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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: ...the standards. I am not an engineer. I have been a labourer and carried a hod, but I am not an engineer. I know a wee bit about building. I do not know a great deal but I do not the outer leaf does not carry any weight. The outer leaf is going to be grand. However, what is the position regarding the inner leaf on a house that has Bison ceiling slabs and a roof? Will the engineers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Joe McHugh: ...this is a giveaway scheme, they are living on a different planet. Imagine being in your 50s with kids grown up and ready for university and finding you have an outstanding mortgage of €130,000 on a house that does not exist any more but which does not go away. He will add €170,000 to it, which will increase his monthly payment by €1,500. Imagine the trauma for that...

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

Joe McHugh: ...we must work within this timeframe. My question is for Mr. Owens. It remains a grant scheme - is that a question of culpability? Perhaps he is not in a position to answer. As it remains a grant scheme, does that mean it is not taking responsibility for the problem and is just repairing a house, even though many houses to date have been demolished?

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: ...provided for zero-interest bridging loans. This is not about re-inventing the wheel. It is about bringing people together to work constructively on a cross-departmental basis. I hope Ms Shovlin does not mind me quoting her. When I spoke to her briefly, she talked about institutionalised bureaucracy. That is all it is. We, as a governance structure are failing people in terms of our...

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: ...the point Ms McDade made about institutional bureaucracy or institutional paralysis. We need to be working proactively before one of these houses falls down. While the scheme is out there, that does not mean the job has been finished. The message has to remain on the Government's agenda that while we have a scheme, the issue is not sorted. Somebody will be here in ten or 20 years' time...

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: ...and deal with all the changes. They are working under time pressure. However, we should look at the thing chronologically. Let us look at building from the bottom, because building from the bottom does not take long. In 2015, we went into those weak Gaeltacht areas and they were teaching Irish through the medium of English. Let us call a spade a spade. In 2015, some of the weaker...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Mar 2023)

Joe McHugh: Does anybody else want to come in at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: I commend Professor O'Brennan on going off script a little on that point. Does each university have an equivalent to the department of sociology in Maynooth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Joe McHugh: Are there any takers? Does anyone want to make a proposal in that regard.? We could also involve the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science because much of this relates to his brief.

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

Joe McHugh: ..., SURE, scheme, amounts to €50.2 billion. I refer as well to the bonds in the context of Next Generation EU, NGEU, support in response to the pandemic as well. All these inherent risks exist. Where does Mr. Murphy see the main risks coming from in future, at a finance level, without going into the reasons? I am thinking of our national situation, where we are dealing with an...

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

Joe McHugh: ...positive way. There is no reference to the trans-European transport network, TEN-T, in Mr. Murphy's submission but there is a nice photograph of roads, which I was excited to see. Deputy Howlin does not have to worry about these things any more in the south east, where there are many great roads. However, my colleague, Deputy Harkin, and I live in the north west. Delivery of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputy. Does Dr. Petit wish to kick off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: Does Dr. Petit or Dr. Cooper wish to come back in?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...the downsides of getting that recent elevation. If Deputy Calleary had not got it, he would be home in his bed now. However, the Minister of State is here into the early hours of the morning. I am glad he is here. This issue does not relate to his Department but I know he will use his influence and communication skills to pass on a couple of messages. I want to raise an issue in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Joe McHugh: I had not planned to speak at this stage. Does the Chairman want to move on to someone else because there are a couple of specific questions that I want to think about?

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...those from the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, which campaigned for its representatives to be included at the beginning. Will the Minister of State also ask the Minister, Deputy Foley, to outline a breakdown of the figures for the new mainstream teachers who are to be provided to special education classes? The Minister flagged an overall number of 686. Will she break this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...the issue. On the question that Deputy Calleary put to the Minister on the lack of foresight, I do not want to use the term "diplomatic failure", so I will not use it. The Minister stated that he does not want to get into a blame game, but he did say that lessons have been learned. I do not want to jump the queue, but perhaps towards the end of the meeting the Minister could elaborate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...to do it because other schools in the area, although not in the same community, have classes. Working on the assumption that the Minister of State has the delegated responsibility in this area, does she share the same opinion as the chief executive officer on re-examining that threshold? It is six per class currently. A reduced number would satisfy many parents who wish to keep their...

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

Joe McHugh: ...downsizing are being penalised. I ask the Minister of State to go back to his officials. I believe there is an understanding within officialdom that this may be possible. I ask for consideration to be given in this regard. My colleague, Deputy Calleary, raised the issue of force majeureand exceptional circumstances. I am concerned that the appeal board does not have sufficient powers...