Results 1,341-1,360 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24358/08]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the naturalisation process will be expedited in exceptional circumstances for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/08]
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: A Cheann Comhairleââ
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Children with special educational needs are having their hours slashed for the year starting in September.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: I admire your consistency, a Cheann Comhairle, because you always interrupt me after 1.25 seconds every day I speak on the Order of Business. Vulnerable children who suffer from brittle asthma, ADHD, autism to spina bifidaââ
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: When will the education Ireland Bill be published? There is provision for recourse, which is not possible at the moment, for boards of management, principals or parents to get their cases reviewed. The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act needs to be fully implemented. When will this happen? Will it be included with the education Ireland Bill?
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak tonight. I congratulate Deputy Shatter on introducing the Bill. I concur with my colleagues. Too much politics has been played on this issue since the end of last week. Has a precedent been set that every Bill coming from the other side of the House must be legislation of original thought? I feel sorry for the civil servants who will not be able to...
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: The department of promises.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the elements of the special needs disability Act 2004 that have been enacted; the elements of the Act that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) has had their resource hours cut; if his Department oversees the decisions made by the special educational needs organisers; if there is an appeal process for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/08]
- Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Was that before the general election?
- Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: I wish to share time with Deputy Andrew Doyle. I will have 12 minutes and Deputy Doyle eight. I congratulate my parliamentary soccer colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, on his new position. I wish him the best in his role. I have long been an advocate of intervention, especially through youth participation. I welcome many elements in this Bill. The small shopkeepers to...
- Research Funding (26 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: I record my appreciation to Deputy Doyle for raising this matter. It took almost a week and a half for it to be accepted and I am delighted it has. His persistence highlights the sense of urgency and immediacy for the families concerned. Numbers form much of the basis for arguing which groups require financing but 150 families â a number which is growing â are affected by Duchenne...
- Research Funding (26 Jun 2008)
Joe McHugh: Duchenne muscular dystrophy was not mentioned.
- Fishing Industry: Motion (1 Jul 2008)
Joe McHugh: I commend the efforts of Deputies Creed and Sheahan in bringing this motion to the House. I commend my colleague, Deputy Perry, on the work he did in opposition in the previous Dáil. I refer, for example, to his contribution to the Fine Gael policy document, Oceans of Opportunity. The motion before the House mentions that the value of the seafood industry to the economy is over â¬750...
- Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (1 Jul 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on providing training for redundant fishermen to re-train for the Merchant Navy; the steps he has taken to implement same; his views on meeting with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to put together a plan to provide incentives for fishermen to take up this re-training; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Customs and Excise: Customs and Excise (2 Jul 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of trained customs staff deployed at Killybegs and Letterkenny ports; if a risk assessment has been carried out on non tidal ports along the west coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26257/08]
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26260/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (2 Jul 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the summer works scheme is not going ahead at a school (details supplied) which had been promised money for work to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26255/08]