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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
278 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the stage at which the asset is valued at under the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36946/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
277 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will appoint a second paediatric rheumatologist in view of the fact that waiting lists for such treatments show that a second paediatric rheumatologist is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36940/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
259 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of referrals to University College Hospital, Galway from Letterkenny, County Donegal for the purpose of breast care surgery for each month beginning in January 2009 to September 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36824/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
257 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the dependency on acute, long stay, inpatient beds needs to be reduced in favour of increased provision of community based services in order to ensure the most effective use of scarce public funds and to improve value for money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36822/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
258 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether new performance indicators along with supporting up to date data should be developed and published by the Health Service Executive to enable accurate monitoring of the national mental health budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36823/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
177 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unfinished apprenticeships; her plans for these persons who find themselves redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36819/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2009
109 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary schools which have access to a modern European language other than English and Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37010/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2009
177 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offices and civil servants involved in the administration of the penalty points system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36365/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2009
128 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the amounts of money that have been spent annually by the national lottery in the years 2000 to 2006; the percentages of these annual amounts that have been spent annually by the national lottery on local projects in the same years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36366/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2009
306 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of slatted houses built here under the farm waste management scheme on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36163/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2009
113 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to bring to Cabinet legislation that will create a directly elected mayor for Dublin that was promised to be in place in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2009
404 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing aid and improvement for the elderly grant applications that have been accepted and approved at local authority level on a county basis in tabular form; the number of these applications that have been given funding on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35660/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2009
398 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if charges under the Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009 apply to the non-principal private residences of parish priests who live in parochial houses and own their own houses, to ancestral homes owned by members of the Irish diaspora and to houses owned by Irish citizens who own houses in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35489/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2009
121 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to potential investors who have made offers on commercial property on the banks’ bad loan books; if this is the case, if negotiations between the banks and the investors are currently being pursued by the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35743/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2009
9 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the issue of windfall profits being made by electricity generators on the back of charging consumers for the cost of carbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35596/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2009
353 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his timeframe for the adoption of the biofuels obligation scheme for which the public consultation closed in November 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2009
352 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the State regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34666/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1279 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish an interim standard national rate of pay for school secretaries that would apply until such time as negotiations with the School Secretaries Forum conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34541/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1132 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to support media training for young people in view of the fact that this is an area that offers potential for employment growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33237/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1035 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulatory processes for the construction of 250 kW generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1034 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the ongoing State case regarding Gweebarra, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1036 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the green loan home energy scheme on a county basis; the amount of the €100 million budget which has been spent; the number of households that have availed of the scheme by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34544/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1020 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to attract inward investment into a digital content centre, in view of the fact that the education system here does not offer students subjects that encourage a career in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33238/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
1014 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to extend the granting of planning permission period, in view of applicants finding themselves in difficulty in accessing finance from banks to secure mortgage applications; the action he will take to ensure banks help applicants to secure mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34539/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
933 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the storage of military equipment from Lifford and Rockhill Army Barracks, County Donegal; the location at which he will facilitate these materials in the long term; if this will involve the construction of a new building; the costs that will accrue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33545/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
832 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will apply the disability criteria on employment to the new decentralised public offices that will open at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33091/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
794 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the lack of funding for youth and community groups to engage in media training, in view of the fact that such funding is available in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33239/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
767 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will observe the commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on overseas aid by 2012; if he will commit to maintaining the current level of expenditure on overseas aid between 2009 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34540/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
753 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will sign the optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which opened for signature on 24 September 2009; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans for signing the optional protocol in the future; if the Government signs the optional protocol, if it will also ratify it on the same day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34542/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
750 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place for the protection of citizens from sex offenders who enter the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
749 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposal in the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 to fine and jail registrars who object to civil partnerships is incompatible with the principles of religious freedom; if the Bill protects registrars’ right of conscience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34531/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
429 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the applications of couples here adopting from Ethiopia if Ireland fully signs up to the Hague Convention principles on adoption during the couples’ adoption process; if this will halt all adoptions from Ethiopia that will be in process at that time; if couples in the system will be allowed to continue with their adoption; the stage of the process they must have reached in order to be classed as in the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33235/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
276 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the reason the salmon hardship fund payments are subject to taxation as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
247 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether international investors would be prudent to invest in commercial property here and development land in view of the fact that prices of same have dropped by more than 50% since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33016/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
248 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide evidence of banks having negotiated with potential investors; if he will substantiate his statement in a newspaper (details supplied) on 13 September 2009 that banks have not been able to attract private investment; if he will clarify whether he has evidence of approaches made to Irish banks by international investors or bidders in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
246 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he has access to information which shows that banks have been prepared to negotiate with potential investors over the course of the past 12 to 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33015/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
245 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his assertion in a newspaper (details supplied) on 13 September 2009 that Irish banks have not been able to attract private investment for toxic assets and that we cannot wait forever; the way he knows same; the process which enables him to know same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33014/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
240 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Exchequer lost €500 million due to the illegal cigarette trade in 2008; his further views on whether Customs are sufficiently staffed to address this problem; if he will increase the number employed by Customs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that retailers here lose €500 million per annum due to this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34528/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2009
135 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has concerns regarding the value for money aspect of Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34137/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2009
20 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if consultation has taken place or is planned on the draft legislation to amalgamate the cultural institutions; when draft legislation will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32291/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
372 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will commit to maintaining the three education centres that accommodate all of the Gaeltacht schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
371 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure to amalgamate small schools; his further views on whether small schools fulfil important social, as well as educational, functions in rural communities; if he will commit to protecting all Gaeltacht schools from rationalisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32168/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
341 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether unwillingness in 2009 by banks to extend credit to farmers is damaging the cattle trade here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32166/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
309 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the cost of maintaining Lifford and Rockhill Army barracks, County Donegal, since their closure. [32161/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
289 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of farmers who will fall into social welfare categories as a result of the closure or the REP scheme four to new applicants; the cost to her Department of same; the area from which savings will be made to meet this cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32156/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
211 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the failure to recognise Irish sign language as an official language breaches the 1998 British-Irish Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32158/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
202 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the National Roads Authority’s budgetary systems in the future: if there will be an annual NRA budget for local and regional roads; if there will be an annual NRA budget for national routes; and if there will be one overall budget for all roads. [32181/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
203 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if a unit within the National Roads Authority will be responsible for dealing with representations from public representatives regarding local and regional roads programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
201 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the process that will apply to 2010 grant applications in respect of roads programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32180/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2009
172 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children in relation to Health Service Executive sanctioned projects, the number of consultancy contracts that are ongoing; the number of these projects that will be completed within a definitive period; if she will list these deadlines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32369/09]