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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the elements of the special needs disability Act 2004 that have been enacted; the elements of the Act that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) has had their resource hours cut; if his Department oversees the decisions made by the special educational needs organisers; if there is an appeal process for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/08]

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak tonight. I congratulate Deputy Shatter on introducing the Bill. I concur with my colleagues. Too much politics has been played on this issue since the end of last week. Has a precedent been set that every Bill coming from the other side of the House must be legislation of original thought? I feel sorry for the civil servants who will not be able to...

Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: The department of promises.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Children with special educational needs are having their hours slashed for the year starting in September.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: I admire your consistency, a Cheann Comhairle, because you always interrupt me after 1.25 seconds every day I speak on the Order of Business. Vulnerable children who suffer from brittle asthma, ADHD, autism to spina bifida——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: When will the education Ireland Bill be published? There is provision for recourse, which is not possible at the moment, for boards of management, principals or parents to get their cases reviewed. The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act needs to be fully implemented. When will this happen? Will it be included with the education Ireland Bill?

Written Answers — Health Research: Health Research (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take on board the recommendation of the Joint Committee for Health and Children to fund the Exon skipping trials in the UK; when legislation will be implemented to allow funding to be invested; and the action she is taking to reciprocate the help the UK is giving to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients in this country....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24358/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the naturalisation process will be expedited in exceptional circumstances for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/08]

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: When is it envisaged to introduce a pro-active job creation element in the merchant shipping Bill? It would provide an opportunity to retrain redundant fishermen, namely, deck hands, skippers and first mates, as officers of the watch. I am offering advice on how to retrain fishermen who are lying about their houses to work for oil companies or merchant cargo ships or to become officers of...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: The Taoiseach is about to rise to answer.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Will the Taoiseach consider the retraining element?

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (19 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she plans to work with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in view of oil and gas explorations off the Irish coast; her views on setting up a training scheme to train workers to work in this industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23008/08]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has put in place to attract investment to County Donegal; her views on providing extra incentives to people who are considering setting up their own business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23009/08]

Special Educational Needs. (19 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, to the House. As usual, he will have a standard response. It is important to outline the seriousness of the withdrawal of special educational needs services in County Donegal. I am trying, with great difficulty, to get to the bottom of it. A major barrier is that neither the Department of Education and Science nor the Department of...

Fishing Industry: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: I welcome both Ministers and the Department officials. This discussion and its timing are of critical importance as the industry continues to fight against the tide, if I may be excused the pun, of negativity and disillusionment throughout the industry. The e-mail to which Deputies Creed and Sherlock referred encapsulated a plethora of issues within the industry. If there is one element...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Joe McHugh: The night before the referendum, I received a telephone call from an RTE journalist inquiring how I thought people in Donegal would vote. I told him given the soundings on the doorsteps it was obvious the majority of people would be voting "No". I also told him this was a good omen because while Donegal has consistently returned a "No" vote in European referenda, the opposite has been the...