Results 921-940 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (14 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: This issue affects many people.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the major capital water and sewage schemes sanctioned for funding in County Donegal; the percentage of funding from Government being sanctioned for each individual scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28552/07]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposed distances from private dwellings to wind turbines; and if there will be rural and urban consideration. [28102/07]
- Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: In 2002 the Government commissioned Deloitte & Touche to do a review of Coastguard stations and it made numerous recommendations. The then Minister with responsibility in this area, Deputy Dermot Ahern, signed off on one recommendation that Valentia and Malin Head would be the two main Coastguard stations. My colleague, Deputy Sheehan, is aware of that also. In 2006 that decision was...
- Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: It comes under the Maritime Safety Bill. Will this matter be debated under the Maritime Safety Bill? We have wasted â¬145,000 on a reportââ
- Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: ââthat put forward a recommendation, was signed off by a senior Minister and on a whim was changed in 2006. That was a waste of taxpayers' money. It is giving two fingers to the public.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have a series of questions on projects across the Border and in the north west. Prior to the general election, a serious commitment was made by the Government to a motorway from Dublin to Derry and on to Letterkenny. Commitments like these were all the rage prior to the general election. The Taoiseach arrived in a helicopter a week before the...
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: It relates to the Minister's brief. I appreciate him staying in the Chamber up until now because he is probably in a rush elsewhere to announce the opening of a new road in the Pale.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: He is not going to Donegal anyway.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: I accept that. In 2006 another review was undertaken to which I do not have access. Have the original recommendations been changed? The 2002 report cost the State â¬145,000 but its recommendations were changed in 2006. Is the Minister in a position to make the review available to me if I put down a parliamentary question?
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Changing the recommendations would fly in the face of the decentralisation programme.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: There are 18 jobs at Malin Head Coastguard station. Does the new report recommend it should be downgraded to a staff complement of two or three?
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: None of the 18 will lose his or her job?
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Can I assure the 18 existing staff members that they will not lose their jobs?
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: What about the recommendation to increase the staff number to 30?
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: I will and I appreciate the Minister's indulgence.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: At least I can assure those at Malin Head Coastguard station that they will not lose their jobs. Decentralisation is the key, not centralisation. A Member from Cork referred to the provision of ferries there. Donegal has ferry services in Rathmullen, Buncrana, McGilligan and Greencastle but there is no State provision for funding for these effective and necessary transport modes. It is...
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the negotiations that have taken place on cross-Border co-operation in providing the infrastructure for broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28988/07]
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to introduce the 100% broadband coverage that he has recently commented on in view of the fact that most rural and Border areas are still without broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28987/07]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Nov 2007)
Joe McHugh: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport the negotiations that have taken place in relation to identifying the priority route between Strabane and Dublin; the plans in place to introduce ideas from both sides of the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/07]