Results 41-56 of 56 for sligo speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...my request, the unit has divided the country up. There will be three workshops in Dublin. Dublin was oversubscribed so we have added a third workshop at the Aviva Stadium. Athlone, Cork, Sligo and Limerick will each have one workshop. There is also a YouTube channel. As well as that, local sports partnerships are being empowered to engage with the Department's sports capital section....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (28 Sep 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of Exchequer expenditure on our regional airports programme, published by the Department in 2011. The Derry-Dublin route was not the only PSO service to be ended at that time. The PSO routes linking Knock, Galway and Sligo were also discontinued. The only PSO routes we have today are those linking Donegal and Kerry airports with Dublin. In addition, the Irish and UK Governments jointly...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (28 Sep 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...development of our regional airports. We have two PSO routes - Kerry and Donegal. A number of PSO routes have already been, for want of a better word, withdrawn. They include Waterford, Galway, Sligo and Derry. Based on the limited resources we have, given the limitations that are there and the fact that the policy has already been subject to scrutiny by the European Commission, we...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Status (19 Jul 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...follows: Kilkenny County Council; Limerick City and County Council; Waterford County Council; Kildare County Council; Roscommon County Council; Cork City Council; Monaghan County Council; Clare County Council; Sligo County Council; Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; Kerry County Council; Tipperary County Council; South Dublin County Council; Wicklow County Council; Cork County Council;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (8 Jun 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...expressions of interest was 5 February. Local authorities from the following counties submitted expressions of interest: Local Authorities/Counties Kilkenny Limerick Waterford Kildare Roscommon Cork City Monaghan Clare Sligo DLR Kerry Tipperary SDCC Wicklow Cork County Meath Cavan Of the expressions of interest received, only three were for new pools, two of which were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland (16 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to Cork. There is no gas infrastructure in all of County Kerry, most of Limerick and all of north Cork. That is just one region, not to mention the fact that the counties of Longford, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan have no access to the network, in addition to a huge part of the south east, such as Wexford and parts of Kilkenny, Carlow and Wicklow. What is the plan to roll...

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

Patrick O'Donovan: .... We do not have the resources or the tonnage, let alone the infrastructure. We must ensure that when we invest in the infrastructure in terms of connecting ports such as Dún Laoghaire Harbour, Drogheda Port, Sligo Port and the other ports to which reference is made in the Schedule, that we do so in a strategic way that is of benefit to the economy. This morning on Leaders’...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...open and releases gas. The geological survey map of Ireland reveals that many of the areas that would be regarded as potential fracking areas - the limestone areas of east Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, west Cavan and across the Border - are also areas susceptible to high levels of radon, if one looks at it very coldly and without looking at it without major levels of research....

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I challenge you to tell farmers in Carrick-on-Shannon, Mohill, Sligo and other parts of the west that your party plans to tax their land and the worse the land, the more you will tax it. Your spokesperson on agriculture-----

Other Questions: Taxi Regulations (4 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...it? It is half-way down the road towards changing the knowledge test, but it needs to be nudged a bit more. It is unfair if someone from Belmullet in County Mayo is asked about places along the Sligo-Roscommon border.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Transport Authority: Chairman Designate (25 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...capital investment. It is a nice journey, but one would not want to be in a hurry. The bus from Galway will bring one to Limerick faster. That was not the original concept, which was to link Limerick to Sligo through Athenry and Mayo in the west. There are speed restrictions and the line is flooded at certain times of the year. The possibility of investment in the west of Ireland rail...

Local Government (Rates and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...from 2012. The Minister's reply indicated that, as at 31 December 2012, Cork County Council had €119,930,578 on deposit, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council had €155,366,717 on deposit and Sligo County Council, which has had financial difficulties recently, had €3,231,015 on deposit. While I accept that local authorities must have money in the bank for...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...acknowledge that those who have provided their own water for generations will benefit from what the Government is doing. I know that Sinn Féin will be telling people in counties Laois, Leitrim and Sligo how to access the €100 the Government will provide. At the same time, however, its Members will come into the House and criticise it. The party's total hypocrisy is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Reports (28 Nov 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...care/non acute provision on 30 September 2012 in each of the Health Service Executive Regional divisions and within the HSE West Division; the budgetary position on that date in counties Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim, Galway/Roscommon, Mayo and the Mid West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53299/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Nov 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hours reduced since 1 October 2012 in the area of home help home care in counties Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim, Galway/Roscommon, Mayo and the mid west [53361/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to carry out the recommendation for the Higher Education Authority report on Initial Teacher Education to remove home economics initial teacher education from a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo and relocate to NUI Galway campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51827/12]