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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries Ireland (12 Nov 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...patrol range as against land-based foot patrolling within the same timeframe. The agency also, based on intelligence gathered and detailed profiling, continues to focus on known poaching hot spots. Additionally, IFI piloted a dog protection unit in 2014 and is now rolling out the programme following successful trials. Trained dogs have been used to locate illegally caught and hidden...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (22 Sep 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...protection of the aquatic environment. The implementation of proven traditional work practices and the increasing use of modern technology and innovative specialist vehicle and water based patrols, dog assisted patrolling and improved water quality monitoring equipment have delivered significant efficiencies over the five years since IFI’s establishment. IFI also seeks, insofar...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Sep 2012)

Joe McHugh: ...to them how to treat animals. We have, however, a resources issue. It is ridiculous that an ISPCA inspector who is called out to a housing estate where there has been a report of a malnourished dog must wait for a garda to confirm the report and authorise the ISPCA inspector to remove the animal. This raises the question of resource allocation. If a garda must make a decision between...

Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Joe McHugh: ...otherwise because of ridiculous rules that have been introduced down the years. Another example up in our waters is fishermen who have been fishing lesser spotted dogfish, known locally as sand dogs, which is a scavenger used as bait and for which they cannot get a quota. There are so many challenges. I wish the Minister well. I encourage the industry to come collectively with one...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (9 Feb 2010)

Joe McHugh: ...: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a submission (details supplied); if he will take cognisance of its recommendations when finalising the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6081/10]

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Joe McHugh: ...economic recovery plan approved by the European Council in December 2008. Following agreement by ECOFIN on 10 March 2009, this took the form of a directive. In light of the Government making a dog's dinner of this matter and the creation of a VAT anomaly on a cross-Border basis, which has been commented on by Fianna Fáil backbenchers as far away as Cork-----

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Joe McHugh: ...not ensure that people are comfortable and safe in their homes. The Bill has been described as right wing, but it is not. It is not designed for the person who can afford house alarms and guard dogs and who lives in a secure urban area. It is very much designed to protect the person living in isolation in a rural area, and that is its raison d'être. Statistics from the Department of...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (9 Jul 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 814: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a quota system for sand dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29336/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Conservation: Fisheries Conservation (30 Jun 2009)

Joe McHugh: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify and explain the options that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who fishes dog and skate net, and who was informed at the beginning of June 2009 that 3 tonnes of dogfish were available to them for fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25687/09]

Written Answers — Customs Operations: Customs Operations (30 Oct 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...number of drug detections made on land and at sea as a result of these patrols; the quantity of drugs seized in these operations; the number of night clubs and concert venues visited with sniffer dogs on drug detection operations in Donegal in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37730/08]

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (28 May 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions for dog fouling on pavements, footpaths and beaches for the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21320/08]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (13 May 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to bring sniffer dogs to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18039/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Mar 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sniffer dogs on a Garda divisional basis; if there are plans to have a permanent dog in the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Mar 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sniffer dogs being trained in this country; the length of time it takes for each dog to be trained; if he has plans to allocate further funding to the training of such dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/08]

Seanad: Drug Misuse: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Joe McHugh: ..., he no longer gets that buzz and is merely trying to get by and feel normal on a day-to-day basis. On the subject of resources, I will not even place on the public record the number of sniffer dogs available. However, I am aware it is minimal. I do not want to send out a signal that we cannot compete in terms of combating drug abuse. The number of sniffer dogs that are trained to...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate Senator Glynn's intervention. He is the old dog for the hard road and a seasoned campaigner.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

Joe McHugh: ...that we need all the expertise we can get, regardless of the age of the people who provide it. There was a man from Donegal who retired at the age of 60. He went to the shop each day with his dog to buy the newspaper. One day, however, the dog started to take the paper home. The man died the following day. At the gates of Heaven, he asked St. Peter why he had been taken. ...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)

Joe McHugh: St. Peter replied that the man was no longer needed because even the dog could bring the paper home for him. This is an important point.

Seanad: European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Second Stage. (16 Oct 2002)

Joe McHugh: ...to their premises. It does little for confidence in the European process, especially when those affected travel on holiday to other European Union countries, such as France, and find cats and dogs in restaurants. I hope this Bill will address this aspect and help to reduce the democratic deficit in the European project.