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Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: I am not going to jump into a bear pit on a Thursday evening. This is a serious issue. It is not just the Red Cross that is involved. The Deputy is aware of the great work his local authority did and the great work done by the local authority in Roscommon. I was speaking to Deputy Fitzmaurice about the work done at the height of the devastation by the emergency services and the community....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Beef Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: I thank Senator O'Neill for raising this matter. It shows that the Senator's ear is to the ground because in my constituency in Donegal it is very much a concern in the farming community, not only regarding this proposed takeover, but in general regarding the price of beef in the factories. When Senator O'Neill's colleague beside him, Senator Comiskey, and I meet, we talk about that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Beef Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: It is good that the Senator is raising this matter today, particularly as he is articulating grave concerns. There was a lobbying session by the IFA a couple of weeks ago and the matter is very much on its radar. The Minister cannot refer anything to the Commission until the merger happens. Prior to the latter taking place, the Senator is raising the matter publicly, creating awareness and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit (26 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: I understand that the repair work to Ashford Weir on the river Vartry is the responsibility of Wicklow County Council. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the State Body, under the remit of my Department, with responsibility for the protection, conservation, development and promotion of our inland fisheries resource. In the context of the Fisheries Acts and relevant EU legislation, particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (26 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: Mar atá a fhios ag an Teachta, ní foláir, tháinig deireadh leis an gconradh farantóireachta paisinéirí do Árainn (Inis Mór) ar 31 Eanáir 2013 agus níl aon chonradh ag mo Roinn don tseirbhís seo ó shin. Cé go raibh cruinnithe idir mo Roinn agus an comhlacht farantóireachta, rinne siad féin cinneadh gan glacadh le...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Resources (28 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: Ireland’s strategy for the exploitation of indigenous oil and gas resources aims to maximise the level of exploration activity and increase the level of production activity, while ensuring a fair return to the State. In recent years efforts to reposition the industry through an intensive promotional campaign, data acquisition projects and the reworking and modernising of the regulatory...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Joe McHugh: I am glad to contribute to this debate. To break it down into the detail of different parts is a learning experience about the history of individual buildings. I am glad to do that. As a former geography and maths teacher, I have had many encounters with history teachers. With history, it is very important to stick with the facts, which I will do tonight. For most of the last 100 years...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Joe McHugh: -----agus a bhogadh chun tosaigh agus rudaí soiléire a dhéanamh maidir leis an stair. Seasaigí suas maidir leis na rudaí cearta agus seasaigí suas maidir leis na rudaí atá déanta sna blianta a chuaigh thart. Ba mhaith liom m'aitheantas agus mo bhuíochas a ghabhadh arís leis an Aire, an Teachta Heather Humphreys, agus a comhghleacaithe,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Angling Season (2 Feb 2016)

Joe McHugh: Currently there is no licence required or fee payable when fishing for trout and the numerous array of coarse fish species (pike, bream, roach, trench etc.) in Ireland. In addition, no licence or fee is required for sea angling. This covers the vast majority of angling species in Ireland.The current licensing regime in Ireland contrasts with other countries world-wide where licence fees are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (2 Feb 2016)

Joe McHugh: The River Finn and Lough Foyle fall within the operational area of the Loughs Agency, a North-South Implementation Body established under the Belfast Agreement. The Agency is subject to joint corporate governance arrangements by my Department and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland under the North-South Ministerial Council. The protection, conservation and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (2 Feb 2016)

Joe McHugh: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) concluded a comprehensive public consultation process on Ireland's Eel Management Plan as part of the 2015 review, under EU Council Regulation 1100/2007. The consultation afforded stakeholders the opportunity to make written submissions on all aspects of eel fishing in Ireland. The process also included a review of the status of the eel stocks nationally and the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creimeadh Cósta (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Níl aon chiste ag mo Roinnse faoi láthair faoina bhféadfaí cuidiú leis an togra seo. Tuigtear do mo Roinn go dtagann an cúram seo i gcoitinne faoi Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Eitilte (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Foilsíodh an Iarratas ar Thairiscint ar an láithreán gréasáin etenders ar 1 Aibreán 2016. San Iarratas ar Thairiscint sin, lorgaítear tairiscint ó sholáthraithe chun seirbhís aeir a chur ar fáil idir Aerfort Na Mine agus Oileáin Árann. Mar atá leagtha síos i Rialachán 1008/2008 de chuid an AE, faoina...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cuanta agus Céanna (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Is le Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe cé Inis Meáin agus, mar sin, tagann an cúram seo faoin gComhairle. Faoi láthair, níl ciste ag mo Roinn faoina bhféadfaí maoiniú a chur ar fáil do thuilleadh forbartha ar an gcé sin.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Roads Maintenance Funding (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: My Department has no plans at present to reintroduce the Bóthar Áise Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Mar a mhínigh mé don Teachta i mo fhreagra ar Cheist Dála Uimh. 250 ar an 21 Eanáir 2015, daingníodh scéim teanga faoi alt 11 d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla le Bord Sláinte an Iarthair, mar a bhí ag an am agus atá anois mar Réigiún an Iarthair d’Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (FSS), i mí Iúil...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Tá an dréachtscéim teanga don tréimhse 2016-18 atá ullmhaithe ag oifigigh mo Roinne i gcomhréir le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla á breithniú agam faoi láthair roimh í a fhaomhadh agus a fhoilsiú. Ní miste a nótáil go bhfanann scéim reatha na Roinne i bhfeidhm go dtí go ndaingnítear an scéim nua.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: Tá curtha in iúl dom gurbh ionann líon iomlán na mball foirne fostaithe i mo Roinn ar an 31 Márta agus 591 (571.10 lánaimseartha). Sa tábla thíos tugtar achoimre ar na 57 bpost atá ainmnithe faoi láthair mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas inniúlachta Gaeilge ag baint leo; Aonad Gnó Líon na Foirne Reatha Rannán na...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Early Childhood Care Education (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: I understand that the Naíonra referred to by the Deputy is in receipt of current funding under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme which is administered by my colleague Dr James Reilly, T.D., the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I understand also that no cuts have been applied to the current funding rate for the ECCE programme.In this context, I should...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (20 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: I have been advised that Inland Fisheries Ireland advertised a public consultation from 17 February to 16 March 2016 to seek views on the introduction of a local bye-law on Lough Sheelin (Managed Wild Brown Trout Fishery) to close angling for any species by rod and line from 13 October each year to the end of February of the next following year. This bye-law is being sought to...