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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 Jan 2018)

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 bhliantúil do mo Roinn agus, go deimhin, do na Ranna Rialtais go léir. Ina thaobh sin, tá allúntas de €62.595 milliún ina iomláine ar fáil don Ghaeilge, don...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (30 Jan 2018)

Joe McHugh: Ar mhaithe lena chinntiú go bhfuil Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga ag feidhmiú ar an gcaoi is fearr is féidir mar thaca don phróiseas pleanála teanga agus an Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta araon, tá mo Roinn ag tabhairt faoi athbhreithniú ar an scéim i mbliana. Ós rud é go bhfuil éileamh thar na bearta ó...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (30 Jan 2018)

Joe McHugh: Faoi réir na bhforálacha ábhartha d'Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, is bord de dháréag atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta. Is i gcomhréir le forálacha ábhartha an Achta agus na cleachtais agus na rialacháin ábhartha a cheap mé bord nua don Údarás le gairid. Níl aon fholúntais ann faoi láthair, dá réir....

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: First Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Joe McHugh: No.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (31 Jan 2018)

Joe McHugh: Mar atá luaite roimhe seo, tá athbhreithniú á dhéanamh ag an Roinn ar Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga ar mhaithe lena chinntiú go bhfuil an scéim ag tacú ar an gcaoi is fearr is féidir le feidhmiú an phróisis pleanála teanga agus an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta araon. Mar chuid den athbhreithniú, a...

Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: Cuirim fáilte roimh na daoine uilig ó na hoileáin éagsúla timpeall na tíre atá anseo agus molaim an díospóireacht seo. Gabhaim m'aitheantas chuig Sinn Féin fá choinne na moltaí agus an Bille. Gabhaim m'aitheantas le mo chuid chomhghleacaithe, na Teachtaí Andrew Doyle agus Seán Kyne, a bhí agus atá anseo inniu. ...

Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: I want to be part of that conversation. I do not want to be ag déanamh bréige. The Bill will go to the joint committee, not to Committee Stage, for further discussion and I want to be part of that. My two colleagues also want to be involved as well.

Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been given is that there are complications. However, we can try to get around them and that is what I would like to happen.

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018: First Stage (6 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: No.

Proposal on Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (6 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018,a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 25 January 2018, be referred to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in accordance with Standing Order...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (6 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The CSO Labour Force Survey (LFS), which replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017, is the official source of data for the jobless household indicator in the State. The most recent LFS figures available are for Q3 2017. The indicator "People aged 18 - 59 years living in jobless households" is calculated...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Youth Unemployment Data (6 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Labour Force Survey (LFS), which replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017, is the official source of estimates of unemployment in the State. The most recent LFS figures available are for Q3 2017. The following table shows the unemployment (ILO) rates for persons aged 15 – 24 years classified by NUTS-3 regions in Q3 2017: Unemployment (ILO) rates for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cuanta agus Céanna (6 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: Maidir le forbairt Ché Inis Oírr, tá cead pleanála don fhorbairt seo faighte cheana féin agus táthar i lár phróiseas tairisceana ar mhaithe le comhairleoirí innealtóireachta a fhostú chun tabhairt faoin dearadh críochnúil a dhéanamh agus doiciméid tairisceana a ullmhú don obair...

Arts (Dignity at Work) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: No.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for raising this important matter and taking it into the Chamber. It is worth setting the scene, in terms of how the Government is approaching climate change, which is undoubtedly one of the biggest global challenges of our time. The decisions we make cut across almost all the different sectors of our economy, be it farming, housing, transport, industry or...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (7 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: In order to ensure that the Language Assistants Scheme is operating in the best possible way to support both the language planning process and the Gaeltacht Education Policy, my Department will be seeking tenders to carry out a review of this scheme in the coming weeks. It is hoped that, following this review, my Department will be in a better position serve the demand from...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Department is engaging with the group on Sherkin Island, with which I am familiar. When I was on the island, I met the group and it is a great project. As the Deputy pointed out, there was a history and precedent of Cork County Council funding part of the programme. We will continue to consult the island community and need some pathway to a solution. We do not have it, but perhaps the...

Sixteenth Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (13 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the Sixteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 9th February 2018, and discharges and appoints members to committees accordingly.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (13 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December 2017, setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services (20 Feb 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department provides funding for passenger and ferry services to Ireland’s inhabited offshore islands, including Toraigh.  It also has a range of supports in place for the island, in the context of its responsibility to support our offshore islands, but also in support of the Gaeltacht community. In 2017, my Department ran an open tender competition, in accordance with public...