Results 10,861-10,880 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: A Cheann Comhairle, I am sure you will be going on holiday this summer.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: I am not leaving. I want to get my message through to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: I want to warn those who may be going on holiday this summer that they might not be able to get their passports.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: We might as well leave the House open because nobody will be going on any holidays this summer.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Passports must be provided.
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the advice that is available to farmers interested in engaging in micro-generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/10]
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times that he or his Ministers of State have met with the Financial Regulator since May 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22144/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the incentives offered by the State for self-employed persons who contribute Class A stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22286/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the mortgage interest supplement scheme; if he will make revised guidelines publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21678/10]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of public service obligation funding that is allocated to Dublin Bus, Bus Ãireann and Iarnród Eireann for 2010; the percentage funding that is given to private operators north of Letterkenny, north of Dungloe, and on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21514/10]
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of unprocessed applications for passports that are lodged in the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21875/10]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he acknowledges that the non-principal private residence tax is being levied on owners of non-principal residences this month; if he further acknowledges that this tax is being levied this month on owners who paid the annual tax on 31 July 2009; the reason the tax is being levied twice in one tax year;...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain the facility that is in place for persons with more than one property who are not in a position to pay the â¬200 levy and who are unable to sell the second home on the open market due to limited demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (25 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Question 419: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the third level review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22285/10]
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: Approximately 70,000 applications are sitting unprocessed across the road in the Passport Office. The public is under the impression that this problem has gone away. It is only starting, as we approach the summer season.
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: The Passport Act 2008 is on the Statute Book so there is no legislation but there is a problem across the road.
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: There are not actually.
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: A colleague of the Tánaiste acknowledged on the radio that her office is very busy with increased representation.
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: There are two reasons for that - passports and the fact there is a Deputy missing in the area. There are two issues at stake.
- Order of Business. (20 May 2010)
Joe McHugh: The Tánaiste should personally engage with this issue because there will be a major problem come the summer. The waiting time has gone from 15 days to 20 days at least. Obviously the Tánaiste is happy with all the representations coming into her office.