Results 13,261-13,280 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (20 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend the all-party leadership shown in the recent Nice referendum. I congratulate in particular Deputy John Bruton and our Leader, Deputy Kenny, who had the vision and foresight to realise this was not a political mission. As it was in the interests of the people we decided to leave politics out of it. I would like to refer to the parochial...

Seanad: Housing Grants: Motion. (20 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: Hard on whom?

Seanad: Housing Grants: Motion. (20 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I thank Senators Coghlan and Feighan for sharing time. I echo their sentiments on behalf of my county council as well as talking on behalf of the rest of the people who have spent the past two to three years pre-planning the building of a house. The Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, may have no expertise in pre-planning, budgeting and putting money aside for a rainy day or a project....

Seanad: Lindsay Tribunal Report: Motion. (13 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister. This is a very sensitive issue which I find great difficulty in debating. If any heroes emerge from the affair, it is the Irish Haemophilia Society for its trojan work and endeavours. The group deserves to be commended and I appreciate the Minister's decision to allocate €300,000 to it last week. Is it, however, enough? Although I accept the IHS is an ad hoc group,...

Seanad: Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (13 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: Hear, hear. (Interruptions.)

Seanad: Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (13 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I congratulate Senator Coghlan on bringing forward this timely and apt motion on behalf of Fine Gael. Let us talk with a degree of reality. I met with 16 supervisors in Donegal yesterday and they were not talking about cutbacks. They were talking about redundancies. That is the feeling on the ground in Donegal. These supervisors, whom we have failed to mention in the debate, have been...

Seanad: Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements. (7 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: May I share my time with Senator Coonan?

Seanad: Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements. (7 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. We have a problem with the word "mental" because there is much stigma associated with it. I visited a house recently where the mother was worried about her 16 year old son who was involved in crime and was drinking. She said he would be better off in "the mental". I asked her what she meant by that and she said she would be able to get...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: Will the Leader request the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to investigate management systems at Glenveagh national park in light of employee dissatisfaction? Will he investigate as a matter of priority recruitment processes, employee satisfaction and the promotional methods used as a result of the amalgamation of the management structure at that State park which has changed...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (6 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to her new position and congratulate her as a fellow Donegal person. I wish her well and hope she will have some form of inspiration that will help her through the difficult task ahead of her. I also welcome the other two Ministers of State who are here this evening. On a point of clarification, Deputy Michael Noonan, the former leader of Fine...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (6 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: We have to look at social inclusion from a holistic point of view. We cannot debate social inclusion in the House by bringing in any one Minister or any one Department. We must look at the Tánaiste's Department and at Departments which are in charge of training, budgeting and education. Rather than talking about this broad issue generally, I would like to home in on a couple of areas....

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (6 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: I was referring to Donegal.

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (6 Nov 2002)

Joe McHugh: On a point of information, the two points are not related.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: Perhaps I am interfering with Seanad protocol, but will the Leader request the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to initiate a debate in the Chamber, which would include our international diaspora, by way of tele-conferencing? I am calling for such a debate in light of the fact that local authority members and Members of the Oireachtas regularly visit Irish communities...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: On a point of information, what is the protocol in the Chamber?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: No, I am referring to electronic link-up.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: What about video and electronic link-up?

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (24 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McDowell, to the House and I am delighted to speak about the issue of crime. I appreciate the Minister's acknowledgement that the measures he proposes represent the tip of the iceberg in relation to targeted responses to crime. I welcome these reactive measures, however, as they are necessary. A long-term crime strategy should include an examination of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: I urge the Leader to seriously consider debating with a Minister the motion I tabled on rural development, community infrastructure-services and depopulation. It is on the Order Paper and she might recommend that it be dealt with during Private Members' time. My mandate comes from the county councillors who elected me. I am delighted to have been elected to this House but it was a tough and...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements. (23 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: I wish to share my time with Senator Cummins.