Results 81-100 of 100 for 5 million speaker:Joe McHugh

Seanad: Geological Survey of Ireland: Statements (2 Dec 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...significantly to the building, energy, mining and environmental services sectors. A more recent independent study of the minerals industry alone puts the value of that sector at a still significant €800 million per annum, representing 1,400 jobs, largely in rural areas. Given that context, let me explain the role of the Geological Survey of Ireland. The GSI's primary function is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...adopting a number of measures to address the financial challenges in higher education and to ensure that higher education investment is responsive to key strategic priorities.   Budget 2019 will provide €57million in additional current funding for the higher education sector. This is in addition to separate funding that has been provided for pay deals and pensions,...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...'s note to the Lansdowne Road agreement, my Department engaged with the unions representing school secretaries and caretakers. This engagement included an independent arbitration process in 2015 under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission. The arbitrator recommended a cumulative pay increase of 10% between 2016 and 2019 for staff and that a minimum hourly pay rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: Details of the 42 schools constructed by the company in question are set out in the following table. The Department spent some €151.7 million on the design and build of these schools. The Department fully intends to pursue the company in question through all contractual and legal channels for the cost of precautionary measures and remediation work arising from structural issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...a number of measures to address the financial challenges in higher education and to ensure that higher education investment is responsive to key strategic priorities. Budget 2019 will provide €57million in additional current funding for the higher education sector. This is in addition to separate funding that has been provided for pay deals and pensions, amounting to an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: ...compacts and with reference to the System Performance Framework 2018-2020 and evolving national policy objectives. Case studies were reviewed by an expert advisory panel, which informed the allocation of €5 million in performance funding. TU Dublin was awarded €350,000 in performance funding for its impact case study "Establishment of Technological University Dublin". Section...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Joe McHugh: ...the self-employed. Deputy Willie O’Dea asked about the full year cost associated with the extension of invalidity pension to the self-employed. It is estimated that the cost in 2018 will be in the order of €23 million, but as the scheme matures over a number of years, the full year cost of the measure could be in excess of €80 million. Many of those contributing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...we are investing heavily in supporting our children with special educational needs, with €1.8 billion being spent annually, which is almost €1 in every €5, or 19% of the overall education budget. This includes an allocation of over €300 million towards providing additional resources specifically to support students with autism in schools. Since 2011, the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Exports Data (21 Mar 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...which relate to the recognition of a change of economic ownership taking place. The volumes of both goods and services exports are not available. Exports of Goods and Services 2016 Country € million % Share Andorra 1 0.00 Afghanistan 16 0.00 Albania 15 0.00 Algeria 98 0.03 American Samoa 0 0.00 Angola 27 0.01 Anguilla 0 0.00 Antarctica 0 0.00 Argentina 508 0.15 Armenia...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...for that. Most people realise that we could not do what we wanted to do and that what we chose to do was done in the interests of this country and State. Capitation will be raised by 2.5% on top of a 5% increase last year which raises it 7.5% in total. I appreciate the pressure on, and difficulties facing, boards of management around this country. The boards of management, whether...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: ...it is important we know the details, whether that is through myself or the Minister, and we are happy to follow them up. In the immediate aftermath of Storm Desmond at the beginning of December 2015, the Government approved the allocation of €5 million to be distributed as emergency humanitarian support to small businesses which, through no fault of their own, have been unable to...

Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...potential. I know that is exactly what everyone will articulate tonight. It is something that has been echoed by those Deputies who have already spoken. Every time I speak publicly on this issue, we talk about the resources we are applying. We are putting in almost €2 billion out of an overall budget of €11 billion. However, while €1 in €5 is going into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...Government. This Government is spending nearly one euro in every five of the education budget on special education – about €1.9 billion in 2019.  This includes an allocation of over €300 million towards providing additional resources specifically to support students with Autism in schools. The work of my Department in relation to special education is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: .... At present, the Department of Education and Skills is investing heavily in supporting our children with special educational needs, with €1.8 bn being spent annually, about €1 in every 5 of the education budget. Investment in this area includes an allocation of over €300 million towards providing additional resources specifically to support students with Autism in...

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...;in. Tá ár ngealltanas an cód rialaitheach a choinneáil cothrom le dáta ar na príomhchúiseanna a mheasann suirbhéanna idirnáisiúnta Éire a bheith ar na tíortha is fearr maidir leis seo go leanúnach. I am very pleased to be here in the Seanad again and to have this opportunity to present the Minerals Development Bill 2015...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...lightly. My own county of Donegal has seen decades of emigration so it is something that resonates profoundly with me. I am passionate about being the Minister of State representing Irish people wherever they are in the world. In March 2015, the Government published Global Irish: Ireland's Diaspora Policy, its first clear strategy statement on the diaspora. We recognise that Ireland...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...9 Iúil. Déanaim comhghairdeas le mo chuid oifigigh as ucht an obair a rinne siad ar an reachtaíocht tábhactach seo san am gairid a bhí acu. I am pleased to introduce the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 for the consideration of the House. The purpose of the Bill is to transpose Directive 2013/30/EU, the offshore safety directive, which...

Retention of Records Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...of Education and Skills and transferred to the custody of the National Archives; that on their transfer to the National Archives the records will be withheld from public inspection for a period of not less than 75 years; that access to the records may only be possible at that point when regulations are made by the Minister; and that a number of provisions of the National Archives Act 1986...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...understanding was signed after the referendum in 2016 and although there is uncertainty, we can control certain elements. One of these is continued collaboration and the shared understanding that co-operation is important across the education spectrum. This brings me to Part 5 of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019, which seeks...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joe McHugh: ...former bank managers and bank executives, who were not part of this culture, were cast aside and missed out on promotions because they did not want to be part of the culture of banking in the past 15 or 20 years. They are the people we should bring in to give us a deep understanding of banking. Small business is on its knees as the Minister of State will know from talking to people in his...