side so that they might prop up a Government. An unvouched...
- Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: He covers the country.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with hearing issues now at a developmental disadvantage due to late detection; if these children whose hearing issues were not detected early will now be entitled to additional learning support; and if...
- Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which students are requiring private tuition or grinds to achieve the basis of the course material that they are being taught, in view of the economic difficulties facing families and the cost of grinds; if he will engage with representatives of all of the education stakeholders to assess ways in...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation or regulations to deal with the siting of wind turbines and their proximity to residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31813/12]
- Written Answers — Health Screening Programmes: Health Screening Programmes (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals here that currently do not offer screening for hearing problems in infants; his plans to introduce hearing screening in each of these hospitals; the date on which screening will be introduced in each of these hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32020/12]
- Written Answers — Health Screening Programmes: Health Screening Programmes (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with hearing issues now at a developmental disadvantage due to late detection; if these children whose hearing issues were not detected early will now be entitled to additional learning support; and if provisions are being...
- Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to the re-opening of those closed rail lines that serve commercial ports by private operators for freight traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/12]
- Haulage Industry (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Minister referred to the cost of fuel in general and our level of dependence on road haulage. What progress has his Department made in the context of trying to get freight back onto our railways? I refer, in particular, to the possibility of routing freight through our deep water ports. In my constituency we have one of the deepest ports in the country and an unused rail line. Has the...
- Haulage Industry (3 Jul 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is that what they read in Dublin Bay north?