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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on a prison (details supplied). [55370/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (11 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will update Dáil Éireann on the protocol that is in place for an Garda Síochána in circumstances where its members are dealing with situations of sudden death, homicide, suicide and deaths in suspicious circumstances. [55458/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: Apologies have been received from Lady Sylvia Hermon, MP, Mr. Mark Durkan, MP, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator McAleese and, I believe, Mr. Pat Doherty, MP, MLA, to whom I spoke yesterday. Are there apologies from anyone else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I ask people to switch off their mobile telephones, if possible. If they are on silent and left on the ground, they allegedly do not interfere. There is a danger in leaving them on the ground. I left mine down once. Be careful when standing up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: Our first item for discussion is the work of Youth Work Ireland and Youth Action Northern Ireland, YANI, in supporting young people. I am delighted they are present in a joint capacity. Youth work is an area in which I am interested as a former youth worker and community development worker. Our guests are speaking to the converted. Given the community and civic work done by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I thank the delegates for their presentations. Ms Gildernew and Deputy Frank Feighan are offering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: We are under pressure timewise. We have hurled a ball in there which probably does not work. I suggest one person respond from each group but if somebody else wants to come in, we will not be too strict.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: Thank you. I am delighted everybody was able to be here. It is good to see the dynamic and to see the different dynamics between youth work in Northern Ireland and southern Ireland. Northern Ireland was ahead of the posse in terms of professional youth work courses, and Jordanstown would have been a pioneer in that area. Many youth workers from the South had to go to Jordanstown. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Youth Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I welcome Michael D'Arcy to the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. He was commissioned to do some work for the Centre for Cross Border Studies. I am delighted that Andy Pollack is here today. He is the inspiration behind it and he is very welcome. Mr. Pollack has entrusted Mr. D'Arcy to get the message out about what the Centre for Cross Border Studies is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I thank Mr. D'Arcy. This is a scoping study containing ten areas which have been identified. I will list the areas for the benefit of members. They are, work and jobs from economic growth; the single energy market; off-island tourism research projects; cross-Border health service provision plan; the case for a cross-Border economic development zone - this will be of interest to Border...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I am conscious there may be a vote at 2 p.m. so I will take a group of questions together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I ask for a seconder for Ms Gildernew's proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I take the Deputy's point. Perhaps Mr. D'Arcy and Mr. Pollack would agree to return on another day to explore the report further. We can discuss the issue among ourselves at the end of the meeting. I agree that further consideration is desirable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: We should keep this strictly professional, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: The Senator's suggestion is a good one. I am sure Mr. D'Arcy will refer in his response to Tourism Ireland and the work it is doing. A division has been called in the Dáil. I propose that the meeting be suspended to allow Deputies to vote, after which Mr. D'Arcy will have an opportunity to give a comprehensive reply to points raised by members. This is preferable to asking him to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: We are now resumed in public session. I think we have broken the world record for having had the longest time to reflect on questions and therefore I am sure we will be inspired by Mr. D'Arcy's contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: As much as the members, including me, would like to contribute further, we must acknowledge that we are under pressure as there is another meeting. The delegation has been more than welcome. We must really consider how we follow up on the economic side. Mr. D'Arcy's message is a refreshing intervention. He has asked us to determine exactly how we take stock of what is occurring. We...

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Joe McHugh: I propose to share time with Deputies English and Regina Doherty. In the time available I will not have the opportunity to speak at length on this important topic. In the context of an emotive debate on carers, politicians are tempted to give extreme examples from their experience. No two examples are the same and it is very complex for any individual household dealing with the daily life...

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Joe McHugh: I welcome Sinn Féin's initiative in bringing this issue forward. I will try to be as specific as possible in the two minutes available to me. The chilling reality of the world we live in is that while people have always gossiped in the past, now people can do it on-line and we can see it at first hand. In the past, the subject of gossip was sometimes the last to find out and sometimes...