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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 907: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa; if he will reconsider the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (11 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 4 December 2007, when details of the hardship scheme were sent to Brussels; the reason for the delay in payment of the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/07]

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: When I was at a wake last week, I met a gentleman who happened to be a Fianna Fáil supporter who said his pension represented a great increase on the pension received by his grandfather in the 1950s. Fianna Fáil supporters, including Deputies, often fail to acknowledge that increases in most social welfare payments such as fuel allowance are index-linked and subject to inflation. The...

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: The Government does not account for inflation when it is considering increases in some social welfare hand-outs such as the widow's pension. Inflation is taken into consideration, however, in independent reports which recommend increases in ministerial salaries. I decided to share that anecdote with the House to assure Members that Fianna Fáil supporters in County Donegal are alive and well.

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: In 2006 the National Economic and Social Forum produced a report which acknowledged that there were barriers to labour market inclusivity. This is really what we are looking at. We are not interested in the hand-out mentality. We accept that people need hand-outs at certain intervals — for example, if they are not working as they progress through their career paths. The forum's working...

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: I will focus only on the preventative educational aspects of the issue. I have a few questions in that regard. Before I ask them I acknowledge some locally-based and locally-designed intervention models. In particular, I put on record the efforts of a partnership approach in County Donegal which had a successful road show recently. There were participants from the ambulance service and the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will account for the reduction in projected expenditure for 2008 by 29%; the projects that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34566/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown in relation to funding projects under the gateways innovation fund; the amount Letterkenny will receive under this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34567/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of funding towards An Bord Pleanála in view of the fact that it is projected that it will receive €15.2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34568/07]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (12 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of spending on the Mahon tribunal; if he will account for the significant reduction in the 2008 Estimate, from €16.3 million in 2007 to €12.5 million in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34569/07]

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (13 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has expressed his concern to the Data Protection Commissioner on a recent report in relation to the disposal of records of clients from a law centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34574/07]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (13 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to expand and develop the drugs court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way his Department will meet targets to end homelessness here; the plans he has to ensure a continued supply of social housing during a construction slow down in order to meet targets to end homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35257/07]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on making an application under the Interreg programme for the upgrade of the Malin coastguard station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35046/07]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a report carried out by senior coast guard executives in 2006 is not available under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason this report is being kept from the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35047/07]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount it will cost to carry out the proposal to build two new coast guard stations; the cost of upgrading the existing centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35048/07]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the negotiations that have taken place between his Department and the Northern Ireland Minister for Transport, in relation to a railway link between Letterkenny and Derry; if there are proposals for a Derry to Dublin rail link alongside the proposed new dual carriageway; if so if there is money set aside for these projects; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (18 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is her decision to renew licences issued to a group (details supplied) in October 1994 to continue to include two significant and locally important naturally recurring seed mussel resource areas to the exclusion of the majority of the licences operating in the lough; if, in view of the importance of sustainable...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry: Fishing Industry (19 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the payment of drift net fishermen through the Lough's Agency; and if the Government sought a meeting with the EU commissioner in relation to the matter. [35279/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the upgrade of broadband infrastructure in County Donegal in view of the fact that hundreds of households and businesses still can not access any broadband facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35278/07]