Results 11,561-11,580 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Will the Minister intervene?

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate the Minister's honesty. The question is vague because it encompasses three Departments. It relates to funding by the Minister's Department for alternative marine enterprise. I have a letter, which I will give to the Minister, in which a salmon fisherman outlines how he made a proposal to set up an alternative marine enterprise only to be turned down by a partnership company on...

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: I have a job to do and I must listen week in, week out to Ministers saying they would like to hear our ideas. Constituents visit my clinics every week with plans for projects and enterprises but they cannot get through the red tape.

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: White fish have absolutely nothing to do with the core of the question. Let us put the record straight.

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: The Minister should have some respect for my question.

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: The Minister was about to reply. I am trying to be helpful——

Marine Funding. (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: ——on behalf of people who want to work.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the need for An Garda Síochána and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to engage with bank officials, post offices, and credit unions in Border areas in the context of security, on foot of an alarming armed raid on a post office in Carrigans, County Donegal,...

Written Answers — National Library: National Library (3 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to continue with the proposal to amalgamate the National Archives with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8649/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the cross-Border bodies that are funded by the Irish State; the cost to the State of each of these bodies in 2007 and 2008; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8384/09]

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Authorisation: Fishing Vessel Authorisation (3 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing days a company (details supplied) in County Donegal has been allocated in Areas 6A and 7A for 2009; the reason this company has not been informed to date; if he will acknowledge that the owners of this company have been making repayments on their initial outflow since the beginning of 2009; and if he...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (3 Mar 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explore ways of alleviating the difficulties that have been imposed on vocational education in County Donegal by the budget 2009 constraints; if he will specifically attempt to minimise the bearing that these cuts will have on front-line services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8382/09]

Garda Deployment. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: The issue of Garda resources in the Inishowen area has been raised in the Donegal and national media. This is not an argument for increased Garda resources along the Border. As Fine Gael spokesperson on North-South co-operation, I laud the fact the Border is no longer policed as it was in the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s. The fading of the Border should be welcomed and encouraged by every...

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Deputy Barrett spoke earlier about an antiquated aspect of the educational system. There are positive aspects to this scheme. It was administered by one person and the total administration cost was about €25,000 per year. We are concerned here with the north Inishowen area of Donegal. In my constituency of Donegal North East, 53% of young males leave school at 16. That compares with a...

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: In light of this outstanding success and in light of the fact that this is a particular geographical, sensitive area in terms of early school leaving, should we not be evaluating the good schemes and looking at their benefits? This would be a better approach than imposing a rigid rule for the whole country.

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: I wish to apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am new to the House and I did not know the difference between a Second Stage speech and a priority question.

Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Does the Minister of State accept that the 53% statistic is acceptable? Does he accept that it is wrong for his party to give a written commitment to these four schools in 2007 that the scheme would stay in place, and then to renege on that commitment?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: The Minister has heard the declarations from our colleagues. He has five people from the Department of Finance or Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with him tonight. He is in contact with the banks on a daily basis. The Minister should give a commitment to farmers that they will have some sort of leverage regarding the interest. That is what they seek today and the Minister...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7638/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Feb 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation which was involved in the proposed centralising of the medical card section in Ballybofey, County Donegal; the reason centralising Government has become such a dominant feature of health care provision here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7633/09]