Results 11,181-11,200 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport when his Department received an application from a local authority for a project (details supplied); if the funding sought by the applicant will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46876/09]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (15 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policy regarding eco-tourism projects that use sustainable technology (details supplied) that brings investment to the local economy and provides jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46932/09]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (15 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reinstating the disabled person's grant for persons with disabilities with limited access in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46931/09]

International Agreements. (10 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the principles enshrined in the Schengen Agreement should apply here; his further views on whether the 32 county common travel area arrangement is not as comprehensive an instrument for free movement as the Schengen Agreement; if he will engage with the British Home Secretary and the Stormont Executive...

International Agreements. (10 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: While I welcome certain aspects of collaboration under the framework of the Schengen Agreement and the common travel area agreed in 1987, things have changed in the past 22 years. I wish to focus on tourism. A tourist from China or India can apply for a multiple visa costing €50 within the 25 countries zone. We are putting ourselves at a considerable disadvantage, particularly in respect...

International Agreements. (10 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: The thrust of my argument is to examine facilitation. I appreciate that we do not seek to interfere with the common travel area but the common travel area should not be the sacrificial lamb to get more movement to attract tourism. A tourist from outside the EU arriving in Belfast for an all-island tourism experience and travelling by train to Dublin via the Minister's constituency must...

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: The true missing link is the TEN-T project between Derry and Letterkenny. All we seek is an appraisal or feasibility study and the examination of a cost benefit analysis. That is all. I welcome the fact that the Minister has indicated that perhaps in 2013 it may be a possibility.

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: The strategic rail review 2003 needs to be thrown out because it is outdated and completely out of tune with what is happening. This afternoon, the Government is going to load extra costs on private bus companies in County Donegal who are providing public services, and also on car travellers who do not have access to rail transport, as is the case in many urban areas. One has to marry what...

Local Authority Funding. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: We know the Minister does not do that anyway.

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport the proportions of the €39.6 million of trans-European cross-border funding that were spent on the Belfast to Dublin and Dublin to Cork sections of the Belfast to Cork railway line improvements; his expenditure of trans-European cross-border transport funding on the nascent DART underground project; if further trans-European transport network...

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate the Minister's dedication to rail travel. Let us consider the situation in the Minister's back yard and his support for the Navan railway line, which I welcome. My colleagues, Deputies McEntee and English, are very supportive of that project. I refer to the western rail corridor. We are joined in the Gallery today by two former Deputies, Mr. Breen and Mr. McHugh, who would...

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: I remind the House that €10 million was allocated to the Inchicore to Pearse Street feasibility study which has been indicated as cross-border funding. That is a story for another day, but it is a story my constituents in Donegal find very difficult to fathom because European money for a cross-border project-----

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (8 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport when equipment at Malin Head Coastguard Station, County Donegal, will be upgraded; his views on whether the upgrading of equipment at the Dublin coastguard radio, Leeson Lane is almost completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45721/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (3 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the UK authorities regarding the participation of banks operating in both jurisdictions in the respective State support schemes for banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/09]

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (2 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on guaranteed loans for small and medium enterprises with the view of supporting maintaining employment in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44563/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (2 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first three months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first six months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first nine months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first three months of...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount she has spent on the education of student nurses from 2004 to date in 2009; the amount spent on the education of student nurses at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal from 2004 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43511/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supplement Letterkenny General Hospital's annual budget in order to keep Letterkenny Hospital's day services open; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an unanticipated extra number of patients attended Letterkenny Hospital in 2009; her views on if this merits the requested financial supplement; if she will...

Written Answers — Health Service Recruitment: Health Service Recruitment (26 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in the health sector due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these positions into internal health sectors in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43655/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Recruitment: Health Service Recruitment (26 Nov 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in County Donegal health services due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43657/09]