Results 12,601-12,620 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Seanad: Industrial Relations. (15 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: What equal rights? They work more hours than the average public servant.
- Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I agree with Senator Daly that our confidence in the systems around us is not as advanced as one might wish. As we live in a society with advanced telecommunications systems and information technology, we must embrace change and while so doing, we must embrace new technologies. There are obvious benefits to the forthcoming new technologies....
- Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: Naturally there are fears regarding masts and structures if people live in urban areas in which a national school is near a Garda station with such telecommunications infrastructure. One of the most significant reasons for such fears is that masts are erected without any form of communication with the local community. There is no contact with the people before such masts arrive, which leads...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We need an urgent debate on the follow-up to yesterday's announcement on drift net fishing for salmon. The process has been handled in a simplistic way, pitting drift net men against anglers. This has done an unbelievable amount of damage to the whole fishing industry. I refer to an entire coastal community that has been completely alienated as a result of the decision. It was in no way...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: The decision was made before most of the fishermen from Donegal and Cork were able to set foot in Dublin yesterday to protest. It was made by Cabinet and not before the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. This is not indicative of consultation. If an adequate compensation package had been put on the table, a voluntary buy-out would have worked. I discovered this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: It was as a result of overfishing in the past but not everybody should be tarred with the same brush. We are talking about livelihoods, traditionââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We are talking about a way of life.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I respect the views of Senators Norris and Dardis but the debate should be ongoing. The angler knows well thatââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: ââit is a case of pollution in the rivers arising from raw sewage. There is an unsupervised cull of seals.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: The angler knows that this debate must continue and that we cannot just starve an entire coastal community for the sake of a popular decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: What about the poachers?
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We need to compensate the fishermen who are being made redundant.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: We need to compensate the fishermen. That is all we are asking for.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)
Joe McHugh: I can take the Senator to County Donegal this weekend so he can learn all about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: I have learned, from representations made to me this week and from speaking to colleagues in other parts of the country, that a wave of anti-social behaviour is spiralling across the country in the form of the annual pre-Hallowe'en use of bangers and other fireworks. In one example, which illustrates the link between anti-social behaviour among young people and driving, young people threw...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: I support Senator Kitt's call for a debate on banking. The key issue in the case in County Wexford is whether parental consent was given. The House should have a robust debate on banking because hundreds of customers are being ripped off as a result of Internet fraud. People who believe they know how to avoid being ripped off are also affected by Internet banking fraud, which affects...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: Ireland was recently ranked fourth in the world in terms of trade and investment. While this achievement must be welcomed, the fact that we languish further down the table in the area of technology and production is a worrying sign. Yesterday this was put into sharp focus when I stood in a 68,000 sq. ft. factory in Donegal which has been empty for ten years. Three years ago a private...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: The Chair should either be equitable and let everybody have his or her say, or let nobody speak. This always happens. The Senators who speak last have approximately 30 seconds to make their points. I ask the Chair to allow me to finish my point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: At our peril we ignore the primary and secondary sectors in this country. Our farmers are being rewarded for not farming. Our pelagic fishermen have their boats tied up in Greencastle and Killybegs. We must think outside the box and stop getting carried away with the spin that our economy is going well. Our economy is hanging by a thread because we ignore the primary and secondary sectors.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Joe McHugh: Why are we not supporting a timber processing plant in the north west that would create 1,000 jobs in the morning? Why is the Government failing to do that?