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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
134 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to a submission from a primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6563/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
133 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he contemplates any changes to third level student grants for the next academic year; if he will address this with specific reference to grant schemes that are in place for mature students at institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6562/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
123 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will move to expedite a departmental matter (details supplied) that has been ongoing, in time for the next school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
122 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he acknowledges that a school (details supplied) now qualifies for developing school status because its enrolment has increased by 15 since September 2009; if he will acknowledge the necessity of learning supports for which the school has applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6508/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
117 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Skills when school holidays for the 2011 Halloween mid-term will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
66 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reallocating funds from the lottery fund to the Exchequer for a specific period of time so that it could be used to reduce public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6416/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2011
159 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the cost incurred by him for the purchasing of Garda shirts; if he will provide a per shirt price and a total purchase cost for each year since 2007; if he will provide the same figures for purchased Garda jumpers, purchased Garda trousers, purchased Garda jackets, purchased prison officer trousers, purchased prison officer jackets, purchased prison officer trousers, purchased prison officer vests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2011
155 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will explain the circumstances of temporary release and or early release for persons on six months prison sentences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2011
124 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the withdrawal of licences for native oyster fishing in the Swilly Estuary, County Donegal; the reason the licences have been withdrawn; the identities of the persons or organisation who made the decision; if appeal avenues are open to the affected fishermen; the penalties for non-compliance; the compensation avenues open to affected parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4300/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2011
6 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding avenues open to Irish students studying for Masters of Music Therapy in New Zealand for 2011-2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4323/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2011
3 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the options available to skilled trades persons planning to emigrate for work in the short term to acquire accreditation for specific trades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4298/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2011
392 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his commitment to the pigmeat industry here; if he will acknowledge the 165 kg and 170 kg costs of production; the current 135 to 136 cent per kg price that obtains today; to acknowledge that farmers receive just 17% of the shelf price; his plans to save the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2011
138 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make allowances for a student whose application for a third level grant is stalled because of an unusually difficult situation regarding a property that is currently classified as an asset belonging to one of their parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2460/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
211 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of aquaculture licences currently being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1880/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
195 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of foreshore licences currently being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1879/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
42 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the total number of children admitted to adult mental health units during 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1746/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
478 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 9 December 2010, the position regarding the €6m investment in dry storage facilities for de-icing salt; the location and form of these facilities; if he will make a full disclosure of the State’s existing dry storage salt facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48293/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
355 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the date for the publication of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church’s audit of the Catholic diocese of Raphoe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48316/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
183 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 109 to 112, inclusive, of 16 December 2010, her views on the fact that the new system will effectively shut down school transport services in the medium term in view of the fact that families with children currently availing of bus transport services under the closed school rule and with children who will not commence primary school until 2013, will not pay €110 per annum to send their older children to school by bus when they will be transporting the younger children to school privately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1067/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
182 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 109 to 112, inclusive, of 16 December 2010, if she will acknowledge that the new system will reduce the numbers of students travelling on certain school buses to below the ten pupil threshold; if she will explain the way in which she will transport these students to school when this arises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1066/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
181 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 109 to 112, inclusive, of 16 December 2010, if she will acknowledge that the changed system will greatly reduce the number of pupils attending certain schools (details supplied); if she will review the changes in order to ensure that such schools will not be damaged in this way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1065/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
341 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to boost the pig industry; if he will acknowledge the difficulties caused to pig producers by the Government’s decision to vote against the GM grain proposition; his views that current prices are unsustainably low in view of the high costs associated with this industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47832/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
337 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the 2011 fishery harbours and coastal infrastructure development programme that is funded by his budget; the projects that will be serviced from this budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47831/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
278 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 30 November 2010, his views on the prospects of the application for the additional FTE so that the relevant organisation will be able to plan this month for the services it will provide next year, given the short amount of time left in this month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47836/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
277 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to Pobal funding granted by the Department to Bus Éireann and to private operators in County Donegal, if she will provide the free travel pass budget and the way it is allocated; the total budget allocated to the free travel pass scheme nationally; the persons eligible to draw down from this budget and the criteria or technical requirements; the Bus Éireann allocation for County Donegal; the private operators allocation for County Donegal; the break down of the number of operators and the amount awarded to each; the actual monetary amount per passenger journey; the way this is awarded and monitored; if it is calculated per passenger carried and allocated on a reimbursable basis on block amount or per year; if there is any form of compensation awarded due to extreme remoteness and high level of deprivation in County Donegal; if a service is discontinued by the operator, the position regarding the awarded allocation toward that service; the result of the most recent value for money and performance audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47833/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
245 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport in reference to the Public Service Obligation, the total budget allocated to this fund regarding transport; the persons eligible to draw down from this budget and the criteria or technical requirement; the breakdown of the allocation for County Donegal, Bus Éireann and private operators; the way it is awarded and monitored; the actual allocation to each of the above; if a service is discontinued by the operator, what happens to the allocation toward that service; the result of the most recent value for money and performance audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47835/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
112 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way students who fall within the new distance ruling for primary school transport will be facilitated from a school transport point of view; if she will address an example case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47941/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
111 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way savings will be made under the closure of the closed school rule and the removal of the catchment boundary rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47940/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
110 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the minimum 3.2 km distance requirement from primary schools for the purposes of school transport will be changed; if she will give a detailed explanation of these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47939/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
109 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way the removal of the closed school rule, which guarantees free transport to students, will impact on this commitment as a result of the new €50 charge per student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47938/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2010
87 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason students applying for back to education and student support are allowed a maximum break from the academic system of one year; if an exemption can be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose personal family circumstances prevented them from proceeding with their studies for a period of more than one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47829/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2010
208 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the €30 per hectare payment of a grassland grant for sheep farmers will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2010
132 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether investments in dental businesses that were made in the period 2003 to 2007 were based on assumed annual turnover figures dating from that period; his further views on the outcome of the November 2010 survey of dental practices conducted by the Irish Dental Association, which shows that practice incomes have fallen by 35% to 40% nationally this year, and if he acknowledges that 70,000 fewer dental procedures were conducted in this State to date this year than last year because of changes to the PRSI scheme; if he further acknowledges the very high costs associated with dental practice commencement during the period 2003 to 2007; if the State plans to assist pertinent struggling young practitioners with borrowings from banks in which the State is a shareholder via debt forgiveness or renewed credit arrangements that are affordable; his further views on whether, notwithstanding distressed credit issues, the existing practitioners offer the best hope of partial finance recoupment; his views on creditor-financier liability in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2010
115 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether false assumptions obtaining between 2000 and 2007 about consumer income, long-term economic productivity and consumer behaviour resulted in the collapse of the Irish banking system; his further views on whether the various bank guarantee schemes and bank bailouts, including budget 2011 introduced by the Government, in effect transfer credit institutions’ liabilities onto the State; if a logical continuation of this principle requires credit institutions to enter into debt clemency agreements with creditors whose 2000 to 2007 investments were based on the same false assumptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47029/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2010
33 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has considered the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2010
101 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if budget 2011 will allocate funding for the continuation of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46748/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2010
59 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport as of 6 December 2010 the volumes of road salt and grit that have been ordered from sources; the agencies that have ordered this salt and grit; the organisations from which the salt and grit has been ordered; when it will arrive in the State; where it will be stored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46747/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2010
58 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that are in storage and available in the State as of 6 December 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit are held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46746/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2010
57 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that were recorded in storage and available for use in the State on each day from 28 November to 5 December 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit were held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46745/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2010
56 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the quantities of road salt and grit that were recorded in storage and available for use in the State on each day from 22 to 28 November 2010; the locations at which quantities of this salt and grit were held and the relevant amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46744/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2010
103 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will make a comprehensive statement on assets liquidation; the payment process to creditors; the order in which various creditor organisations are paid, that is, banks, Revenue Commissioners, contractors and so on. [46642/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2010
21 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 2 December 2010, his views on whether the referenced statutory requirement imposes unfair difficulties on genuine families, including citizens of this State who have lived in Northern Ireland and have now returned to live at home in this jurisdiction; if he will review the statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46641/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
350 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a comprehensive disclosure on the commercial aquaculture development scheme that includes declarations on the sum allocated to the scheme by the Government including the amount within this sum that was designated for grants to producers and the amount within the sum that was designated for administration; if he will declare the amount of money allocated from the scheme to commercial producers; the amount of money designated for administration that was unspent; the amount of money designated for producers via grants that was unspent; his plans for the unspent money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46559/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
310 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will elaborate on the National Recovery Plan 2011-14’s reference to the seafood industry; his views on whether building the seafood industry in order to repay the €85bn bailout requires securing substantial quota increases for Irish fishermen at the upcoming EU fisheries negotiations on 13 and 14 December 2010; if he will outline his plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46341/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
55 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of construction companies to which the State awarded building contracts valued at more than €19 million in the years 1997-2010; the relevant number of building contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45866/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
54 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide or secure remuneration for construction companies that are unpaid by liquidated major construction companies for subcontracts completed on major public building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45865/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
49 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the Donegal South-West by-election held on 25 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45920/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2010
157 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2010
144 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will engage with the Northern Ireland Minister for Regional Development and Intertrade Ireland to establish a formal economic link between Derry and Buncrana, which share strong cultural, historical, social, geographical and commercial connections; if he will consider applying the twin city Newry and Dundalk incorporating the wider east Border region model here; his views on whether this proposal is compatible with Shaping our Future 2025 (NI) and that it can co-exist with the Derry-Letterkenny strategic corridor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45793/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2010
71 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a comprehensive statement on assets liquidation; the payment process to creditors; the order in which various creditor organisations are paid, that is, banks, Revenue, contractors and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45708/10]