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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an overview of services that are available to a cohort of students (details supplied); his vision for the provision of such education to students of this profile into the future; the supports that are available to the families of such students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Family Support Services (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with reference to the Fiscal Case for Working with Troubled Families and also Listening to Troubled Families that were published by the British Government last month, if his Department will publish comparative statistical profiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13541/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with reference to an industrial estate in County Donegal, if his Department and Údarás na Gaeltachta will consider a proposal (details supplied); and if he will communicate directly with a person regarding this matter. [13499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was granted just one year even though similar applicants secured five years of residency; the reason for the delay in making a decision; if he will justify the fact that the applicant has spent all personal savings on living here for four years in order to qualify; if humanitarian grounds are considered; and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a barracks (details supplied) in County Donegal; the costs to the State to date in 2013 of associated security; when there will be a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13502/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the delegation. I have some questions and will try to be as specific and brief as possible. As the delegation is aware, in 2013 the charity sector and mobile operators launched a mobile text service to ensure 100% of donations would go to charity. This was most welcome and I acknowledge it. Why does ComReg require charities to obtain a premium rate service licence when they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: There was joint North-South and EU funding but ComReg is, nevertheless, a communications regulator. While the regulator may not have had involvement in the design and construct of the project, surely the service that is available now is the responsibility of the communications regulator. I appreciate Mr. O'Brien saying we can talk about the matter after the meeting, but ComReg has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: Has ComReg had no complaints from places like Buncrana, where the issue has been raised publicly and at town council level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: Can Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Leavy take my contributions to this meeting as formally raising the issue with ComReg? I ask them to contact Donegal County Council and Buncrana Town Council because this is a live issue in that region. I ask them to respond to those bodies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Line Rental Charges: Discussion with Commission for Communications Regulation (14 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate that ComReg must consider the possibility of court proceedings, for example. However, the definition in the Act of a premium rate service provider is "one who does any of the following for gain". Charity organisations are not for-gain organisations. There is a grey area, on which legislators need help. I am asking ComReg to liaise with the committee and give a comprehensive...

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle the number of patients on trolleys in Sligo General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on the student assistance fund; the amount of funding that has been allocated in Budget 2013 for distribution through the fund in 2013-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a submission (details supplied) [14124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 12 March 2013, if he will update Dáil Éireann on the deliberations of the monthly stakeholder meeting with respect to the proposal to allocate extra herring quota for herring in Area VIa to boats of less than 15 metres in length. [13988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the distinction between a Hague convention and a Hague standard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the number of Irish couples with pre-Hague section 63 declarations who have adopted children from Russia since the Hague concord; the reason a hold has been placed on registering adoptions from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Inflation (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health his views on inflation in healthcare prices here and across the European Union; if he will update Dáil Éireann on any relevant EU discussions in which his Department is engaged; if he will compare Irish healthcare inflation trends since 2005 with Dutch healthcare inflation trends; if he will identify sources for relevant statistical data; if his...

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

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I acknowledge the role of the Minister of State, 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...

Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of mortgages that were drawn down in County Donegal and in Northern Ireland which are in arrears today; if he will explain his strategy for supporting affected families' wishes to move into sustainable financial arrangements and to also remain in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13937/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain his conception of sustainable mortgages and unsustainable mortgages here; if he will estimate the number of unsustainable mortgages here; his strategy for supporting people who are burdened by these unsustainable mortgages; the numbers of mortgages drawn down in County Donegal and drawn down in the country that are in long-term arrears; and...