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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...and the diesel residue dumped along the Border, specifically counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal. Total expenditure by the Department in respect of these local authorities is just over €5 million, with Louth County Council receiving €3.79 million since 2011. On the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the costs associated with repatriating waste from...

Estimates for Public Services 2019: Motion (12 Dec 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I apologise for being delayed in getting to the Chamber for the debate on this motion. The Revised Estimates Volume 2019 sets out total net voted expenditure for the year of €53.9 billion. On budget day, the requirements for a number of Supplementary Estimates for 2019 were set out in the 2020 expenditure report. The total amount proposed in respect of substantive Supplementary...

Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the overview of the prospectus regulations, I reiterate that the threshold exempting securities offerings from the requirement to issue a prospectus is being increased from the current €5 million limit to €8 million, as provided for in the regulation. Given the increased offer threshold, and following consultation with the Central Bank of Ireland, additional disclosure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...where only one person expressed concerns but I was present at a meeting where the majority expressed a view that the legal opinion given to the committee was the appropriate course of action. In page 5 of his presentation, Mr. Nolan said that the cost of the Bus Éireann administered element of the school transport scheme to the Department of Education and Skills in 2008 was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (20 Jul 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ​Tourism continues to contribute significantly to Ireland's economic recovery.  CSO figures for the first five months of 2016 show that there were over three million overseas visits to Ireland, an increase of 13.7% on the same period of 2015.  Thankfully all of our main target markets are showing good growth levels with visits from North America up by over 18%, visits from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Feb 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Phase 1 and Phase 2): Dublin City Council (DCC) are currently working to finalise a scheme design for works in Sandymount, with the current proposed scheme cost estimates at approximately €1.6 million for Phase 1, and €17.3 million for Phase 2. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is working closely with DCC to finalise this design and progress the scheme to planning and...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...both Houses. Under the terms of the inaugural commission Act, a three-year budget, covering the period 2004-2006, was provided for the commission. Further Acts were enacted in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. A new Oireachtas commission Act is now required as a matter of priority, as the financing provided under the 2015 Act expires as of 31 December next. As Senators will be aware, the...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Under the terms of the inaugural commission Act, a three-year budget covering the period from 2004 to 2006 was provided for the commission. Further Acts were enacted in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. A new Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act is now required as a matter of priority as the financing provided under the 2015 Act expires as of 31 December next. As Members will be aware,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (3 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I understand that the development of Páirc na Mara is a priority project that it is central to Údarás na Gaeltachta's current 5-Year Strategy. It is an ambitious proposal, based on viable principles, and demonstrates the commitment of An tÚdarás to the circular economy, which brings together the community, the environment and employment. An tÚdáras has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Water (22 Feb 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: ..., Local Government and Heritage's rural water programme. The latest tranche of projects approved under the Department's multi-annual rural water programme was announced in October 2019. Measure 5 of the programme provides funding for the taking in charge of group water schemes by Irish Water. This measure is aimed at schemes for which the best option is taking in charge to ensure...

Estimates for Public Services 2019: Motion (12 Dec 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...that come in from other areas. Every day, a new demand for spending is made in the House. In one day, the demands made in just one group of parliamentary questions clocked up hundreds of millions of euro. On the one hand, I understand that people question the process. Some people might oppose a Revised Estimate even if they sat at a Cabinet table where that was the norm. The reality...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, to delete lines 23 to 25. I will also speak to amendment No. 10 and respond to amendment No. 5, which has been proposed by Deputies Wallace and Daly. Amendment No. 4 proposes to delete section 7(6) and amendment No. 10 will have the effect of removing section 37(5) of the Bill. Both of these were amendments made to the Bill on Committee Stage, which I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (2 Nov 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: In terms of the potential of tourism, a series of actions are being implementing through the Tourism Action Plan in order to deliver the targets set out in the Tourism Policy Statement for 2025 of €5 billion in overseas tourism revenue, sustaining 250,000 jobs, from 10 million overseas visits annually. As regards hotel capacity, Fáilte Ireland monitors the...

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...something in the House on a number of occasions and I urge the Minister to examine it. In the city of Dublin, within walking distance of this Chamber, there is a university with approximately 16,500 students. I do not have a copy of the register of electors for Nassau Street, Molesworth Street, Kildare Street, Grafton Street and O'Connell Street, but I presume very few people live in...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Project Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: .... As I said at the start of my contribution, the county CEOs have an opportunity. Fáilte Ireland recently announced a major capital investment programme with projects of between €200,000 and €5 million being funded. If the local authorities in Tipperary, Galway, Clare or Offaly wish to take the remaining elements of the strategy that are yet to be implemented and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...funding has allowed the OPW, in partnership with local authorities throughout the country, to treble the number of schemes at design, planning and construction to some 98 schemes at this time. In the last 5 years (2018 - 2022), the OPW has invested some €300 million in flood relief expenditure. To date, 53 schemes have been completed, which are providing protection to over...

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...measures and in the context of their own county development plan funding. Following an assessment of the applications received, on 1 December 2016, the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, announced funding of €8.24 million to 651 successful projects under the programme. Some of the road projects which received funding under CLÁR in 2016 included pedestrian crossings at schools,...

Seanad: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jul 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...improvements in the way we manage our workforce. The first online system for public service travel and expenses claims was introduced, with payments processed within a week. In 2016, more than 56,000 travel and subsistence claims were processed to a value of €20 million. Online payslips are now available to all payees, including pensioners, and there is immediate access to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I acknowledge the presentation made yesterday by the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform on introducing a budget of €59.2 billion in current expenditure and €7.3 billion in the capital expenditure. In doing so, I acknowledge the work of officials in both Departments. This budget is being presented to the Dáil in contrast with the budgets presented when...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (29 Sep 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...powers and ongoing maintenance of the completed works is the responsibility of the Council. Under the scheme, applications are considered for projects that are estimated to cost not more than €750,000 in each instance. Funding of up to 90% of the cost is available for approved projects. Applications are assessed by the Office of Public Works having regard to the specific economic,...