Results 41-60 of 73 for cavan speaker:Joe McHugh

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (17 Jun 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...-year-old boys - I did not think they were boys at the time - from Manchester and Liverpool with guns. That is a type of history, and I was trying to learn it amidst a shroud of negativity. As a Leitrim and Cavan man, I have space because of the peace process. When everybody was talking about the peace process in 1998, I did not know we would create a new space and I did not know what...

Topical Issue Debate: Mobile Telephony (12 Mar 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...along the motorways. We are playing catch-up. Calls are dropping out. We need more information on the infrastructural upgrades. We need to know how much money is being spent. When I go to Cavan tonight, my calls will be dropping out the whole way and then I will probably go through Enniskillen. The coverage in the North is very poor. I hear, however, the mobile phone companies in...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...consider the potential environmental health impact but also the human health impact. Many of the submissions received, including from Deputy Michael Colreavy's part of the world in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Cavan, asked for there to be someone on the group with a health competency. I am delighted that there is someone on it with that expertise, as the survey's two major pillars will be...

Seanad: Geological Survey of Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...at a community level. I have met with many groups, including groups in counties Leitrim and Sligo. The Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy White, and I met with a delegation from Cavan and Leitrim county councils. We take their concerns very seriously, and the two pillars of the research focus on environmental and human health issues. I agree with Senator Whelan that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (19 Nov 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...1 March 2011 to 28 February 2013, over parts of the north west carboniferous Lough Allen Basin and the Clare Basin. The licensing options were granted to Tamboran Resources, covering parts of Counties Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo; Lough Allen Natural Gas Company Limited, covering parts of Counties Cavan, Leitrim, north Roscommon and east Sligo; and Energi Oil plc, covering part of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (19 Nov 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...EPA research project, I had a number of meetings even during the summer. I met representatives of groups from Sligo. The Minister, Deputy White, and I had a meeting in Dublin with a group from Cavan County Council and Leitrim County Council. There are obvious concerns and I take them very seriously. While they exercised their right to make an application, the fundamental factor is that...

Other Questions: Haulage Industry Regulation (2 Apr 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...of the Northern Ireland Minister, Mr. Mark H. Durkan, MLA, and his officials in collaboration with the Department here. There is still an opportunity to be creative in some way. One road between Cavan and Monaghan has been granted a derogation. There has been considerable talk about getting a derogation just for the A5. Officials I have spoken to have said it would be hard to monitor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Support: Special Olympics Ireland (6 Mar 2014)

Joe McHugh: I remember one time when Cavan was not in Ulster, but I will not go there. We will not talk about the past. I appreciate the attendance of the delegation. The meeting has been a good opportunity for the witnesses to put on public record the good work that they do. If the committee can be of help then our door is open. We appreciate their being here and thank them for their contribution....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Support: Special Olympics Ireland (6 Mar 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...to all observations, but I invite Mr. Matt English to comment, and Mr. John McKernan might give an Ulster perspective. I too am interested in the response to Deputy Conlan's question on Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal. Are these counties in Ulster or not in Ulster? I would appreciate specific clarification.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of revenue raised through VAT on coal over the past five years, in Counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6112/14]

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...as this send a very negative signal. I acknowledge the role of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, in trying to secure derogations for certain roads. A 7 km section between Cavan and Monaghan has a derogation and I call for the A5 to receive a similar derogation. The Minister will continue to pursue this issue. If the A5 receives a derogation, should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Border Region Road Links: Discussion with NRA (24 Oct 2013)

Joe McHugh: Does Deputy O'Reilly wish to come in? His colleague from Cavan mentioned every road in Cavan in his absence, so he would just be-----

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...areas, communities should be able to make suggestions and perhaps the Minister could consider community policing at town and county level. That model works and we should consider it for the Fermanagh-Cavan region or Tyrone-Derry-Donegal, where the community could be involved while being reassured at the same time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (5 Feb 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...that were committed in County Donegal in the period July 2012-January 2013 that involved cross-border movement by the perpetrators; if he will provide the equivalent figures for counties Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Dublin, Meath and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5604/13]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2011)

Joe McHugh: Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been issued to residents of Counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan since 2006 by county, and to annualise the figures; the number of passports issued in Counties Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Kerry and Limerick in the same period, and to provide the information in the same...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Sep 2010)

Joe McHugh: ...Donegal, through the national treatment purchase fund to private hospitals; the number referred to each of these private hospitals; if she will provide these figures for Sligo General Hospital and Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32883/10]

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joe McHugh: ...for him. In the United States, 42 people who were in the banking profession have gone to prison whereas in Ireland not one person has gone to prison. Interestingly, about six weeks ago in County Cavan at a meeting of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly I asked Patrick Honohan of the Central Bank, who was in attendance, whether bankers should go to prison for being involved in what...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Mar 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will acknowledge Resolution No. 2 of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly's plenary meeting at Cavan on 23 February 2010 (details supplied), if he will conduct a feasibility study in response to this resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10030/10]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (26 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: ...there is free movement of persons across the border; if he will take this matter into consideration when next assigning garda officers; his views on whether rural parts of counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, and Donegal are close to densely populated parts of the northern jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43669/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer's VAT and indirect taxation intake from Counties Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in the first half of 2007; the first half of 2008; and the first half of 2009. [43006/09]