Results 61-73 of 73 for cavan speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer's annual indirect taxation income from counties Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, and Louth from 2005 to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41839/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 881: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare payments, the pension payments and the childcare payments in June 2009 in counties Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in tabular form on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38975/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 882: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare payments made in January to June 2009 in counties Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth; the pension payments in January to June 2009 in Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth; the child-care payments in January to June 2009 in Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth in tabular form on a county and monthly...

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...South purchase cosmetics, for example, from suppliers in the United Kingdom. While Northern Ireland retailers are purchasing goods from these suppliers in sterling, their counterparts in Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Dublin are purchasing in euro. Thus, the latter are immediately at a competitive disadvantage. The only retailers that are having a field day and laughing all the way to the...

Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (25 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...the integration of the Border economy with the economy of Northern Ireland. It also recognises the regional significance of Belfast to the province of Ulster, which obviously includes Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. It acknowledges the importance of the fourth largest city on this island, namely, Derry city, as the critical hub for the north west of the Irish Republic. Under the...

Broadband Services: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...Agreement. Enshrined in that Agreement is a responsibility to have communications across the Border. My colleague, Deputy Seymour Crawford, referred to the absence of broadband infrastructure in Cavan and Monaghan. The same applies in my own County Donegal. We have missed opportunities but there is still time to do something about it. People in the industry use the jargon, "virtual...

Barron Reports: Statements (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...looking for the truth to be told and to overcome the insurmountable obstacles that were placed in their paths during the past turbulent 30 years. Deputy Brendan Smith from the Border county of Cavan who is present today is a former co-chairman of the British-Irish Interparliamentary Body. He was vociferous and proactive in working for a peace settlement. Yesterday, the British-Irish...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (30 Jan 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 557: To ask the Minister for Transport the time frame for rolling out rail for counties Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal in view of the recent advertisement by Iarnród Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1884/08]

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: ...members of local authorities, my former colleagues from Donegal County Council of which I was a member in 1999. They were involved in cross-Border groups with councillors from counties Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Leitrim and Sligo. The process originated with every person who was involved in taking risks at a local level. That is where it started and we, as politicians, should acknowledge...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments. (14 Dec 2006)

Joe McHugh: ...of interest. This issue relates to the Donegal Bar Association's call for the appointment of a District Court judge in Donegal and of an additional Circuit Court judge for the region that comprises Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal. This matter has been a major bone of contention for those involved in the legal profession in Donegal for a considerable period and has led to great difficulties in...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Joe McHugh: ...be 40 mph all the way to Donegal. Another choice is to go as far as Ballygawley roundabout and access the M1 via Armagh and Newry. Some people bypass Monaghan while others go via Enniskillen and Cavan. There is too much choice but because we use too many alternative routes not enough people travel on one road for it to be identified. That is a wrong system for the people of the north west....

Seanad: Regional Development: Motion. (11 Feb 2004)

Joe McHugh: ...contribution. Maybe he should stay away from scripted speeches because, when he does, he offers more colour to the debate. I want to be equally parochial out of the sheer jealousy of County Cavan getting the headquarters of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. However, I wish to be constructive in my contribution. Letterkenny is a gateway town, setting itself up...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2003)

Joe McHugh: ...25 on the Order Paper, on fisheries? It is another portfolio that has been relegated to the second division. The location of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in County Cavan was a heavy psychological blow to fisheries. I am not being parochial but the headquarters of the fisheries sector could have been located anywhere from Killybegs to Castletownbere. The...