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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities for European Presidency: Engagement with Ambassador of Sweden (25 Jan 2023)

Joe McHugh: We are all straying beyond the ambassador's Presidency remit, but I invite him to respond if he is able to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jan 2023)

Joe McHugh: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the defective concrete blocks scheme legislation will be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3336/23]

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Joe McHugh: I thank Deputy Naughten, at the outset, for his generosity. I met him last night and he said I could speak for a couple of minutes. It is good to see the season of goodwill continuing right into the middle of January. A lot has been said here today and I think the tone of the debate has been very constructive. It is nice to see a motion being tabled where the Minister accepts the spirit...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Jan 2023)

Joe McHugh: 828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of the alternative leaving certificate examination in 2019, when first introduced; if students who have availed of this alternative paper have been asked for their opinion on the value of this recourse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: 549. To ask the Minister for Health if a new target date for the transfer of moneys for the special pandemic recognition payment from the HSE to nursing homes has been established; the measures that are being taken to ensure that this is met; if the applications that were not submitted until 18 November 2022 (details supplied) will be processed in time for the transfer of moneys to nursing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tOllamh John O'Brennan; Jean Monnet chair of European integration at Maynooth University, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, go dtí an cruinniú. Táimid ag dúil go mór leis an díospóireacht agus amharc a thabhairt ar na bealaí agus na deiseanna difriúla atá ann fá choinne na daoine óga, ní hamháin sna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: I commend Professor O'Brennan on going off script a little on that point. Does each university have an equivalent to the department of sociology in Maynooth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: Professor O'Brennan has quite a long speech and there is a lot of good stuff in it. If it is okay with Professor O'Brennan, it might be better that members interrupt rather than the committee moving to staged questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: Let us imagine I am a secondary school student who is not doing the leaving certificate but coming out of junior cycle. I am in transition year and do not know where I want to go or what I want to do. Perhaps I will study for an arts degree in economics. I arrive in first year in Maynooth and I still do not know what career path I want to follow. Should I be targeted or should information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: There is a lot of information in Professor O'Brennan's presentation and I do not think he is going to get through it all. I recommend that he pick out bits and pieces.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: It is refreshing that Professor O'Brennan is not holding back in the context of what is not and what is working. I reached out to some schools prior to today and I know that some career counsellors and the head of politics and society classes are listening. We can pursue Professor O'Brennan's proposal on trying to have more contact with politics and society teachers. There was a lot in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: Are there any takers? Does anyone want to make a proposal in that regard.? We could also involve the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science because much of this relates to his brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: A hundred years later we are still waiting for job description.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: On Professor O'Brennan's point about a permanent citizens' assembly that would move around the country, every time there is a big question on the future of Europe, a referendum is coming up or some kind of treaty change, we have town hall meetings. We know who will be in the right-hand corner of the room and who will be in the left-hand corner. The idea of having a citizens' assembly to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: We are meandering towards a conclusion. I have two final points. The first is an observation that when the Professor is giving his opinion he is not afraid to shoot from the hip, which is really refreshing. We all need to be challenged, and governments certainly need to be challenged. However, there is a very current and hot topic issue at the moment relating to teacher career leave. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: There is not yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: We are very grateful to Professor O'Brennan for his openness and his engagement this morning. It has been really helpful. The clerk to the committee will follow up in respect of inviting the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs to come before us. We will send the Professor's presentation to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...