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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Support for Family Carers on the Island of Ireland: Carers' Cross-Border Consortium (3 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am conscious that a vote has been called in the Dáil. Deputy O'Reilly is going to do something he has never done before and make a contribution in 30 seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Support for Family Carers on the Island of Ireland: Carers' Cross-Border Consortium (3 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: We must conclude as a vote has been called in the Dáil. We have made a number of commitments in terms of follow up. I am conscious that it is not just a health issue but we will give the presentation to the Minister for Health south of the Border and for the information of the Northern Minister, Edwin Poots. The mechanism that might be important is the North South Ministerial Council,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Support for Family Carers on the Island of Ireland: Carers' Cross-Border Consortium (3 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Yes, I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Support for Family Carers on the Island of Ireland: Carers' Cross-Border Consortium (3 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: We will end on that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Support for Family Carers on the Island of Ireland: Carers' Cross-Border Consortium (3 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: The meeting is adjourned until 10.15 a.m. on Thursday, 25 September 2014.

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: I will not go over ground the previous speaker debated so eloquently. In a nutshell, there is unnecessary uncertainty around this motion, but we should examine the issue constructively. A review is ongoing and there are issues in regard to the challenges. One of the challenges concerns rural areas, where private operators are under considerable economic and financial pressure as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: 788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by the pro-social drivers programme, a road safety initiative started in 2012 which seeks to improve the driving behaviour of some of the higher risk groups in County Donegal; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the programme depends entirely on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Mar is eol don Teachta, is tríd an phróiseas Meastacháin agus cáinaisnéise a dhéantar leithdháileadh ar an soláthar airgid a chuirtear ar fáil ar bhonn bliantúil don Roinn agus, go deimhin, do na Ranna go léir. Maidir le buiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta don bhliain 2015, tuigim go bhfuil togra straitéiseach aige lena...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Mar Aire Stáit nua, tá sé i gceist agam gach iarracht a dhéanamh chun buiséad Údaráis na Gaeltachta agus buiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge a chosaint i gcáinaisnéis 2015.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Is é an soláthar iomlán a cuireadh ar fáil don údarás i 2014 ná €17.485 milliún, briste síos mar seo a leanas: €5.687 milliún do chaiteachas chaipitil; €3 milliún do chaiteachas reatha; agus €8.798 milliún do chaiteachas riaracháin. B'fhéidir go gcuirfidh an t-údarás leis an roinnt seo...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Sale of State Assets (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: As bearla?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Sale of State Assets (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: The sale of Údarás na Gaeltachta's shares in Arramara Teo to Acadian Seaplants Limited was approved by the board of Údarás on 1 March 2013, subject to ministerial approval being obtained and legal details being agreed. Following an assessment of the proposal, approval was granted for the sale on 29 July 2013, subject to a number of specific conditions being fulfilled. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Sale of State Assets (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: This matter came to my attention a number of weeks ago. In my role as Minister for State, I held a meeting in the Department yesterday because I was anxious to have as much detail on all of today's questions as I could. Seaweed processing is an issue that affects my county as well as a number of others. This contract primarily affects counties on the west coast. When I asked the Deputy's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Sale of State Assets (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: As a result, Údarás na Gaeltachta engaged consultants RSM FGS in July 2010 to assist in identifying a potential strategic partner for Arramara Teo.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: Sale of State Assets (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy knows, the sale of Údarás na Gaeltachta's shares in Arramara Teo to Acadian Seaplants Limited was approved by the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta on 1 March 2013, subject to ministerial approval. On 7 May 2014, Údarás na Gaeltachta was satisfied that the conditions laid down had been complied with fully. The point on penalties is important, however....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: Cinnte, tá cleachtadh de dhíth orm. I am prepared to put in the work in this job as in any job. I have already stated that I must do a refresher course and am prepared to do it. This is about ensuring the job is done correctly. I will do it to be best of my ability. Tá sé ráite sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 go bhfuil an-tábhacht leis an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: In focusing on the Deputy's question, which is a good one, I note that this is about bringing the Irish language into people's homes and getting parents to speak it. Nuair a bhí mé i mo chodladh aréir, bhí mé ag smaoineamh i nGaeilge. I was thinking in the language for the first time in a long time. We must get people thinking in the language - ag smaoineamh sa...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: No question arises in terms of my motivation rather it is a question of confidence - muinín. I am one of a large category of individuals who understands what people are saying when speaking Irish, including the Deputy in terms of the questions he has asked, but I do not have the confidence to converse in Irish. There are four processes to learning any language, the first of which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: One individual will not save this language.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Joe McHugh: This will be done by the people who have a love for the Irish language.