Results 1,681-1,700 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (5 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether assessing student fee applications with reference to their parents' incomes should be reconsidered in view of the fact that most students are adults in the eyes of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4003/09]
- Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of rent which has been accrued from renting masts to mobile phone operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4642/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quasi-government quangos that are in existence; and the annual cost of these quasi-Government quangos. [4181/09]
- Written Answers — Medical Research: Medical Research (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if progress will be made by her in respect of funding for Duchenne research in view of the success of the pilot programme using the exon skipping technology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and further in view of the support the Joint Committee for Health and Children has given and the fact that she has been receiving...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the existence of cross-border social welfare fraud; the mechanisms she has established to address cross-border social welfare fraud; the length of time she has been aware of this issue; the approximate number of persons her Department believes are engaging in this fraud; and if she will make a...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the allowances available to private sector workers who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, in terms of back to education courses; the allowances available for people who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, and who wish to pursue courses through FÃS; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Project Kelvin in terms of an account of project status; if he will provide a progress report on money approved and spent; if there have been changes in the status of the project since July 2008; the person who changed the status of the project in the event of it having been changed; and...
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will release the â¬5 million that was set aside for aquaculture in the national development plan. [4701/09]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the allowances available for people who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, and who wish to pursue courses through the Vocational Education Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4306/09]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (10 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his decision to remove the disadvantaged status of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that 16 of the school's 21 feeder primary schools are disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4650/09]
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (11 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council with the Special European Union Programmes Body regarding the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly ferries in view of the fact that it was stated in Dáil Ãireann on 4 February 2009 that the issue has no home Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/09]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of salaries the new pension related levies apply to; if it is applicable to tax free allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/09]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if the new pension levy is tax deductible; if the income levies introduced by him in winter 2008 are tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/09]
- Written Answers — Public Contracts: Public Contracts (12 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report of a company (details supplied) declares that the submission of below cost tenders for construction contracts in the north west is widespread; his views on whether this is unsustainable; his further views on whether the weakness of sterling and the higher cost base here puts contractors...
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (17 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short-term; if he will facilitate small businesses employing four employees with three to four months work ahead of them by providing access to â¬50,000 in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6094/09]
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the State of the FCA in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/09]
- Written Answers — Property Management Companies: Property Management Companies (17 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to confer greater responsibility and autonomy on residents in respect of management fees; the nature of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/09]
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (17 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who wishes to sell their two salmon licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/09]
- Programme for Government. (18 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Taoiseach's emphasis on labour intensive infrastructural projects. School buildings were mentioned as a possibility. To what specific projects does the Taoiseach refer? Does he consider rail development labour intensive infrastructural development? If he does, will the Government include rail as a possibility to be rolled out under a new national development plan? In regard...
- Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Feb 2009)
Joe McHugh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the growing number of burglaries of houses and the ongoing inability of Inishowen Garda SÃochána to prevent their occurrence which illustrates there are insufficient Garda SÃochána resources on the peninsula and that the distribution of Garda SÃochána resources does not consider...