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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an seans a thabhairt dom labhairt sa díospóireacht seo ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. I give the Ceann Comhairle advance warning that I will digress in the second part of my speech.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Joe McHugh: In the interest of continuity-----

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Joe McHugh: And consistency. I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House and thank the officials who are not here who have been working on the planning Bill. It is an enormous piece of work and an enormous amount of time went into it. It is a timely review that irons out the kinks, for want of a better word, or contradictions in the existing legislation which led to a lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Dec 2023)

Joe McHugh: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist mainstream schools who are catering for children with additional educational needs, to ensure that these children can attend their local school along with their siblings where this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (29 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the current Revenue Commissioners guidelines for the VAT 58 rebate for farmers on certain farm equipment such as feed bins, milk bulk tanks, automatic calf feeders, milking parlour equipment, automatic scrapers, etc., where farmers are being refused a rebate on such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: Last Thursday, brave men and women stood together for us. It is up to us, as parliamentarians, to stand together for them, because they stood up for us in a big way last Thursday.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas agus táimid ag smaoineamh ar na daoine uilig, ar an ngirseach óg san ospidéal agus ar an bhfoireann ó Choláiste Mhuire, agus ar na daoine ar fad a bhí ar an líne tosaigh ar an Déardaoin seo a chuaigh thart. Is laochra iad. I would like to acknowledge the brave men and women of An Garda Síochána who brought last...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Soláthar Seirbhísí Poiblí trí mheán na Gaeilge: An Coiste Comhairleach um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge (22 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: Tá mo cheist ar shiúl cheana féin, an ceann a bhí mé ag smaoineamh faoi. Bhí an Dr. Mac Cormaic ag labhairt faoi cúpla bomaite a chuaigh thart. Fearaim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Gabhaim buíochas leo as achan rud agus as a gcuid díograise agus a n-iarrachta ar son na teanga agus na tíre fosta faoi sin. B'fhéidir go bhfuil...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Soláthar Seirbhísí Poiblí trí mheán na Gaeilge: An Coiste Comhairleach um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge (22 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: Bhí ceist ann maidir le caighdeán na ndaoine atá ag dul isteach sa tseirbhís phoiblí.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what the funding pathway and opportunities are for an existing community childcare limited company by guarantee that wishes to expand to a green field site to cater for increased demand (currently 500 on the waiting list); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49538/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: I want to acknowledge the accession status of Georgia. We have to be very vigilant because Russian aggression has not stopped. My colleague, Deputy Ó Murchú and I were out near South Ossetia. There was an innocent man killed by the Russian army while he was going to church on 6 November. We are pushing, supporting and encouraging democracy in Georgia, and that is the pathway and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (7 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 417. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many meetings have taken place, if any, in 2022 and to date in 2023 between his officials and officials from the Department of Health to discuss the range and quality of food offerings in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48668/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to initiate a specific payment for farmers who have land in SPA and SAC outside the normal payment schemes that are available that is, similar to the top up payment that Islands got a number of years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Joe McHugh: 1344. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered positive organisational scholarship as a possible intervention in healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48667/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Oct 2023)

Joe McHugh: 269. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the terms of reference for the work EU consultants are carrying out at Letterkenny University Hospital currently; the duration of the contract, and contracted price for said work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Oct 2023)

Joe McHugh: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if the option is available for suitable patients in County Donegal in need of intravenous therapy to be facilitated in their own community setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Oct 2023)

Joe McHugh: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that there should be a moral obligation on food retail outlets, large or small, to sell fresh fruit, that is, individual fruits, a whole banana, apple, pear, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Oct 2023)

Joe McHugh: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the status of ongoing plans in terms of addressing the concerns raised by the general practitioners in Donegal (details supplied); if he will meet them to discuss these concerns as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45443/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (18 Oct 2023)

Joe McHugh: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time from check-in to seeing a clinician at Letterkenny University Hospital emergency department; the national average for this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45447/23]