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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the finding by the Comptroller and Auditor General report on private practice in public hospitals, it is acceptable that 34% of elective inpatient cases are private in view of the problem of insufficient availability of public hospital beds for public patients, the associated lengthy waiting lists and that this is...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Jun 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the staff recruited to provide ambulance services in each of the years 1997 to date in 2007; the location of the staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17715/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Jun 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the nursing home repayment scheme for a deceased person (details attached) will commence; the breakdown of the moneys that will be awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18012/07]

Written Answers — Market Rights: Market Rights (27 Jun 2007)

Joe McHugh: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specifics and workings of market rights and the way they are accessed and used by the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18013/07]

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Government's stand in tabling this motion, which is significant in light of the history of recent weeks. I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, to the House. The Minister of State's constituency is in the west. From speaking to people who work in Northern Ireland and who frequent Donegal, I have anecdotal evidence of a mood of optimism and perhaps we have a new...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Joe McHugh: I support Senator O'Meara's arguments on the nurses dispute. It is still time for some form of intervention because if the issue is left to be decided by public perceptions and the media, the HSE will undoubtedly win the war because it has an arsenal of spin at its disposal. We must be careful to ensure that nurses are not caught up in this war and it is important that negotiations...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Joe McHugh: I am aware a Minister for Education has not yet been appointed in the North but an appointment will be made by 8 May. The new Northern Ireland Assembly is in a position to fast-track this issue. It is a minor bureaucratic matter to facilitate students from the 26 counties with a postal vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Joe McHugh: That is all I ask.

Seanad: Job Creation. (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. A report has been presented today to the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business and it is an indictment of the level of investment in the past ten years. I will talk specifically about the interdepartmental report, launched in Donegal in July 2006, and the task force report commissioned by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy...

Seanad: Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I move amendment No. a1a: In page 6, line 19, after "sea" to insert "or an oyster bed". These amendments were resubmitted because before this was put to the Dáil, there was a general consensus that the native oyster would not be subject to law and that people in the native oyster industry would not be subject to new proceedings. I have tabled the amendment to have it on record, although I...

Seanad: Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: Senator Kenneally's question was broadly in line with a question I intended to ask.

Seanad: Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I move amendment No. 6a: In page 26, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(3) In— (a) subsection (2)(a), 'freshwater fish' means any fish living in freshwater, other than a kind of fish that migrates to and from the sea, and (b) subsection (2)(e), 'shell-fish' means any aquatic mollusc or crustacean having a shell and includes all aquatic bivalve molluscs of the Ostreoida order,...

Seanad: Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I, too, welcome the passing of the Bill. I offer a guarded welcome also to the work of the commission. Its work was difficult because the advisory forum set up on both sides of the Border did not really have the right mechanisms in place due to the fact the Assembly was not up and running. Now we expect the Assembly to be up and running, it is important we have a proper working advisory...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I wish to be associated with Senator Brady's comments. While we are considering the big picture we also need to get the detail right. I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister's officials for all their endeavours. To digress for a moment, will the Minister use his good offices and direct line to the born-again squeaky green Taoiseach who is going to Donegal tomorrow where he will perform...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: Probably, and counting at this stage because he will be under serious pressure from his many candidates in that constituency. Could the Minister use his good offices to encourage the Taoiseach to go to a conference in Redcastle which is considering the environment and alternative energy sources? The Minister is probably aware of Inishowen Rural Development Limited, IRDL, a hard-working...

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I referred to examples of best practice as the Minister will appreciate.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: The Minister brought the nuclear issue into the debate.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: I was referring to best practice.

Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: It has many other examples of best practice.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)

Joe McHugh: Given the misbehaviour of some of the class this morning, perhaps we should have a discussion on school discipline?