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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I will call Ms Cadwallader at the end. We have three more contributors. We will hear first from Alasdair McDonnell followed by Senator Mary White.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I call Senator Mary White who will be followed by Deputy Seán Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: The final two contributors are Deputy Seán Crowe followed by Senator Mary Moran.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: No the final contributor is Deputy Ellis. He should not follow the pattern set by the committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am not referring only to Senator Moran. Brevity is alien to the other members but this is an important issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Effects of Violence: Justice for the Forgotten (16 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: Thank you, Deputy. Before I ask the witnesses to sum up, I point out that I am obliged by another commitment and have to leave. With the agreement of the committee, I ask that Deputy Frank Feighan take the Chair in my absence. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank Ms Cadwallader and Ms Urwin for their contributions today. There will be follow-up in regard to what we propose to do, but I will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide and update on his engagements with the British Government and with the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44105/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his recent discussions with Mr. Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, in respect of Northern Ireland. [44109/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out his Department's plans for promoting greater co-operation between Britain and the Republic of Ireland in addressing policy concerns at meetings of EU Heads of Government. [44112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Implementation Bodies (21 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all formal North-South meetings through the North-South Ministerial Council; formal engagements between him and formal engagement by him on North-South issues and bilateral meetings on an east-west basis for the years 2009 to 2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/14]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I acknowledge the work of Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn in bringing his legislation forward. The detail and the Minister's insight will obviously result in a different perspective on this side of the House. Let us consider the views of the individual citizen watching the circus of the CRC and the Rehab debacle. A farmer watching the 6 p.m. or 9 p.m. news looks at the amount of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his discussions as Head of the Irish Government with the British Government about the work of Dr Richard Haass in Northern Ireland. [44108/13]

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on health-related matters. Specifically, I wish to acknowledge the Minister's direct role in response to the flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital last summer. I wish to acknowledge Noel Daly, Ambrose McLoughlin and Bill Maher for their hands-on role in ensuring that the temporary accident and emergency unit was up and going within six weeks....

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: The specific item is statements on the situation in Northern Ireland, but we need to include the east-west dimension. Any time we speak about North-South issues we must be conscious of the east-west element. I acknowledge the Taoiseach's ongoing commitment to east-west relations, in particular his work at the British Irish Council. Work is being undertaken on youth unemployment, an issue...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I do not mind. They can chat away.

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: Recently the Tánaiste announced new work at North-South Ministerial Council level regarding a better focus on economic development and job creation. I acknowledge the new strategy. Representatives from the Centre for Cross Border Studies and a representative from the North-South Ministerial Council were present today to share information with Members of the House on a cross-party...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Deputy Stephen Donnelly has heard it before from his constituency colleague, Deputy Andrew Doyle - in fact, peace nearly broke out and it was nearly going to go the whole way. We welcome the spirit of Deputy Donnelly's intervention. Leaving aside all the documentation with regard to rebuttal and the legally binding voluntary commercial debt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of revenue raised through VAT on coal over the past five years, in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6112/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Speed Limits (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a variable speed limit will be introduced for a national road in an area surrounding a place such as a school; if so the procedures involved in such; if not, the amendments that would be required to introduce variable speed limits; if he will enforce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome from the Department of Health Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa, assistant secretary; Mr. Paul Barron, assistant secretary; Ms Audrey Hagerty, principal officer; Mr. Charlie Hardy, principal officer; Mr. Tom Monks, assistant principal officer; Ms Louise Kenny, assistant principal officer; Mr. Keith Comiskey, assistant principal officer; and Ms Helen O'Brien, higher executive officer. I look...