Results 3,021-3,040 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (10 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information regarding An Garda SÃochána jurisdiction on Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/12]
- British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: I want to put on record, on behalf of my co-chairperson, Laurence Robertson MP, and BIPA members, our thanks to the Ceann Comhairle, the Cathaoirleach, the Captain and the ushers for the fantastic welcome that was given this week to the 44th plenary session. I thank the Tánaiste for the opportunity to debate the plenary session in the Chamber, and as co-chair a key aim of mine is to make the...
- British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: Denis O'Brien.
- Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the provisions in the Bill. My colleague, Deputy Terence Flanagan, listed the range of organisations to be amalgamated, from the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Further Education and Training Awards Council and the Higher Education Training Awards Council. Apart from streamlining, it also makes sense. I also acknowledge the role of the Minister for Education and...
- Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: If secondary schools along the Border do not meet the minimum threshold of 500 students, they will also close. The rationale and philosophy of the Sinn Féin mantra in Northern Ireland is, if I am not mistaken, a form of austerity, which is a word much used in this House. It is important for us to engage on the ground because we have schools south of the Border that will not be closed. We...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation to date of his Department circular 0031/2011. [26036/12]
- European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It is important to acknowledge the vote of the people in the recent referendum which was an indirect endorsement of the ESM. To boil it down into a very simple formula, the people decided that should we need money, it would be in our national interest to have access to that money. People were aware that the EFSF would run out in 2013, so a...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (19 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of flight hours incurred providing Ministerial transport in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide the number of training hours undertaken and the number of passengers in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29342/12]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his approach to increasing the mobility of persons with disabilities in EU member States; if there is a common EU approach to personal assistance services; if his Department has a developed view regarding the number of personal assistance hours that are available to an Irish person with a disability currently living...
- Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (19 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 729: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby an national car test certificate runs only to the anniversary date of the registration of the car; his views on whether it is unfair as, for example, a person with a five year old car may decide at the expiry of their NCT to take the car off the road for a number of...
- Garda Operations (20 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his strategy for combatting white collar crime as outlined in the page 17 of the Programme for Government; if he will update Dáil Ãireann on the investigation into Anglo-Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29709/12]
- Garda Operations (20 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister for his reply and acknowledge his speedy activity at the beginning of the Dáil session in introducing the Criminal Justice Bill 2011. The programme for Government commits to tackling white collar crime. I acknowledge that the Garda is playing a proactive and constructive role in investigating these matters at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC. It is...
- Garda Operations (20 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: If we are to follow through fully on the philosophy of fairness and equal treatment, is the Minister satisfied with the powers conferred on the Garda to investigate the matters in question? I am conscious of the fact that he does not want to make a public comment, as the matter is still at an investigative stage.
- National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion although I did not feel comfortable at first. It is not an area to which I am accustomed, unlike my esteemed colleague Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. I am familiar with her work in County Offaly and her contribution to the arts. I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling this motion. I decided to meander out of the House today and familiarise...
- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (3 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his efforts to generate spin-off tourism from the London 2012 Olympic Games. [32049/12]
- Written Answers — Wild Atlantic Way Project: Wild Atlantic Way Project (3 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Wild Atlantic Way project. [32048/12]
- Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Relief: Mortgage Interest Relief (3 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the 2004 to 2008 mortgage interest relief scheme announced in Budget 2012; his views on the performances of individual banks and finance houses in respect of the implementation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32282/12]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part time work, primary school teaching, entitles teachers to panel rights for September 2012; if he will provide an update on his plans for reconfiguring panels on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32003/12]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: Question 705: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who avail of subsidised travel on Iarnróid Ãireann; if he will provide a breakdown of each subsidised category for example students and so on for the years 2008 to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32061/12]
- Hospital Services (5 Jul 2012)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall. I acknowledge the role of the Friends of Letterkenny General Hospital in raising â¬500,000 of necessary funds towards a cardiac catheterisation laboratory in Letterkenny. The group intends to raise a further â¬700,000 to bring the total funding to â¬1.2 million. This represents a vast amount of fund-raising. This is an example of the...