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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Iompair (21 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: Mar atá mínithe agam cheana roimhe seo don Teach, faoi Scéim na mBóithre Áise de chuid na Roinne, a bhfuil tagairt déanta di ina cheist ag an Teachta, chuirtí airgead ar fáil do na húdaráis áitiúla ar mhaithe le obair dheisiúcháin a dhéanamh ar bhóithre beaga faoi leith sa Ghaeltacht.  Le go...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (21 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, Foras na Gaeilge moved to new offices at 63-66 Amiens Street at the beginning of October 2017. The property was substantially refurbished by the landlord in advance of this move and it was the landlord who commissioned all works in relation to the building. This significant investment upgraded the building from an aged 1980s vintage office building to Grade A...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Oideachais sna Gaeltachtaí (21 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: Mar atá luaite agam cheana féin faoin ábhar seo níl aon fhógra déanta agam fós maidir leis na scoileanna a bheidh ag fáil tacaíochta faoi Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga don scoilbhliain 2018/19. I láthair na huaire, tá mo Roinn ag tabhairt faoi athbhreithniú ar Scéim na gCúntóirí...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (21 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: Mar atá ráite agam roimhe seo mar fhreagra ar  Cheisteanna Dála eile faoin ábhar seo, ós rud é go bhfuil freagracht thras-Rannach i gceist maidir le cur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, ba ghá  le plé agus idirbheartaíocht chuimsitheach a dhéanamh le Ranna Stáit ábhartha agus le...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Job Creation (26 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: I have been informed by Údarás na Gaeltachta that as a result of a fact-finding trip to the County Meath Gaeltacht in 2017, the Board of Údarás approved the setting up of an Enterprise Forum in order to research and assess the development of employment opportunities of the area. The Enterprise Forum was established on the 30 November 2017. The aim of this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Industrial Development (26 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. I have been advised by Údarás na Gaeltachta that the proposed project, which is to be located at a vacant Údarás na Gaeltachta facility in Baile Ghib, is not a plastic melting facility. Údarás na Gaeltachta have informed me that the proposed project will manufacture PET (Polyethylene terephthalate)...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Industrial Development (26 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: I have been informed by Údarás na Gaeltachta that employment grants of €170,000 and rent subsidy grants of €41,631 have been paid to the company referred to by the Deputy. I understand that the company took possession of the factory premises in Baile Ghib in October 2014, that  it had 23 full-time employees during 2015 but that that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foireann Roinne (26 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: Tá Scéim Teanga mo Roinne, a ullmhaíodh i gcomhréir le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, le fáil ar Shuíomh Gréasáin mo Roinne (www.chg.gov.ie). San áireamh sa Scéim, tá sonraí maidir le seirbhísí a sholáthraíonn mo Roinn trí Ghaeilge agus leagtar amach inti freisin líon post atá ainmnithe...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: Mar gur rinneadh, le hachtú Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, aisghairm ar na forálacha reachtúil a bhain le toghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta, níl aon ról reachtúil agam maidir leis an gceist atá ardaithe ag an Teachta. É sin ráite, tuigim gur i gcomhar leis na Cinn Comhairimh sna Comhairlí Contaetha Gaeltachta a rinneadh na socruithe...

Business of Dáil (28 Jun 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, there shall be no oral or written Taoiseach's Questions on Tuesday, 3 July and the time will instead be taken for the motion re establishment of a Special Joint Committee on Climate Action. Speeches shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons of parties or groups, which shall...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Debt (4 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: The following table outlines the government consolidated gross debt for the 28 Member States for 2017. General Government Gross Debt (GG Debt) is defined in the EU regulations implementing the Maastricht Treaty as the gross debt liabilities of the consolidated General Government sector, at nominal value. ‘Consolidated’ means that any money owed by one entity within General...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Debt (4 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: The following table sets out Ireland's Gross General Government Debt as a percentage of GDP, GNP and GNI*. Modified Gross National Income (GNI*) is a new indicator (introduced in July 2017), recommended by the Economic Statistics Review Group, and is designed to exclude globalisation effects that are disproportionately impacting the measurement of the size of the Irish economy (2017 GNI* not...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Exports Data (4 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: The data requested by the Deputy is not available in CSO statistics. The value of goods and service exports with a breakdown by country of destination is shown in the Statistical Yearbook of Ireland. The following table is from the latest edition which contains data for 2016. For Balance of Payments and National Accounts purposes the data include conceptual adjustments for goods exports...

Business of Dáil (5 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: In light of the very good progress that has been made with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill this evening, and in light of the allocated time we have available for this Bill tomorrow, I propose that we give an extra hour to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill tomorrow, which will bring it to two hours.

Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: Níl.

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: No.

Child and Family Agency (Foster Care Oversight) Bill 2018: First Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: No.

Standing Orders: Motion (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: I move:That in accordance with the recommendations under Standing Order 107(1)(a) of the Committee on Procedure, and with effect from 18th September 2018, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended as follows:(a) in Standing Order 61—(i) in paragraph (3), by the deletion of all words from 'If the defamatory nature' down to and including 'after...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that earlier this year I announced the new board of Údarás na Gaeltachta. The new board was appointed for a 5-year period to January 2023. In accordance with the provisions of the Gaeltacht Act 2012, certain members were appointed to the board on foot of nominations by County Councils that have a Gaeltacht area within their jurisdictions. The other...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services (10 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the deputy will be aware, a contract for provision of a passenger and light cargo service for Toraigh was awarded to Réalt na Mara Teo for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023.  In addition to this, my Department has made funding available to the Comharchumann on the island to enable it to procure a supplementary fast ferry passenger service using a twelve-passenger...