Results 321-340 of 700 for speaker:Paddy McHugh

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: I welcome the publication of the Bill, which will provide for a major restructuring of the third level education sector. The Bill's main purpose is to provide for the transfer of a range of responsibilities relating to the governance, funding and operations of the institutes from the Department of Education and Science to the Higher Education Authority. It is welcome that the Bill contains...

Educational Disadvantage. (25 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will re-evaluate the new DEIS programme in view of the fact that a large number of County Mayo schools in disadvantaged areas will lose out owing to this new programme; her views on whether the children affected cannot afford this educational loss; when the results of the review mechanism, as previously mentioned by...

Drug Abuse: Motion (Resumed). (24 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: I compliment the Sinn Féin Party on tabling the motion which has relevance for the entire country. Drugs are being peddled throughout the country. Every Deputy must deal with drug issues, regardless of whether they are from rural or urban constituencies. The problem is no longer just the preserve of inner cities. As a rural-based Deputy my concern is that the mistakes made in dealing with...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which has been a long time in gestation. A very macho assessment of it would probably suggest the response that we have suffered long enough at the hands of cranks, do-gooders and other idealists, that we should adopt the legislation and go full steam ahead, riding roughshod over all and sundry. However, we must pause and give full...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (18 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the nursing home subvention will be increased to assist those people who qualify for public nursing homes but cannot access same due to a shortage of public nursing home beds and accordingly have to access private nursing home beds at a greater cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18962/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow the staffing levels be maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the 2006-2007 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18948/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will invite Galway County Council to apply for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18251/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the roles of responsibility for deputy principal post holders and boards of management in national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17909/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will put in place a system of centralised payment for national school part-time teachers and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17910/06]

Written Answers — Site Transfers: Site Transfers (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the transfer of the site for a project (details supplied) in County Galway has been formally closed; when this project will proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18179/06]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made with regard to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18246/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18248/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional resources she is planning to put in place to assist national school principals to cope with extra duties imposed on them by recent legislation in relation to education for people with disabilities and health and safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18301/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all necessary documentation has been received from Galway County Council to enable him give approval to a project (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed; if the civil works and the treatment system, that is the entire works, are included in the estimated cost of €2.8 million; when this project...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that work on site has commenced in regard to the civil works element of sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the delay in approving the tender documents for the design, build and operate...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (16 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to make funding available to enable applicants under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme to have essential works carried out to their homes in East Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if protocols and arrangements will be put in place to ensure that national school principals needing to contact officials in her Department by telephone are enabled to do so in an organised formal efficient manner without difficulty and time wasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17732/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (11 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide designated offices for national school principals recognising that 45 per cent of school principals have no principal's office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17733/06]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (9 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a grant under the sports capital programme will be allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Galway in order to allow the project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16900/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 May 2006)

Paddy McHugh: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, under the provisions of the Nitrates Directive, farmers will be allowed reduce their storage requirement in cases in which they maximise grass utilisation with extended grazing management systems which consequently reduce the housing period they require for stock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16861/06]