Results 641-660 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I just asked the question.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (10 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Mary Hanafin, to the House. I recently received correspondence from the chairperson of the board of management of Glenswilly national school, Letterkenny, County Donegal, regarding its attempts to secure an extension to the school building. I hope the Minister is also aware of the representations made by the school's principal because...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (10 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister's response and appreciate her intervention. I hope the visit to school will be expedited. Irrespective of the timeframe and who was in Government in 1992, I was struck on Monday by the principal telling me he had been seeking improvements for the 33 years he has been in the job. We must examine the situation in the current context. I picked up a letter from one of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I also welcome the calls for a debate in this regard, as well as welcoming Senator Quinn's intervention to facilitate next week's debate in respect of energy. It is unfortunate that whenever we debate energy we do so as a reaction to price increases. However, much good work is being done at local authority level where the debate is ongoing. A conference on renewable energy is taking place in...
- Seanad: Departmental Information Services. (11 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith, to the House. My Adjournment matter involves an issue close to his heart as the Minister of State's constituency has many agricultural issues. The specific issue concerns farmers' access to information. Mechanisms are in place which work, and many advisory bodies such as Teagasc do a phenomenal...
- Seanad: Departmental Information Services. (11 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: The last part of the Minister of State's speech has summed up the issue. The concern is that there will be major reductions, which will leave existing staff under severe pressure. The question of whether there will be enough resources to accommodate the existing queries of farmers generally will be highlighted. Some farmers have compared their farming business to people on the minimum wage....
- Seanad: Departmental Information Services. (11 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: It is important to keep the resources or they will be taken away.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the House for an urgent debate on broadband? This call is in light of a comment from our colleague, Senator Quinn, that information packs on how to use the Internet are being distributed to households in Northern Ireland. It is important to remember people in Northern Ireland are in a very fortunate...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I stand with my colleagues who have highlighted the serious situation caused by the outcome of a court case involving a 41 year old man who raped a 12 year old girl. The outcome of the case has sent shockwaves throughout the country, particularly among people who are personally involved in cases which are due to be brought to the High Court. We have to unite to face our collective...
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, to the House. I will start on the point on which my colleague across the House, Senator Kitt, finished, the amount of money that has been blown on strategies, plans and visions for the west. We can discuss that all day, but I will highlight the only figure outstanding, the â¬3.65 billion underspend. That has already...
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: They are not here to defend themselves, this is not appropriate.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: What has it to do with investment in the BMW region?
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: He spoke the truth regarding his own constituency.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: When will the announcement be made?
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities. (30 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley to the House. I look forward to hearing his reply to this matter. He is fairly up to date on developments in this area and is knowledgeable on this matter. I have met a number of parents in my county in the past six months or so and as a result I have begun to learn what it is like to have Asperger's...
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (31 May 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to the House again tonight. He is a busy man as he was also here last night on the Adjournment. The Minister of State is probably aware of the high profile campaign on cancer services which has been ongoing for some time in the north west. The campaign covers retention of current cancer services and also considers the expansion of a range...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)
Joe McHugh: I add my voice to the demand for an urgent debate on health services. It is not until one is immersed in a scenario of a crowded accident and emergency department, or crowded corridors, that one becomes fully aware and appreciative of the problems which exist. We have spoken of trolleys and patients on trolleys, but because so many people speak of it the whole time, the impact is not realised...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)
Joe McHugh: We must act and keep our word. People within the health service who are discussing the issues in a professional way must put their money where their mouths are, with the aid of this Government. It is important we fund the bricks and mortar and afford people the dignity they deserve.
- Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)
Joe McHugh: I thank Senator Feighan for sharing time with me. This debate is an opportunity for politicians to put forward their views on the cancer strategy and to examine the anomalies within the strategy. We owe it to the electorate, whether we are in the Opposition or in Government, to continue to debate this issue. We have not found solutions although, ultimately, there will never be concrete...
- Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)
Joe McHugh: Is that official Government policy for the north west?