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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: I want to raise two items in respect of head 4 concerning mental health. I think a better explanation is needed for the different ranges and definition of mental illness. I refer to the definitions of real, serious, long-lasting and permanent and specifically within that category schizophrenia and recurrent psychotic depression. That is one level. Public concern focuses on a different...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will will update Dáil Éireann on his strategy for supporting homeowners in mortgage difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the effective rate of Irish corporation tax, if he will outline his strategy for simplifying the administrative burden that applies to achieving corporate rate compliance; if he will provide Dáil Éireann with up-to-date comparative figures for the numbers of days it takes companies based here to achieve this compliance compared...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his views of mis-selling of payment protection insurance and linked products by all lenders (details supplied); if he will consider moving the statute of limitations that applies in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a submission regarding a school that operates under Church of Ireland management; his view of the cultural and local roles of such schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ask his Department to engage with a fisherman who proposes to extend his interest in a fishery (details supplied) in County Donegal and if he will communicate directly with the person about this matter. [23693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to supports being provided by his Department to farmers who are afflicted by the fodder crisis, the supports that his Department is providing to farmers who operate small holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of May 2013, if he will update Dáil Éireann on BIM's engagement with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23794/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will respond to concerns regarding funding challenges that are addressed in a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23803/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 648. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to available State supports for provision of services to adults who live with autism, if he will identify funding avenues that may be supportive of a programme of regular walking that would be available, for example, to a 58 year old persons with autism who lives with elderly parents; if the State will endorse the development of such...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (22 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whose presence is a sign of how proactive he is on this issue. I acknowledge his intervention with the subsidised transport scheme which has helped farmers in very difficult situations. In the short time available I will set out the context for my county and the north-west region in general. Farmers have been working daily on...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (22 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate the Minister is on top of this issue. The message has to go out that there has to be a management plan over the next 12 months. While the narrative is often that farmers have it good with good prices for cattle and milk, the real story behind farming is that its costs have gone up in the past two years. Accordingly, we must consider the potential income for farmers over the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (22 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will give an update on his Department's engagements with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland in respect of economic development of the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (22 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her policy for regulation of adoption has changed since 2011; if she will consider amending section 63 of the Adoption Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will commence at Letterkenny Regional Hospital, County Donegal [24977/13]

Other Questions: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (28 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his objectives for increasing the number of Northern Ireland students attending third level here; the percentages of third level students here who are citizens of Northern Ireland per annum since 2005; if there is scope for increasing the compatibility of the CAO system and the UCAS system; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (28 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be available to Student Universal Support Ireland in the 2013/2014 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (28 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will update Dáil Éireann on his response to the recent tornado in Oklahoma; if he will describe the international efforts of support to which the Irish State is party; if he will offer to provide temporary accommodation to affected US families and temporary educational support to the children of affected...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance following the commencement date, if he will consider establishing mandatory furnishing of fire and accidental damage insurance policies prior to commencement of private construction contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25411/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (28 May 2013)

Joe McHugh: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a submission (details supplied) by a teacher; if he recognises this teacher's contribution to education; if he will address this teacher's specific concerns; his views regardingf the general issues that are addressed in the submission [25381/13]