Results 1-20 of 489 for long speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (26 Jul 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment (ILO) in the State. Respondents to the QNHS are asked whether they have at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty and the most recent figures available are for Q1 2017. Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by their ILO economic status,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Broadcasting Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...tábhachtach seo a chur faoin tseirbhís thar a bheith tábhachtach ar son muintir na hÉireann sa Bhreatain. By way of background on this matter, in September 2014, RTE announced plans to shut down its long wave 252 service, which enables RTE Radio 1 to be broadcast into Britain. While the initial plan was for the long wave service to close on 27 October 2014, this was...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Joe McHugh: ...teams and multidisciplinary teams. We should emphasise the key statistic in this regard. Donegal has the highest percentage of people over 65 in the country but the lowest number of people in long-term care. This illustrates that we have a conveyor belt of continuity, whereby patients from Letterkenny General Hospital move on to convalescence, where the idea is not for them to...

Rail Network. (9 Dec 2009)

Joe McHugh: ..., as is the case in many urban areas. One has to marry what is happening now with what will happen in the future. One thing about Fianna Fáil-led Governments is that they only look to the long term in the context of the next election. We need long-term thinking and connectivity. Let us consider the possibility of getting on a train in County Kerry, going up through the western rail...

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (5 Feb 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport his exact plans for the Coast Guard station in Malin Head; the precise function and number of workers the centre will employ in the long term future; if he will assure employees at the centre that their jobs will remain in Malin Head in the long term future as stated in the Deloitte and Touche report (details supplied); when the recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers operates under the patronage of the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The ETB recently informed my Department that the long term accommodation needs of the school were being reviewed and that it would revert to my Department when this process had been completed. My Department understands that the review has now been concluded and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers operates under the patronage of the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The ETB recently informed my Department that the long term accommodation needs of the school were being reviewed and that it would revert to my Department when this process had been completed. My Department understands that the review has now been concluded and that the ETB...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers operates under the patronage of the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The ETB recently informed my Department that the long term accommodation needs of the school were being reviewed and that it would revert to my Department when this process had been completed. My Department understands that the review has now been concluded and that the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Statistics (11 Jul 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...(ILO) in the State. This survey replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017*. The most recent figures available for disability status (whether a person had at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty) are for Q2 2017. In Q2, 2017, 242,600 persons aged 15-64 years had a long-lasting condition or difficulty of which 69,700 (28.7%) were in employment according...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to inform the Deputy since the second half of 2018 when a school is being approved additional classroom(s) to meet a long-term need and that school also has prefabs (rented or purchased) these prefabs will also be replaced as part of the additional accommodation project if there is a long-term needs for the classrooms currently housed in those prefabs. The following table outlines the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The purpose of the site visit on the 12th August 2019 was to offer technical advice on the suitability of the school and site to incorporate SEN teaching in the immediate and long term, with the support of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) and as a detailed inspection of all structures on the site was not carried out a written report was not prepared. At the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...her leaving certificate examinations will be left out. Alternative temporary solutions are being worked on, and we have been focusing on this issue. The significant question is how to address the long-term issue here. The meeting tomorrow is a follow-up to consider the decision made by the ETB. There must be a meeting of minds, and there must be focus on the long term. The short-term...

Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...Does the Minister think there is an opportunity to incentivise the haulage industry in some way, perhaps by discounting motor tax? In his response, the Minister will say that we must look at the long-term position but, as Deputies McManus and Coonan have said, there is a short-term crisis because lorry drivers are going out of business every day. What measures can the Minister take to...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joe McHugh: ...reflect some of the feedback from my constituency and county over the weekend. While people had their pragmatic hats on, they said this will not remove the obstacles and challenges we face in the long term. However, it is a start and that was very much welcomed. I welcome the efforts of the Minister and his team and his entire operation over a long period of time to get a deal on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Island Communities (3 Nov 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...,775 Cargo Árainn 19 22,982 Inis Meáin 14 5,196 Inis Oírr 14 10,295 €1,620,120 Passenger Inis Meáin Inis Oírr 14 51,605 €811,873 Passenger Whiddy 5 sailing days N/A €4,500 Cargo Whiddy 30-35 12,020 €75,000 Passenger Sherkin Cléire Heir Long 50 sailings per annum N/A €67,000 Cargo Sherkin...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...available, it is down parental choice, whether the fit is for mainstream classes or for an additional class or whether a special school is a solution. We have to be very pragmatic when it comes to long-term planning because it will not happen today or tomorrow but we have a new school pilot involving up to 75 schools in west Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare, where we need the all-inclusive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2021 Poll Results: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Joe McHugh: ...that members must be on-site to contribute. I welcome Ms Noelle O'Connell, CEO, and Mr. Stephen O'Shea, European Movement Ireland. As the delegation is on-site I do not have to read the normal long note on privilege, which is good news. I hope that Ms O'Connell does not mind but we teed up the findings during last week's public session as they were already in the public arena....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Industry (4 Nov 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...of the design of the various elements of the project that will be progressed, subject to planning permission where appropriate. The programme has derived from a comprehensive feasibility study for the long-term remediation of the Avoca mine site that addresses human and ecological concerns, safety and physical hazards, heritage, future uses and long-term site monitoring and management.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2003)

Joe McHugh: ...know that Fianna Fáil find this a laughing matter. Some 20,000 people pass through the town daily. All we want are bus lanes – two bus lanes on a boreen from Dublin to Ashbourne – and a long-term plan for a bypass.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Joe McHugh: I was in national school when the previous government was in power. It was that long ago.