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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...and mobility. People cannot get that in the private sector. As somebody who has worked in the private sector in an engineering capacity and now in the Office of Public Works, it is like comparing apples with oranges.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (24 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...00 go dtí 22.00 le láithreoirí leanúnach. Bíonn ród-seó Raidió Rí-Rá ag dul chuig scoileanna, coláistí samhraidh, clubanna óige agus coláistí tríú leibhéal na tíre ar bhonn rialta. Chomh maith leis seo baineann múinteoirí scoile an-leas as podchraoltaí an stáisiúin sa...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...parts of the country. If you compare flat territory that does not have peninsulas, mountains or water to places with lush green fields and roads laid out in straight lines, you may as well be comparing apples with pineapples. They are two totally different things. The Senator is right about the terrain and the geographical impediment. As a teacher, I probably know this better than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (23 Sep 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Cork area would like this to be put on the record of the House. Last year OPW outdoor staff in Barryscourt came to the rescue when a group of local nuns in the St. Benedict's Priory in Cobh needed apples. At that time Barryscourt came to the attention of many people in the east Cork area and beyond. I pay tribute to and thank the outdoor staff of the OPW who came to the rescue of the...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: It is great and is a sign of things to come. With regard to the question on the Apple tax appeal, I am not going to refer to an individual company but I would point out that is not a matter for the Tax Appeals Commission but is an EU matter. I am sure that if there are specifics the Senator wishes to raise with the Minister for Finance at another opportunity, he would be delighted to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Government here and by the Northern Executive. We fund on the basis of two thirds to one third. Comparisons can be made with IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland but, to be honest about it, it is apples and oranges because to a large degree Tourism Ireland has an all-island remit. Certainly the absence of a functioning devolved government in Northern Ireland is concerning from a tourism...

Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...commentary, such as I heard this morning on Leaders’ Questions, does nothing to advance the case of smaller ports such as Galway Port, Dún Laoghaire Harbour, Sligo Port, Drogheda Port or anywhere else. One is comparing apples with oranges. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett’s amendment flies in the face of everything we heard from stakeholders, business groups, those who...