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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way students who fall within the new distance ruling for primary school transport will be facilitated from a school transport point of view; if she will address an example case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47941/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport in reference to the Public Service Obligation, the total budget allocated to this fund regarding transport; the persons eligible to draw down from this budget and the criteria or technical requirement; the breakdown of the allocation for County Donegal, Bus Éireann and private operators; the way it is awarded and monitored; the actual...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to Pobal funding granted by the Department to Bus Éireann and to private operators in County Donegal, if she will provide the free travel pass budget and the way it is allocated; the total budget allocated to the free travel pass scheme nationally; the persons eligible to draw down from this budget and the criteria or...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 30 November 2010, his views on the prospects of the application for the additional FTE so that the relevant organisation will be able to plan this month for the services it will provide next year, given the short amount of time left in this month; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the 2011 fishery harbours and coastal infrastructure development programme that is funded by his budget; the projects that will be serviced from this budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47831/10]

Written Answers — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (16 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to boost the pig industry; if he will acknowledge the difficulties caused to pig producers by the Government's decision to vote against the GM grain proposition; his views that current prices are unsustainably low in view of the high costs associated with this industry; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the €30 per hectare payment of a grassland grant for sheep farmers will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/10]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (14 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether false assumptions obtaining between 2000 and 2007 about consumer income, long-term economic productivity and consumer behaviour resulted in the collapse of the Irish banking system; his further views on whether the various bank guarantee schemes and bank bailouts, including budget 2011 introduced by the Government, in effect...

Written Answers — Dental Practice Incomes: Dental Practice Incomes (14 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether investments in dental businesses that were made in the period 2003 to 2007 were based on assumed annual turnover figures dating from that period; his further views on the outcome of the November 2010 survey of dental practices conducted by the Irish Dental Association, which shows that practice incomes have fallen by 35% to...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has considered the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/10]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: I wish to share time with Deputy Andrew Doyle.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: How much time do we have?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: It is not longer than that?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Is the debate not continuing until 8 p.m.?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: I am glad to have this opportunity to speak. I will highlight one comment made by the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, prior to the budget which was that he committed to ensuring that no sector would avoid a cut. In fairness, he has achieved this; not one sector has been left out of the budget. The question of leadership, or a lack thereof, is raised. We have a petrified paralysed...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Yes, I will use all of the time. The NTPF represents acceptance by the Government that health service provision is not working. More than 2,600 patients have been referred from Letterkenny General Hospital to other hospitals, many of them to Ballykelly hospital, a private hospital in Northern Ireland. This raises an issue. If we want to keep money in the State and are trying to create...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: I am speaking about proper leadership and the budget yesterday which, as far as I am concerned, missed the point completely in terms of challenging how the country is governed. It is a missed opportunity. I speak to people in my constituency who, no matter what industry or business they are in, are strangled by red tape. Business, potential business and expansion of business are choked...

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that were recorded in storage and available for use in the State on each day from 22 to 28 November 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit were held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46744/10]

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that were recorded in storage and available for use in the State on each day from 28 November to 5 December 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit were held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46745/10]

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (9 Dec 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that are in storage and available in the State as of 6 December 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit are held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46746/10]