Results 201-220 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: The information provided by the Minister of State will be useful to my contribution. Preparations started in September and the outcome of the meeting to which I refer was that rural housing would be the focus. RTE facilitated the process by placing a good spin on the issue of once-off housing in September. A few weeks later, Brian Dobson travelled to Galway to interview the Minister for...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I apologise. I am from Donegal and we sometimes do not even get newspapers because we live so far away.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: There was a major build up and people's expectations were high. Everything was waiting for the Ard-Fheis to be used as the launching pad. Everyone on this side of the House was aware of what was going on. We have now been presented with the guidelines and they are only that. There is a consultative process and the guidelines are not set in stone and no legal mechanism has been created. They...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: What confidence will they have when they discover that nothing has changed within the county development plan, that the policy has not been altered and that they will again be refused? That is wrong, it sends a negative message and it does nothing to instil public confidence. I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, will convey my views to the Minister, Deputy Cullen. I intend no...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: The Minister can, at times, be erratic. When we tried to engage him in debate earlier, he became defensive. Senators Paddy Burke, Bannon and others from my party have been calling for this debate for a long period and it would have been good if the Minister could have remained in the House for the duration of it. I ask the Minister of State to convey to the Minister that we do not have the...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I agree with the Senator.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: They are probably members of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I congratulate the Labour Party on putting down the motion on emigration last night. I did not get a chance to speak because time did not permit but I thank the Leader for adding to the debate, which was very constructive. I wish to put the role of ICAP, the Immigration Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK, on the record. It is a relatively new body and I acknowledge the Government's role...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I have a question. In light of the office in London and the organisation's plans to open offices in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow——

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: In light of that organisation's plans and forward thinking we need an ongoing debate on emigration. I will raise this issue on the Adjournment. If 30% of this body's resources and energy are spent on fund-raising in Ireland, we need the task force document to be implemented. We need more money for this area. The Minister has a role in this area and so do we.

Seanad: Harbours and Piers. (31 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House. He is well aware of the safety needs of the seafaring people in Buncrana because he has received questions and representations relating to it. He has signed off on the foreshore licence, which I welcome. I wish to put on record the work of the late Fine Gael Councillor, Mr. Jim Sheridan, who worked tirelessly and relentlessly on...

Seanad: Harbours and Piers. (31 Mar 2004)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution. Would it be possible for a member of his staff to contact Vincent Lynn at Donegal County Council? He is the senior road engineer and is in charge of fisheries. We have adopted a different approach to marinas in Donegal. There are three factors to be considered: the marina in Buncrana, the ferry and the lifeboat. It would help to bring these...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: Over the past 15 years, 24 post offices have closed in County Donegal. This is a stark statistic. I call on the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene because this is the result of depopulation. We all have bases in rural areas and depopulation is a sickness in them. There is a way to address it. The intervention of the Minister could go a long way towards...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: Does the Senator blame the voters?

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: Blame the people.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: On a point of order, I am not fully conversant with protocol, but would Senator Ulick Burke need to be present to defend himself?

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: Is this relevant to statements on the CLÁR programme?

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: On a point of order, a Chathaoirligh, the item on the agenda is statements on the CLÁR programme.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: I think Senator Ulick Burke should be here to defend himself.

Seanad: CLÁR Programme: Statements. (7 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: When will we have the statements?