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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings in County Donegal owned by the State which are vacant; and when these buildings were vacated. [43433/08]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (2 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of minors detained in juvenile detention centres here; the number of minors who were detained in juvenile detention centres here in 2007; the cost to the State of this detention in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43434/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (2 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public money that was spent annually on advanced driving courses for temporary workers by local authorities here between 1997 and 2007; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43435/08]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (2 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of his declaration of 19 November 2008 that his Department has not prepared an estimated cost to the State of the extension of the farm waste management scheme, he will provide financial explanations for his refusal to extend the scheme; his views on whether in principle an extension of the scheme would prevent...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (2 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his position in relation to the request by the polyvalent sector to be allocated an increased share of the Irish mackerel quota. [43855/08]

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: On a point of order. The Minister is misleading the House. He was asked a question. Is there traceability in the pig industry or is there not?

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: The Minister is avoiding the question.

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: How is the Minister going to do that?

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: I ask the Minister to personally intervene in the North-South issue. Deputy Blaney raised the matter but the Minister did not answer it. Pig producers have sourced their feed in Northern Ireland and send their pigs to Northern Ireland to be slaughtered. At the moment they are not being facilitated. I ask the Minister to intervene, through the North-South Ministerial Council, to see if we...

Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State. I refer to the issues I raised at the joint Oireachtas committee meeting last week. The Government needs to develop a mentality that it has bought into the Good Friday Agreement, which clearly provides for an integrated marine strategy. This presents a serious challenge because it will create additional layers of bureaucracy. However, the Government needs...

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House but first I want to commend my colleague, Deputy Varadkar, for tabling this timely motion. We are in challenging times. Having a county colleague and comrade of mine here——

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: I would hope so in terms of a fellow Donegal citizen.

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: The Tánaiste wants to distract from the serious argument and challenges with regard to what is happening in our part of the world and which is affecting the economy as a whole. We have been monitoring the situation through the media but travelling southwards from Donegal today I did not need the media. We have plenty of anecdotal evidence that there is a mass migration of people to...

Written Answers — North-South Economic Development: North-South Economic Development (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times she has met with Minister Arlene Foster in 2008 to discuss the integration of the two commercial zones on this island; her views on the Hain-Ahern 2006 assertion that companies should be encouraged to redesign logistical strategies and treat Ireland as one commercial zone rather than two...

Written Answers — Taxation Policy: Taxation Policy (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Irish and British Governments' diverging indirect taxation strategies contradict the Hain-Ahern 2006 assertion that companies should be encouraged to redesign logistical strategies and treat Ireland as one commercial zone rather than two separate entities. [45035/08]

Written Answers — Integration of Health Services: Integration of Health Services (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times she has met with her Northern Ireland ministerial counterpart Michael McGimpsey in 2008 to discuss the integration of health services on this island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45037/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Services: Coast Guard Services (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will guarantee that Shannon is no longer being considered as a possible site for a new Coast Guard station. [44692/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Services: Coast Guard Services (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding Malin Head Coast Guard station; if he will downgrade the Coast Guard services currently provided from the station; if he will upgrade the technology and infrastructure at the Coast Guard station; if he will build a new Coast Guard station at a new venue on the Irish coast; if he will provide Coast Guard services from the...

Written Answers — Coast Guard Services: Coast Guard Services (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision on the futures of Malin Head and Valentia Coast Guard stations; the nature of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44717/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Services: Coast Guard Services (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the stage the decision-making process relating to the futures of Malin Head and Valentia Coast Guard stations is at. [44718/08]