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Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: I refer to No. 61 on Tuesday's Order Paper regarding Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I wish to acknowledge the Tánaiste's own personal attention to this matter. I request Government time to take this debate. Since my colleagues and I tabled this motion four months ago, circumstances have changed. Time is now running out for boys nearing the age of 18 and it is a life and death situation....

Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6668/09]

Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, to the House. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and I wish to discuss one aspect in which we may move forward. Those of us on this side of the House are proactive. We provide ideas and we fulfil our national obligation in doing so. As far as banking is concerned, we are in an era which is totally unscripted. All manuals...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7638/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation which was involved in the proposed centralising of the medical card section in Ballybofey, County Donegal; the reason centralising Government has become such a dominant feature of health care provision here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7633/09]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that the new Adoption Bill will confer on adoptive parents a wide menu of post-adoptive services, rather than confining these parents to post-adoptive services from the agency or the health board that processes their application to adopt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7641/09]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether An Garda Síochána resources in Inishowen are sufficient in view of the fact that Inishowen towns and villages all circle Derry city; his further views on whether Inishowen's proximity to Derry city is of fundamental importance in the context of policing; his plans to increase Garda resources in...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if plans are in place to relocate existing Money Advice and Budgeting Service offices in County Donegal to other locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7635/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding self-employed workers' entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7636/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her position on self-employed workers' entitlements; if she will refer specifically to the entitlements of self-employed workers whose working week has been cut from five or six days to three days due to economic difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7642/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the scientific justification for the introduction of new rules in respect of KW days at sea regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7637/09]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department can identify the percentage of salmon that is sold as Irish salmon which is in fact not Irish salmon; the reason he has not implemented the European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture products) Regulations 2003, S.I. No. 320 of 2003, which transposes Council Regulation 104/2000 and...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explore ways of alleviating the difficulties that have been imposed on vocational education in County Donegal by the recent budget constraints; the action he will take to minimise the bearing that these cuts will have on front-line services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7632/09]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: The Minister has heard the declarations from our colleagues. He has five people from the Department of Finance or Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with him tonight. He is in contact with the banks on a daily basis. The Minister should give a commitment to farmers that they will have some sort of leverage regarding the interest. That is what they seek today and the Minister...

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Barrett spoke earlier about an antiquated aspect of the educational system. There are positive aspects to this scheme. It was administered by one person and the total administration cost was about €25,000 per year. We are concerned here with the north Inishowen area of Donegal. In my constituency of Donegal North East, 53% of young males leave school at 16. That compares with a...

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: In light of this outstanding success and in light of the fact that this is a particular geographical, sensitive area in terms of early school leaving, should we not be evaluating the good schemes and looking at their benefits? This would be a better approach than imposing a rigid rule for the whole country.

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: I wish to apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am new to the House and I did not know the difference between a Second Stage speech and a priority question.

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Does the Minister of State accept that the 53% statistic is acceptable? Does he accept that it is wrong for his party to give a written commitment to these four schools in 2007 that the scheme would stay in place, and then to renege on that commitment?

Garda Deployment. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: The issue of Garda resources in the Inishowen area has been raised in the Donegal and national media. This is not an argument for increased Garda resources along the Border. As Fine Gael spokesperson on North-South co-operation, I laud the fact the Border is no longer policed as it was in the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s. The fading of the Border should be welcomed and encouraged by every...

Written Answers — National Library: National Library (3 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to continue with the proposal to amalgamate the National Archives with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8649/09]