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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister, Ms Shaw and Mr. Andrews. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: We can discuss that one over a cup of tea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: If it is acceptable, I will also take questions from Deputy Smith and Mr. Paul Maskey, MP, then the Minister can conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: Mr. Paul Maskey will be our final contributor before the Minister replies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister. The level of student flow is such that 4.5% of students in the North are from the South. There is also a distortion within that figure because many of those students are from the Border counties, from Donegal in particular. Our national figures do not show the progression of Donegal leaving certificate students going to university because they do not include the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: We will commence the public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Joe O’Reilly, Mark Durkan and Alasdair McDonnell. I remind members, guests and those in the public gallery please to ensure that their mobile phones, iPhones, Blackberries, etc., are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting. If people want to leave them in silent mode they can leave them on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Issues (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of new motor-homes that have been registered in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will consider reviewing the decision by the previous Government to introduce VRT in respect of motor-homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbed Usage (11 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 244. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision in July 2009 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, to place sunbeds in the highest cancer risk category and its rating of sunbeds as carcinogenic together with tobacco and plutonium; if plans are being developed to regulate sunbeds here; the increase in incidence of skin cancer here that has been observed between 1994...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the position of Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese society. [33808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will acknowledge the importance of farm assist as a dependency support for many farm families in rural Ireland; if she will commit to fully reviewing the scheme ahead of Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32897/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the farm assist scheme; if she will acknowledge its importance as a dependency support for many farm families in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32898/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging in pre-Budget discussions with a view to protecting existing services for personal assistance services to persons with disabilities [33351/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the rationale underpinning the €54,000 threshold that applies for parents who support four children attending third level; his views on the case of a married couple who spend 40% of net household income on supporting four children who attend university; if he will identify the person or office with managerial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with reference to the announcement on 1 July 2013 of a plan to map broadband services across the country with a view to establishing comprehensive connectivity by 2015, if he will describe the methodology that will underpin this mapping exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the proposal to establish co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the provision of an air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (3 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether third level institutions need to be more ambitious in opening up undergraduate programmes to Northern Ireland residents; if he is concerned about the insubstantial increase in the numbers of third level students here who are from Northern Ireland compared proportionately with 1997; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Submissions (3 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department's review of submissions that may have been received from organisations which represent minority denominational schools in rural areas; if he will acknowledge the roles that such schools play in the preservation of traditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32013/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials who were employed in banks that received bail-out and contingency funding from the Central Bank and other State institutions, were bound by the code of the Civil Service that relates to the achievement of an excellent service for Government and the other institutions of the State as well as for the public as citizens and users of public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector Staff Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials who were employed in banks that received bail-out and contingency funding from the Central Bank and other State institutions, were bound by the code of the Civil Service that relates to the achievement of an excellent service for Government and the other institutions of the State as well as for the public as citizens and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (3 Jul 2013)

Joe McHugh: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will update Dáil Éireann on European Council dialogue in respect of trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/13]