Results 12,541-12,560 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)
Joe McHugh: They do not get the motorised transport grant.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)
Joe McHugh: They are not entitled to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Joe McHugh: I echo the remarks of my colleague Senator Finucane. We had a meeting with HSE officials for one and a half hours this morning and, to say the least, we noted a lot of anger and frustration on the part of politicians across the political divide. One official acknowledged that the parliamentary questions facility for Deputies in the Dáil has collapsed. This is very serious in terms of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments. (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I acknowledge the presence in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery of the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith, to whom this matter will be of interest. This issue relates to the Donegal Bar Association's call for the...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments. (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister of State for his response but it is evident that there is no will to change the situation. Extra judges are deployed to Donegal and there are extra sittings but these will not solve the problem, clear the backlog or relieve the trauma experienced by many clients in family law cases. Who is responsible for this? On the one hand, the Bar Council says it needs extra...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments. (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: How many of those nine will be assigned to the northern circuit?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments. (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: The Minister of State should not be getting up on his high horse. No extra judges are going to Donegal.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: It is up to the farmer to trim the hedgerow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: Will the Leader provide clarification on charges for long-term psychiatric patients in residential units? As far as I am aware, some patients have been notified that they have to make payments dating back to July 2005. The Leader need not necessarily reply today. Many young men and women operate at the coalface of the fight against crime, and are engaged in taking on the crimelords. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: The Donegal Bar Association, which represents a majority of solicitors in Donegal, has highlighted a significant backlog of cases in the Donegal District Court and the Circuit Court for the northern area. Many of these cases would relate to family law, such as separation and divorce cases. There are examples of a three-year waiting list. This call comes with a backdrop of the population of...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the budget. I wish to refer to the introductory remarks of the Fine Gael spokesperson in the Dáil, Deputy Bruton, in respect of people on trolleys. The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, would have been there at the time and should agree with me that the reaction to what he said was, to say the least, juvenile and an insult. The juvenile reaction...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I am talking about people on trolleys. Deputy Bruton referred to the people on trolleys and he was heckled and jeered as if the problem did not exist, while 34 people were on trolleys today in Letterkenny General Hospital.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: Deputy Bruton was heckled and jeered and the Minister of State was part of it and he knows it. That happened during his introductory remarks on the budget today. The peopleââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: The Minister of State will have a chance to respond. It is an insultââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: It was the Minister of State and his Governmentââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: The Minister of State and the Government control this House. When Deputy Bruton made referenceââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I urge the Chair to be balanced on this issue.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I accused him and his Government. He was one of them. It was the Government collectively.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I will not withdraw it. It was him and part of the Government. It is a collective Government and today that group heckled and jeered Deputy Bruton when he mentioned the people on trolleys as if what he said was not true.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Joe McHugh: I will not withdraw a remark about people heckling and jeering about people on trolleys, with 34 of them on trolleys today in Letterkenny General Hospital.