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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (28 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the proposal that motor tax be payable incrementally and acknowledging the administrative costs that would arise from paper processing of quarterly payments, if he will consider a direct debit option via personal bank accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Industrial Relations Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ask the Labour Relations Commission to review the terms that underpin its engagement with organisations that represent particular cohorts of public sector workers; if he will ask the LRC to engage formally with two organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15873/13]

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (27 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his vision for the development of the country's maritime heritage, with specific reference to community dividends from tourism associated with lighthouses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (27 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the continued relative decline in overseas visitors from Britain in comparison to other locations; if there is need for a reconsideration of the overseas marketing activities of our tourism agencies to focus to a greater extent on those markets where there has been considerable growth in the past number of years instead of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Office of the Ombudsman (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Finance when tax concessions for disabled drivers will come under the remit of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15117/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to a recent missive issued by his Department to secondary school teachers, if he will explain the reason work that was conducted by teachers prior to 2011 must have been conducted by qualified teachers who were registered with the Teaching Council; if he will outline the incentives that his Department is putting in place for newly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the availability of services for autism at a primary level in County Donegal, with reference to autism units that may be currently available in schools; the number of students with autism that are attending services for the 2012/2013 term; if he will project numbers for the 2013/2014 term; if he will outline any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the encouragement the State gives to a cohort of students (details supplied); if she believes that such students should abandon their studies and apply to the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14729/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the road safety value of a regular Gardamobile safety camera van checkpoint (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he appreciates that this location is the safest point for overtaking on the 25 kilometre R238 route that connects Derry City and Buncrana; if he will communicate with the appropriate authorities regarding this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guthrie Cards Retention (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the database of Guthrie cards and on its availability for usage by the Health Service Executive as a resource for supporting health service delivery into the future [15074/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (26 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a potential bid for the rugby world cup by the Irish Rugby Football Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/13]

Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of mortgages that were drawn down in County Donegal and in Northern Ireland which are in arrears today; if he will explain his strategy for supporting affected families' wishes to move into sustainable financial arrangements and to also remain in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13937/13]

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I acknowledge the role of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, since taking her position of responsibility. I equally acknowledge the enormity of the challenge she faces. In the brief time available to me, I am not in a position to go into those wide-ranging challenges. The real difficulty lies in addressing the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (21 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain his conception of sustainable mortgages and unsustainable mortgages here; if he will estimate the number of unsustainable mortgages here; his strategy for supporting people who are burdened by these unsustainable mortgages; the numbers of mortgages drawn down in County Donegal and drawn down in the country that are in long-term arrears; and...

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle the number of patients on trolleys in Sligo General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on the student assistance fund; the amount of funding that has been allocated in Budget 2013 for distribution through the fund in 2013-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a submission (details supplied) [14124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 12 March 2013, if he will update Dáil Éireann on the deliberations of the monthly stakeholder meeting with respect to the proposal to allocate extra herring quota for herring in Area VIa to boats of less than 15 metres in length. [13988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (20 Mar 2013)

Joe McHugh: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the distinction between a Hague convention and a Hague standard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the number of Irish couples with pre-Hague section 63 declarations who have adopted children from Russia since the Hague concord; the reason a hold has been placed on registering adoptions from...