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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: Of all the joint ministerial representations North and South, the most high profile public advocates of pragmatic cross-Border co-operation are the Health Minister, Edwin Poots, MLA, and the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am conscious of the time. I call Mr. Barron.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: Members went over time because this is such an important issue. It is also an emotive issue but there are practical solutions to hand. We want to help and we want to contribute. I will give the witnesses an opportunity to respond but before doing so, I wish to acknowledge the fact that 2016 is the target for the opening of the radiotherapy centre in Altnagelvin Area Hospital, which will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: Yes, Dr. McDonnell did and he said he was going to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: With regard to Donegal, I will not defend the indefensible and I do not do Donegal sensitivity but I came across a statistic yesterday that there are 5,000 frontier workers in the north west. There is quite a lot of mobile occupation and we are nomadic people in Donegal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: Mr. McDonnell was using Donegal as an example and there are other counties as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputy. I call Dr. Alasdair McDonnell and he shall be followed by Deputy Seán Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank Mr. Barron. The directive has not yet been transposed into Irish law. Will Mr. Barron give us a timeframe on when this will happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: To give a practical example, if Deputy Seán Conlan needed his hip replaced he could telephone a private hospital, and not just a public hospital, in Stuttgart, have the operation there, pay for it himself and be reimbursed for the amount it would have cost to have had it done in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: After putting Deputy Conlan on the spot I call on him to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: With the agreement of members, we will take the next presentation before taking questions. Is that agreed? Agreed. I call Mr. Barron.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome from the Department of Health Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa, assistant secretary; Mr. Paul Barron, assistant secretary; Ms Audrey Hagerty, principal officer; Mr. Charlie Hardy, principal officer; Mr. Tom Monks, assistant principal officer; Ms Louise Kenny, assistant principal officer; Mr. Keith Comiskey, assistant principal officer; and Ms Helen O'Brien, higher executive officer. I look...

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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Speed Limits (6 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a variable speed limit will be introduced for a national road in an area surrounding a place such as a school; if so the procedures involved in such; if not, the amendments that would be required to introduce variable speed limits; if he will enforce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/14]

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Deputy Stephen Donnelly has heard it before from his constituency colleague, Deputy Andrew Doyle - in fact, peace nearly broke out and it was nearly going to go the whole way. We welcome the spirit of Deputy Donnelly's intervention. Leaving aside all the documentation with regard to rebuttal and the legally binding voluntary commercial debt...

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

Joe McHugh: The specific item is statements on the situation in Northern Ireland, but we need to include the east-west dimension. Any time we speak about North-South issues we must be conscious of the east-west element. I acknowledge the Taoiseach's ongoing commitment to east-west relations, in particular his work at the British Irish Council. Work is being undertaken on youth unemployment, an issue...

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

Joe McHugh: I do not mind. They can chat away.

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

Joe McHugh: Recently the Tánaiste announced new work at North-South Ministerial Council level regarding a better focus on economic development and job creation. I acknowledge the new strategy. Representatives from the Centre for Cross Border Studies and a representative from the North-South Ministerial Council were present today to share information with Members of the House on a cross-party...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on health-related matters. Specifically, I wish to acknowledge the Minister's direct role in response to the flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital last summer. I wish to acknowledge Noel Daly, Ambrose McLoughlin and Bill Maher for their hands-on role in ensuring that the temporary accident and emergency unit was up and going within six weeks....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Joe McHugh: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his discussions as Head of the Irish Government with the British Government about the work of Dr Richard Haass in Northern Ireland. [44108/13]