Results 101-120 of 167 for going forward speaker:Joe McHugh

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (12 Mar 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...on the same page as the Deputy as regards exploring all potential alternatives. A reliance on one source, especially onshore wind energy, as a single solution for sustainability is not the way forward. I recently met a company looking to invest in Donegal in tidal energy, which was fostering the community approach in order to get community buy-in from day one. In the Deputy's original...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Strips (9 Dec 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...a ghabháil le mo chomhghleacaithe, na hAirí, na Teachtaí Humphreys, Howlin agus Noonan as ucht a gcuid tacaíochta i rith an phróisis Mheastachán i ndiaidh an bhuiséid. Tá mé thar a bheith sásta go mbeidh airgead breise ar fáil d'Údarás na Gaeltachta. Rinne mé gealltanas i ndiaidh an bhuiséid fá choinne...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Seirbhísí Eitilte (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Go raibh maith agat. If there are options it would be important to feed them through. It is important to ensure that the two options available at the moment are up for discussion, namely, the possible lease or the possible sale. No decision has been made. Some €8.6 million has been invested in two airstrips. Beidh mo dhoras oscailte le haghaidh aon phlean. The constraints on my...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Deputy Stephen Donnelly has heard it before from his constituency colleague, Deputy Andrew Doyle - in fact, peace nearly broke out and it was nearly going to go the whole way. We welcome the spirit of Deputy Donnelly's intervention. Leaving aside all the documentation with regard to rebuttal and the legally binding voluntary commercial debt...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...I have written formally to the Secretary of State for Transport in the United Kingdom calling on him to re-examine the issue. I appreciate that the legislation has been enacted, but secondary legislation is going through Stormont. I have spoken to the Minister for the Environment in Northern Ireland, Mr. Mark Durkan, MLA, and if there is a way to amend the legislation to provide...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...General Hospital last summer. I wish to acknowledge Noel Daly, Ambrose McLoughlin and Bill Maher for their hands-on role in ensuring that the temporary accident and emergency unit was up and going within six weeks. On 3 March the new accident and emergency unit will be up and going again. It is important to acknowledge their role. It is also important to point out that we will have...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I acknowledge the work of Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn in bringing his legislation forward. The detail and the Minister's insight will obviously result in a different perspective on this side of the House. Let us consider the views of the individual citizen watching the circus of the CRC and the Rehab debacle. A farmer watching the 6 p.m. or 9 p.m. news looks at the amount of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Civic Forum for Northern Ireland: SDLP (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank Mr. Dallat, MLA. Does anybody wish to expand on how we can move forward on the suggestions made today? I believe the SDLP representatives have reiterated what has happened in recent months. There has been an appetite in Northern Ireland to get involved in the Haass-O'Sullivan process. Without going into the nuts and bolts of that, it is significant that there were more than 600...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...stated that it is not just a Six Counties problem, which is correct. To turn it the other way, the solution is not just a Six Counties solution. The flag is also being flown for Cork. I know the good work that all the witnesses are doing to try to move things forward. This committee is trying to provide space for everyone involved. In two weeks time, we will have representatives from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Ex-Prisoners and Conflict Transformation: Discussion with Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...the delegates for the delay in reaching them. Between votes and other distractions, we are behind schedule. I welcome the representatives of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and look forward to getting their insight into the journey from prison to peace and efforts towards conflict transformation by way of bottom-up projects. The bottom-up approach is of particular interest...

Access to Credit: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Nov 2013)

Joe McHugh: As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is aware from the work he does with me as a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, when we go to communities in Northern Ireland and speak to people from Northern Ireland, there is a recurring theme - the past. It keeps coming back to bite us and people want to know how the past affects their everyday lives....

Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 Nov 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...had services. The work of all involved at hospital employee level and the voluntary effort at community level were phenomenal. That must be acknowledged. However, while a great deal of work is ongoing at present, we should look at the forward planning for the long term. If there is to be new build, we should look at services that can be done together in synch and consider this smartly....

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...to me I will limit my remarks to two issues. I have received correspondence from the Irish Tax Institute. Members will be aware that there has been extensive consultation on the proposal to bring forward the tax pay-and-file deadline of 31 October. The reaction of the overwhelming majority of chartered tax advisers who contacted me from the north west is that the wheel is not broken and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...the possibility of having a meeting with their colleagues in the North. I will pick up on Senator White's point although I will not get into the areas where I disagree with her. In regard to forward planning, there are great examples where the national roads design office, NRDO, is doing its work, especially in Donegal town. I remember that in the early 1990s, the NRDO had a design...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: PEACE IV Programme: Discussion with Special EU Programmes Body (26 Sep 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...the chief executive officer of the programmes body, Mr. Pat Colgan, who is accompanied by Mr. Shaun Henry, director of managing authority, and Mr. John McCandless, communications manager. We look forward to exploring new opportunities in the programme for 2014 to 2020. I am aware that the representatives have been working hard on the programme throughout the summer and, subject to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: The new buzzword I came across that the Minister can use is "co-opetition", which is the new way of moving forward. It was interesting to hear the statistics given by the Minister. I would be eager to find out more and work with the Minister on the further education statistics indicating that 3,000 students are going to the North. I was struck by that figure. On the 4.5% flow, it would...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: ..., Deputy Kathleen Lynch, since taking her position of responsibility. I equally acknowledge the enormity of the challenge she faces. In the brief time available to me, I am not in a position to go into those wide-ranging challenges. The real difficulty lies in addressing the separatist approach of the past to disability. During the debate on the recent change, as enunciated by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Joe McHugh: There were a few invaluable proposals made today. The one that stands out is for us to spend time with the groups and if we can do that, we will. We are always delighted to go up North. Indeed, we just decided in private session today that we will go up North again shortly. We would be willing to do that and meet groups from within loyalism and nationalism. We are trying to be the honest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Restorative Justice Programmes in Northern Ireland: Discussion (18 Oct 2012)

Joe McHugh: I thank Ms Watters and Mr. Maguire. This has been a good meeting. Our guests had a story to tell and they told it well. They have also opened up the minds of many of the members present. In the world in which we live, it is sometimes very much a case of reacting and engaging in fire-fighting exercises. As a result, we do not get the space to consider matters. However, our guests have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Joe McHugh: ...been significant consequences for families and communities. Pupils are travelling to different parishes as a result of these changes. For example, there could be four children from one family going on one bus to a school and another child from the same family travelling on another bus to the nearer school, which might be in a different parish, as a result of these logistical changes. I...