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Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (11 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 4 December 2007, when details of the hardship scheme were sent to Brussels; the reason for the delay in payment of the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/07]

Fisheries Protection. (6 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State. As of last Tuesday no drift net fishermen or draft net fishermen operating out of Lough Foyle have been paid under the hardship compensation scheme. Perhaps the Minister of State has a further update, but that was the position up to Tuesday. We are talking about a number of fishermen who have been fishing all their lives and generations of their families...

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (6 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if the jobs that were proposed for Malin Head and Valentia in the Deloitte and Touche report will be realised; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/07]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (6 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport when the decision was taken to reject the proposals set out in the Deloitte and Touche report to expand the Malin Head and Valentia Coast Guard Stations; the person who had the responsibility for making this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33089/07]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (6 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his Department's position on decentralisation; and his views on whether the centralising of jobs from peripheral areas such as Malin and Valentia to Drogheda complies with the Government policy of decentralisation. [33088/07]

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: A group from County Kerry made a freedom of information request on operations in Valentia and in Malin Head in my backyard, but that information was not forthcoming even after paying the freedom of information fee. I know it is not directly related to the Taoiseach's Department but the Minister beside him is at liberty to furnish that information.

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: I do. I refer to the issue of whether to pay money for information. We talk about Communism and Stalinist Russia, but it is impossible to get information here. A meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges will be held next week. As a new Deputy, I find it very difficult to get information.

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: I am not worried about myself but about the people. The people might not be as understanding on that point.

Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Will the Taoiseach intervene in respect of the salmon hardship scheme in the context of the legislation relating to the allocation of funds to drift net fishermen? Not one fisherman on Lough Foyle has been paid by the Loughs Agency. There is a stumbling block at EU Commission level in this regard. Will the Taoiseach speak to the relevant Minister in respect of the men who bought into the...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work that has taken place on proposals under the new INTERREG programme for north/south and east/west co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that has been spent on the overall health service, that is capital funding, administration, wages and so on between the years 1997 and 2007; the amount that was spent was spent between 1987 and 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32143/07]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason students from the Republic of Ireland, who choose to study in Northern Ireland, have to go through a long and arduous process to get their degrees recognised by her Department in order to take up teaching posts; if she has made efforts to harmonise the education systems in order that degrees undertaken anywhere on the...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the re-routing of a school bus (details supplied) in County Donegal, which would bring four families closer to the collection point and also reduce the travel time of the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32139/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal has only been getting learning support, despite a detailed assessment stating that they need special resource teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32140/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to begin; if there is a problem, the reason the board of management have not been notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32141/07]

Written Answers — Youth Projects: Youth Projects (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the grant refusal for a community youth project (details supplied) in view of the good work that they doing for all the young people in that area. [32431/07]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the follow up security measures that have been initiated following the two PSNI shootings in November 2007 and a murder (details supplied) in County Monaghan, to counter further incidents of the same nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/07]

Written Answers — Immigration Issues: Immigration Issues (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanisms that have been put in place to record the arrival of new immigrants; the programmes in place to facilitate integration and foster tolerance and diversity between indigenous population and newly arrived immigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (4 Dec 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of draft net fishermen who have been paid by the Loughs Agency to date; the number of fishermen paid under the drift net scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32138/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Nov 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to incorporate mortgage payments into the assessment of student grants in view of the fact that many families are under huge pressure to make monthly payments and that their gross income is a poor reflection on their disposable income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30770/07]