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Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Connaughton told me he has seen square balers in Galway for the first time in 25 years. However, such activity will not get us out of recession because it will last for only a few weeks. What will happen in September? We must be realistic in terms of getting people back working. There are regulatory measures and interventions we can take. There is an element of educational snobbery...

Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: The new Minister.

Defence Forces Recruitment (7 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence when the central medical unit recommended by PA Consulting Group review of services will be formally established; and if he make a statement on matter. [29912/10]

Written Answers — Palliative Care: Palliative Care (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the taxpayer of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report of 2001; the cost to the taxpayer of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29744/10]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the minimum age requirement for adoption from the United States; if this policy is consistent across all health board areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29877/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will derogate the public sector recruitment embargo and employ nursing staff at a community nursing unit (details supplied) in order to facilitate the re-opening of eight beds at the hospital that are closed because of the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29994/10]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided for the upgrade of a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this bridge in its current state poses a serious hazard to the safety of motorists and pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29889/10]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding for the construction of a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal under his strategic regional and local roads grants budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30028/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social welfare options for persons (details supplied) on disability payments who reach 65 years of age and must wait until they reach 66 before old-age pension can be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29530/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 618: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if family support considerations will be taken into account when allocating student grants to mature students; if grants to mature students will be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29213/10]

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (6 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 656: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will recognise the salaries, entitlements and pensions and so on of primary school secretaries; the number of primary school secretaries employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29531/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plan to stop all hospice out of hours cover by specialist junior doctors in County Donegal; the reason this plan does not contravene the development of specialist palliative care here as set out in the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report; if that report is still her blueprint for the future of Irish palliative...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on her plan to stop all hospice out of hours cover by specialist junior doctors in County Donegal; the reason this plan does not contravene the development of specialist palliative care here as set out in the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report; if that report is still her blueprint for the future of Irish...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joe McHugh: I will not go over old ground but it is important to put on the record that this amendment makes sense. As a rural Deputy and as a Member of the Cabinet, the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, has an obligation to take this issue seriously at a time when there is international as well as national debate about how the banking sector should go forward. Obviously, the unregulated international...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/10]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of earners that are exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28688/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in County Donegal on sick leave for more than one week whose positions were not filled in their absence in 2009; the grades and areas these staff represent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28642/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds (details supplied) in each hospital and nursing unit in County Donegal that have been closed or are currently not open in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28643/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will describe the service reviews currently being carried out by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal; the purpose of these reviews when they were initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28644/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2010)

Joe McHugh: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists who were to be employed under the Donegal service plan; the number put in place; the number whose contracts have not been renewed or who are on leave of any type and whose posts have not been filled; the number of unfilled vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28645/10]