553 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to tackle price reductions for store lambs; his plans to intervene at the factory gate where prices have dropped; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he did not sign up to the Sarkozy document on aquaculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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548 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will appoint a principal officer to deal with delays in the processing of aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that has been set aside for aquaculture under the €42 million operational fund for fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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520 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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519 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will guarantee that the Greencastle harbour development project in County Donegal will receive in 2009 the €12 million funding that can be made available by his Department; if he is committed to completing the breakwater at Greencastle harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that grants available through the community salmon hardship fund aimed at encouraging salmon fishermen to diversify into other businesses, precludes grant aid for fishing vessels and funding for any aspect of a fishing operation that will increase fishing effort; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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473 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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472 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain the rules and regulations for a driver with trade plates from the Republic of Ireland who drives in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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455 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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452 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason self-employed people who have just lost their jobs must wait for up to 12 months for social welfare payments; if this position has changed in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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425 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on capital investment by her Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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396 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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381 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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327 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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300 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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299 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the way she is providing BreastCheck programme appointments to women in County Donegal who are not registered with general practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists working in the west region; the locations at which there are plans to recruit new physiotherapists in this region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to date deadlines for the completions of the new accident and emergency unit and the new psychiatric unit at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will maintain existing colposcopy services at Letterkenny General Hospital on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will declare the capital investment levels in the health sector building and equipment programme for each year since 1997 for each former health board region; and if she will provide the information in tabular form.
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219 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the way he will assist home owners here who bought endowment policies in the 1980s and 1990s in view of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008; if he is aware that these endowment policies were mis-sold on behalf of the banks by brokers who were encouraged with the reward of larger commissions; if the compensation he will provide will be similar to that supplied by the British Government to British purchasers of endowment policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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200 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the percentage change in visible exports, using 1997 as a baseline, up until the end of 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the percentage change in invisible exports, using 1997 as a baseline, up until the end of year 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in relation to the introduction of training programmes to either Greencastle or Cork in order to re-train fishermen for the merchant navy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money spent on capital investment by her Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties.
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140 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her view of the Combat Poverty Agency Report entitled, Tackling Health Inequalities — An All-Ireland Approach to Social Determinants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the secondary schools in County Donegal that are using assistive technology geared toward specific literary support for students with dyslexia; the schools in County Donegal that have applications with his Department for such technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money farmers here have drawn down to date from the sheep farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to build a crematorium in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will guarantee that there will be no cuts in his funding of a theatre (details supplied) in County Donegal, in the next 36 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the outsourcing of smear testing to the USA; if she will explain the cervical screening programme plan to initially limit colposcopy treatment to 11 centres; and if she will assure the colposcopy team and people of County Donegal that the colposcopy service at Letterkenny General Hospital will remain permanently; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of women in County Donegal who have been called for appointments under the BreastCheck programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to introduce a second round of sports capital grants in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the alleged links between dissident republicans and the drugs trade; the steps he has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the absence of adequate storage facilities for sensitive evidence in Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the ongoing problem of patients on trolleys in accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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753 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rating here among the 27 Members of the EU in terms of the closing time of nightclubs, in the order of those closing late and those closing early; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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929 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on light pollution, in view of the problems of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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752 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused recognition of their degree from Northern Ireland by the Irish Teaching Council, despite the fact that other persons doing this course had their qualification recognised for teaching purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the situation regarding the fuel rebate for bus operators for 2008/2009; if he will assure these operators that they will not lose their fuel rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assurances that each department in Letterkenny General Hospital will remain fully functioning for the remainder of 2008; if there are to be closures, the sections that will close; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent in Letterkenny General Hospital during the first six months of 2008; the amount of money left to spend for the remainder of 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the official level of debt at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain in greater detail his plans to improve the international broadband connections between Ireland and other countries as outlined in his consultation paper on next generation broadband, in particular plans to improve connectivity between the north west of Ireland and the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the National Broadband Project; if the project will suffer due to Exchequer cutbacks; if there is provision for utilising INTERREG funding to try to improve broadband access, with areas such as Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal working with their northern counterparts to resolve the issue on a more local basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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326 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authorities cannot house people who have left the marital home as a result of a separation while court proceedings are ongoing in relation to assets, in view of the backlog of family law cases; his views on whether it is acceptable that women who have suffered from domestic abuse are being denied the chance to be housed because their case is awaiting a court hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has had their resource hours reduced and has been told that they will no longer have a special needs assistant next term; if it is his policy to introduce cutbacks to special education needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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