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- Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2017: First Stage (11 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: No.
- Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, this was agreed by the Business Committee last Thursday.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (11 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q1 2017 when the proportion of employees aged 15 years and over reporting earning the National Minimum Wage or less in the State was 7.8% (122,800). Tables 1 and 2 below show the total number of employees (ILO) aged 15 years and over...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (11 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: The Census of Population 2016 Summary Results – Part 2 published on 15 June, 2017 recorded 79 unemployment blackspots. In this report an unemployment blackspot was defined as an Electoral Division whose labour force exceeded 200 persons and where the unemployment rate (on a Principal Economic Status basis) exceeded 27 per cent. There were 79 such EDs in 2016 with an average...
- Business of Dáil (6 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of 4 July, that oral questions to the Minister for Education and Skills take place at the conclusion of the proceedings on Second Stage of the Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017 or at 5 p.m., whichever is the later.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (6 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: The information sought by the Deputy is outlined in the following table: Year Capital €m Current (Admin) €m Current (Programmes) €m Total €m 2010 11 3.915 18 32.915 2011 6.0 10.3 3.3 19.6 2012 5.938 9.871 3.273 19.082 2013 6.0 9.009 3.4 18.409 2014 5.687 8.798 3.0 17.485 2015 6.687 8.798 3.0 18.485 2016 9.087* 8.823 3.0 18.51 2017 6.687 8.958...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Debt (5 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: The legally binding accounting rules which must be used by all EU Member States for producing Government Finance Statistics (GFS) are those of the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010). The Manual on Government Deficit and Debt (MGDD) provides further guidance on the implementation of ESA 2010 when reporting GFS. To test whether a unit is in government, the decision rules that need...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Eitilte (5 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: Bíonn oifigigh mo Roinne i dteagmháil go rialta le feidhmeannaigh de chuid an chuideachta atá luaite ag an Teachta chun saincheisteanna a bhaineann leis an tseirbhís, an ceann atá ardaithe ag an Teachta ina measc, a phlé. Beidh mo Roinn i dteagmháil leis an gcuideachta faoin ábhar seo arís gan mhoill.
- Education (Regulation of Voluntary Contributions in Schools) Bill 2017: First Stage (4 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: No.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: I take both contributions in good faith. There was an agreement but at the last minute there was an issue with the planning Bill. There will be a stand alone Bill because of the planning permissions that will need to be completed before the end of the summer. I accept there is good faith and trust within the Business Committee but this was something beyond our control.
- Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: Today's business shall be No. 10, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Second Stage (resumed). Private Members' business shall be No. 124, motion re bin charges, selected by Fianna Fáil. Wednesday’s business shall be No. 10, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Second Stage (resumed), if not previously concluded; No. 2, Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017 - Order for...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2017)
Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 and 307 together. I have been informed by Údarás na Gaeltachta that its subsidiary, Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta (CNNG), provides administration, support and training services for early childhood education and care services which include naíonraí, crèches, breakfast clubs, afterschool services and parent and toddler...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oideachas Gaeltachta (29 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhir 172 agus 173 le chéile. I 2014, cheadaigh mo Roinn deonta is trí bliana don dá sheirbhís luathoideachais atá luaite ag an Teachta faoin Scéim Seirbhísí Réamhscoile agus Iarscoile. B’ionann na deonta is a ceadaíodh agus deonta is suas le €15,000 in aghaidh na bliana don dá...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6 May 2016, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance Minister for Education and...
- Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: First Stage (28 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: No.
- Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the EU and the Republic of the Philippines: Referral to Select Committee (27 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, signed at Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 11 July 2012, a copy of which was laid before the Dáil on 1 June 2017, be referred to the Select...
- Rent Transparency Bill 2017: First Stage (27 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: No.
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: For clarification, there was a revised Order of Business sent out and that is the one which Deputy Mattie McGrath read.
- Business of Dáil (27 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: I propose, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 29(d), that the Solidarity-PBP Leaders' Questions slot today be taken by the Social Democrats-Green Party group and that the Social Democrats-Green Party group's Leaders' Questions slot on Thursday be taken by the Solidarity-PBP group.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (27 Jun 2017)
Joe McHugh: Foras na Gaeilge, an agency of the North South Language Body, is the agency charged with promotion of the Irish language on an all-island basis. In carrying out its legislative mandate, Foras na Gaeilge provides support, advice and financial assistance to many groups who promote the language, including provision of courses and activities to help people improve or learn the language. ...