Results 681-700 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We are talking about a way of life.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I respect the views of Senators Norris and Dardis but the debate should be ongoing. The angler knows well thatââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: ââit is a case of pollution in the rivers arising from raw sewage. There is an unsupervised cull of seals.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: The angler knows that this debate must continue and that we cannot just starve an entire coastal community for the sake of a popular decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: What about the poachers?
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We need to compensate the fishermen who are being made redundant.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We need to compensate the fishermen. That is all we are asking for.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I can take the Senator to County Donegal this weekend so he can learn all about it.
- Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I agree with Senator Daly that our confidence in the systems around us is not as advanced as one might wish. As we live in a society with advanced telecommunications systems and information technology, we must embrace change and while so doing, we must embrace new technologies. There are obvious benefits to the forthcoming new technologies....
- Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: Naturally there are fears regarding masts and structures if people live in urban areas in which a national school is near a Garda station with such telecommunications infrastructure. One of the most significant reasons for such fears is that masts are erected without any form of communication with the local community. There is no contact with the people before such masts arrive, which leads...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Since I tabled this matter last week there has been a considerable change in terms of the Labour Court outcome to the case in question. Prior to that, the Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association hoped for a more positive outcome in terms of their core demand to reduce the working week from 39 hours to 35 hours. The INO...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: Can the Government not train more nurses?
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I only suggest it for that part of the public service.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: Would it be money well spent?
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I am struck by the emotive nature of the Minister of State's response. This is not a like-for-like demand. I am talking about a woman or a man who has worked in the nursing profession for perhaps 25 or 30 years. One cannot compare somebody with the skills and expertise of a nurse with a junior doctor just starting his or her career, who may also have to work 39 hours per week. Looking at...
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I ask the Minister to intervene. He should not use emotive language to suggest what nurses should do. He should become involved before it escalates because the nurses will ballot and may do so in a way not to the Government's liking.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: It did not work in the 1990s.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I do not suggest it accept all the claims. The Government should talk to the unions and listen to them.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I am not here to make a political issue of it. I am speaking on behalf of the nurses.
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: Equal rights.