Results 701-720 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: What equal rights? They work more hours than the average public servant.

Seanad: Drug Misuse: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House to discuss this important matter which grows in seriousness with every passing week. The Minister of State acknowledged the challenging nature of the task. It is very difficult to seal every port and harbour of our island community to combat the importation of drugs....

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: Four years ago we had an opportunity to be proactive with the electoral register but now we appear to be making it up as we go along. It is taking responsibility for producing its Bill——

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: I wish to share time with Senator Bradford.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. I also welcome a fellow Donegal man, the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher. He will be aware of the challenges in providing housing in our county. However, we must debate an issue such as this on a national basis. With regard to stamp duty, the issue has been avoided in the course of the debate and in the Government's amendment. For the...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: I will not welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Power, to the House, since he has already had a long evening here.

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: I have tabled this important matter on the Adjournment to seek clarification of the current status of co-operation between Belfast and Donegal regarding facilitation of cancer patients. I ask not as a matter of concern but for clarification, since the relationship is evolving. I acknowledge the good work that has been done to date and the negotiating team that has set up the facility in...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: It is extremely important that we remain focused on the demands of the people in the north west, and not only those in Donegal. I speak of others straddling the Border, from Tyrone down to Fermanagh and back up to Derry. There is an urgent demand to ensure a north-west satellite radiation treatment centre. I acknowledge that this is a move forward and accept that there has been very...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (29 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: Yes. Is the Government interested in setting up a satellite radiation service in the north west? It requires only a simple "Yes" or "No" response.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the budget. I wish to refer to the introductory remarks of the Fine Gael spokesperson in the Dáil, Deputy Bruton, in respect of people on trolleys. The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, would have been there at the time and should agree with me that the reaction to what he said was, to say the least, juvenile and an insult. The juvenile reaction...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I am talking about people on trolleys. Deputy Bruton referred to the people on trolleys and he was heckled and jeered as if the problem did not exist, while 34 people were on trolleys today in Letterkenny General Hospital.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Bruton was heckled and jeered and the Minister of State was part of it and he knows it. That happened during his introductory remarks on the budget today. The people——

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: The Minister of State will have a chance to respond. It is an insult——

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: It was the Minister of State and his Government——

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: The Minister of State and the Government control this House. When Deputy Bruton made reference——

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I urge the Chair to be balanced on this issue.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I accused him and his Government. He was one of them. It was the Government collectively.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I will not withdraw it. It was him and part of the Government. It is a collective Government and today that group heckled and jeered Deputy Bruton when he mentioned the people on trolleys as if what he said was not true.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: I will not withdraw a remark about people heckling and jeering about people on trolleys, with 34 of them on trolleys today in Letterkenny General Hospital.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: If he puts it on the record that he did not heckle.