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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Joe McHugh: And consistency. I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House and thank the officials who are not here who have been working on the planning Bill. It is an enormous piece of work and an enormous amount of time went into it. It is a timely review that irons out the kinks, for want of a better word, or contradictions in the existing legislation which led to a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Joe McHugh: I welcome our witnesses. Some of the faces are familiar as we worked together in the past. I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to speak as I am not a member of this committee. I welcome Mr. Ó Coigligh's statement that the Department has nothing to hide. The public needs to hear those words. On page 3 of his presentation, Mr. Ó Coigligh said the implementation steering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Block Redress: Redress Focus Group for Banking and Insurance (5 Jul 2023)

Joe McHugh: I welcome members of the sub-committee of the Redress Focus Group. As I am not a member of this committee, I thank the Vice Chairman for allowing me to speak. I spoke briefly to the Chairman, Deputy McGuinness. I am delighted to hear that this committee is taking the subject area seriously. This issue has been in the public realm for over two decades but it has struggled to find a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Block Redress: Redress Focus Group for Banking and Insurance (5 Jul 2023)

Joe McHugh: I picked up on something one of the committee members said during the break. A big meeting is ongoing in the committee room next door. To set the context, it includes the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. The issue has dominated the Cabinet meetings over the last three weeks. The Comptroller and Auditor General has been pulled in....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múnlú ár dTodhchaí Dátheangaigh agus Seirbhísí Poiblí Dátheangacha: Fondúireacht Eolaíochta Éireann (29 Mar 2023)

Joe McHugh: ...interesting debate and I am delighted the Chair had this up for discussion. I know the Cathaoirleach is faoi bhrú. I came across a Séamus Heaney poem in the past week which I had not been able to find for years called "The Gaeltacht" and it is about him thinking back to when he was in my parish in the Atlantic drive with his friends and wondering what it would be like to speak...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Buildings Projects (8 Mar 2023)

Joe McHugh: ...is iad sin, na múinteoirí, na special needs assistants agus foireann uilig na scoile. Tá an scoil ag fanacht ar an solas glas. Tá achan rud críochnaithe. Tá na tenders istigh. Tá an próiseas déanta ach tá an scoil ag fanacht ar an solas glas. I am glad the Minister of State is here. I am not going to do the usual "where is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: This is an area in which we can learn much. We only have to look across to the situation in the UK, which could be seen as an example of what not to do in certain areas. Even in my own parish, last Monday night, 15 coaches arrived that included eight young Ukrainian lads as part of a larger group. There is still goodwill and a willingness to do the right thing. However, there are many...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (16 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...agus Átha Cliath. Sin an fáth gur ardaigh mé an cheist seo faoi na rudaí tábhachtacha seo. The Minister of State is welcome. I am delighted he is here because I know that, as he represents Limerick, he will know the value and importance of connectivity. The things that motorists travelling from Limerick to Dublin will take for granted would be not to have...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: I acknowledge the people who are still hurting and who will hurt for a long time. Families who are directly affected will hurt due to this enormous loss and tragedy. I am very conscious that this is extremely raw. It is very raw for the people who are still grieving. We are in the middle of the months' minds and while this opportunity has been afforded to us parliamentarians to speak on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and the General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Joe McHugh: I will ask a question in the context of Ms Collins's former role. One of the things we picked up on when we went to Romania and Moldova was a clear message coming from politicians that because of the war they are now getting attention they were not getting previously. Is attention to eastern bloc countries something Ms Collins believes was missing prior to the war? I know that she was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and Other Matters: European Movement Ireland (28 Sep 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...that on some of them, especially the question on the future of Europe, 45% of the responses were from Connaught-Ulster. That area is the most peripheral within Europe, but we will come to that. Before Senator Chambers comes in, I would like to ask about the cost. How much was the work commissioned from RED C?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and Other Matters: European Movement Ireland (28 Sep 2022)

Joe McHugh: I thank members. I also thank Ms O'Connell and Mr. O'Shea. The engagement has been very helpful and informative. We will take the witnesses up on the suggestion to look at areas where we can work together. Our focus as a committee is to continue to look at the eastern front of Europe. We want to continue with our engagement with the Balkan countries. We had a representative of North...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...though 2012 is a long time ago, when a proposal of this kind first originated, after getting approval from the European Parliament in 2013, we see that a measure has just been agreed by the Council during the recent French Presidency. This is to be welcomed. I acknowledge all the work Deputy Higgins has carried out on this legislation. I also acknowledge all the words of encouragement,...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...óid a aithint. Táim dóchasach go bhfuilimid ag bogadh ar aghaidh chun an saol a chur le chéile arís. In the first instance I acknowledge that the sliding scale is not mentioned in the scheme. It came in before last Christmas. It was a massive mistake and caused considerable consternation. I acknowledge the work of the Minister in listening to the campaign...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the delegation and acknowledge this forward thinking or rethinking. It is good to see representatives from Rethinking Ireland here as well. When we talk about sport in Ireland, we look at all the positives at local level. We are fortunate. We have GAA pitches, we have had a successful sports capital programme down the decades, and the physical structure is quite good compared...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...xed;m gach rath air ina phost úr. Guím fáilte roimh Mary McGrath fosta, is deas casadh léi arís fosta, agus roimh Paula Prendeville fosta, m'iarchomharsa i dTír Chonaill, go dtí an coiste. The Chair is strict on time so I will delve straight into this. Mr. Kearney's practical experience will be instrumental and pivotal in his new role. I wish him...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Joe McHugh: I am not going to get into the intricacies of what the solutions are for Dublin. I just want to commend the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, on all of their efforts. One thing I know from the many contacts I have in the city is that demand for housing is savage. This is an effort to come up with novel ideas and new ways of doing things, as Deputy Bruton...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Joe McHugh: I thank the ambassador. On behalf of members, we are grateful for his contributions and helping us to develop a deeper understanding of the situation. We will leave him with the final word. He might attempt an answer on whether he sees a further escalation of the aggression in non-NATO aligned countries. It is a speculative question, but that is a genuine fear. Will the aggression grow...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this issue. Deputy Cannon planned to be in the Chamber for the Topical Issue debate on Tuesday and Wednesday but it does not suit him to be here today. On the education side, many young Ukrainians, and primarily their mothers, will be overwhelmed on arrival by having to deal with such a dramatic change in their lives and the trauma of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Year of Youth: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Joe McHugh: I thank Mr. Kalfin, Ms McCaughey, Mr. Mark McNulty, Ms Gilligan and Ms Grainger for coming here today. This has been a useful conversation. It is the first conversation we have had in the committee. If there are avenues that we could go down to keep the conversation going, that would be important. As Mr. McNulty pointed out, he referenced the Brussels bubble and Deputy Callery mentioned...