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Business of Dáil (21 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall take statements today on the procedure for nomination for appointment to the Judiciary after Private Members' business tonight. The statements shall be brought to a conclusion after 115 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: the statements shall be limited to a single round from a Minister and...

Business of Dáil (21 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Yes, it will be immediately after Private Members' business.

Business of Dáil (21 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Yes.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Maidir leis an teideal sa Roinn, bhí comhrá ag dul ar aghaidh inné agus, mar a dúirt an Taoiseach, níl an teideal socraithe, ach b'fhéidir go mbeidh cinneadh déanta in am gairid.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: National Monuments (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: I believe we are all in agreement that this is something of value. Moreover, we want to hold on to what we have and develop it further. The committee will look at how to bring the recommendations forward. I will take the message back. Progress to date has been positive. For information purposes, the report has been published on the Department website. A question was asked about...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Ar dtús, mar fhreagra ar an Teachta Peadar Tóibín, chuala mé a theachtaireacht. Gabhaim buíochas leis as an fáilte. Táim ar a thaobh féin maidir le na rudaí tábhachtacha sa cheangal idir an oidhreacht agus an pobal, mar shampla, seirbhísí éigeandála. Bhí mé ag caint faoi na rudaí a bhí ag dul ar...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: At the risk of repeating myself which I do not want to do, I re-emphasise the separation in terms of the Department's responsibility around controlled burning. There are issues outside of the Department's control. We will continue to work in close collaboration with the Garda, the emergency services and the local authorities. When we talk about habitat, nature and all things relating to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: National Monuments (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: I refer the Deputy to Priority Question No. 60, to which the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring, replied. The Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, already recorded in this House her sincere appreciation to the members of the group for the report, entitled The Moore Street Report - Securing History, the group presented to her at the end of March. The Moore Street consultative group, which was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: There is nothing in what the Deputy said with which I would disagree. He is right, that we should not stop at 1921 and that it should not stop with the ceremonies. I remember being at an event on Banna Strand to remember Roger Casement. Prior to that event I had start to learn much more about him and the impact he had had in the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's county and mine with reference to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. Significant environmental damage is caused by wildfires. The issue has become more acute in recent years, as evidenced by the spate of fires in various parts of the country, including a Coillte-owned site of some 4,000 ha in County Galway in recent weeks. Wildfires are not a natural phenomenon in Ireland and can have a local impact on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Wild Fires (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: I have worked with the officials in the Department and I am glad to be back working with them again. I know just how focused they are on the issue. The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has responsibility for monitoring controlled, not illegal, burning. The Deputy mentioned a couple of incidents. In my county, on the Inishowen Peninsula, the people who...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: One thing the Minister has been exceptional at is her work on the 1916 commemorations. We are still within that space - the decade of commemorations. When one thinks about what has done for this country, not just in terms of acknowledging the past but also opening so many doors and windows to the past through the Irish language and when one thinks that primary schoolchildren see the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Yes, it is. The Minister is very focused on it and her vision is to have it reconstituted. She is working on that issue. When we consider what has happened in the past few years in terms of the approach to commemorations, I was at an event in Glasnevin with Jeffrey Donaldson. I would never have imagined that ten years ago. I was in Derry a couple of Sunday's ago with Deputy Aengus Ó...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Post Office Network (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Ciúnas, Éamon.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Post Office Network (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Fadhb ar bith.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Post Office Network (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Sin an scéal.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Tá brón orm fá dtaobh de sin, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Níl an tAire sinsearach, Teachta Heather Humphreys, ábalta bheith anseo inniu. Tá brón orm fá dtaobh de sin. Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le Teachta Ó Snodaigh as an gceist. Ba mhaith liom mo fháilte mhór a chur roimh a chomhghleacaí,...

Industrial Relations (Defence Forces) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: No.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: Seo an tuarascáil chuimsitheach agus an clár ar ghlac an Coiste Gnó faoi choinne inniu, amárach agus Déardaoin. Tuesday's business shall be No. 8, motion re Renewal of Certain Provisions of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 9, motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009; and No. 2, Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2017, Order for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Joe McHugh: The National Opera House in Wexford was constructed in 2008 – 2010 with funding of €31 million from my Department. My Department is engaging with the Office of Public Works and the National Opera House in terms of the ongoing capital needs to protect this public investment. The Office of Public Work had a key role in designing and managing the construction of the Opera House...