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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...

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...

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...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...organisations have successfully managed to let the operators off the hook, particularly regarding rural broadband, by focusing on population rather than an area. There is a glib estimate that 1.7 million people live in rural areas if we accept there is a population of between 37% to 40% of people living in rural areas. That is a considerable number of rural people. Reference was made, a...

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...