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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
558 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will release the Coast Guard Management report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1888/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
405 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the definition of cosmetic surgery in relation to orthodontic treatment; the number of people who have applied for orthodontic treatment on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1890/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
404 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive policy in relation to hiring taxi firms for health related trips; if there is a proper, open and transparent procurement process at regular intervals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1889/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
403 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify a suggestion that women in maternity units will be discharged 12 hours after giving birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1878/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
402 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the Health Service Executive’s plans to have midwifery expertise in the community in view of the fact that public health students no longer need midwifery as a prerequisite to gain access to training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1877/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2008
406 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government have reneged on a promise to allocate €1.8 billion to suicide prevention, in view of the fact that no extra funding has been given to the mental health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1893/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2007
121 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the upgrade of broadband infrastructure in County Donegal in view of the fact that hundreds of households and businesses still can not access any broadband facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35278/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2007
101 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the payment of drift net fishermen through the Lough’s Agency; and if the Government sought a meeting with the EU commissioner in relation to the matter. [35279/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
369 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is her decision to renew licences issued to a group (details supplied) in October 1994 to continue to include two significant and locally important naturally recurring seed mussel resource areas to the exclusion of the majority of the licences operating in the lough; if, in view of the importance of sustainable resources of this type to local industry, it is her national policy and open for anyone in the State to licence such mussel seed resource areas for their own private use in any other part of the country where these types of resources occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35327/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
265 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the negotiations that have taken place between his Department and the Northern Ireland Minister for Transport, in relation to a railway link between Letterkenny and Derry; if there are proposals for a Derry to Dublin rail link alongside the proposed new dual carriageway; if so if there is money set aside for these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35407/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
260 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the amount it will cost to carry out the proposal to build two new coast guard stations; the cost of upgrading the existing centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35048/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
259 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the reason a report carried out by senior coast guard executives in 2006 is not available under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason this report is being kept from the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35047/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
258 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his views on making an application under the Interreg programme for the upgrade of the Malin coastguard station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35046/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
81 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way his Department will meet targets to end homelessness here; the plans he has to ensure a continued supply of social housing during a construction slow down in order to meet targets to end homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35257/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2007
86 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to expand and develop the drugs court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2007
75 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has expressed his concern to the Data Protection Commissioner on a recent report in relation to the disposal of records of clients from a law centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34574/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2007
193 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of spending on the Mahon tribunal; if he will account for the significant reduction in the 2008 Estimate, from €16.3 million in 2007 to €12.5 million in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34569/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2007
192 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of funding towards An Bord Pleanála in view of the fact that it is projected that it will receive €15.2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34568/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2007
191 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown in relation to funding projects under the gateways innovation fund; the amount Letterkenny will receive under this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34567/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2007
190 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will account for the reduction in projected expenditure for 2008 by 29%; the projects that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34566/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
1023 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 4 December 2007, when details of the hardship scheme were sent to Brussels; the reason for the delay in payment of the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
907 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa; if he will reconsider the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
892 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider a decision to deport a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33883/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
856 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to prevent below cost selling of drinks in night clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33470/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
843 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider an application by a person (details supplied) for a 12 week holiday visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33292/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
719 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a VEC have refused to pay fees for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is completing their MA as the awarding body is claiming that after completing a postgraduate, a person must undertake a new course to obtain an MA; if she will clarify her Department’s policy in relation to fee payment for MA courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33882/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
718 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a course (details supplied) has not received formal recognition from the Irish Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33880/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
695 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to begin; if there is a problem, the reason the board of management have not been notified as such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33469/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
694 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the transfer of title for a former school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33468/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
369 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if a report was carried out by senior coast guard executives in relation to the proposed new coast guard station; if so, the reason this report is not available under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
105 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to safeguard the future of groups (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the building they occupy is up for sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33976/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2007
67 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to cater for the growing number of non-English speaking students attending both primary and secondary schools here; her views on whether teachers and schools are well enough equipped to deal with the surge in the number of foreign students enrolling in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33977/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2007
112 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his Department’s position on decentralisation; and his views on whether the centralising of jobs from peripheral areas such as Malin and Valentia to Drogheda complies with the Government policy of decentralisation. [33088/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2007
113 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport when the decision was taken to reject the proposals set out in the Deloitte and Touche report to expand the Malin Head and Valentia Coast Guard Stations; the person who had the responsibility for making this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33089/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2007
105 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if the jobs that were proposed for Malin Head and Valentia in the Deloitte and Touche report will be realised; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
605 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of draft net fishermen who have been paid by the Loughs Agency to date; the number of fishermen paid under the drift net scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32138/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
528 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanisms that have been put in place to record the arrival of new immigrants; the programmes in place to facilitate integration and foster tolerance and diversity between indigenous population and newly arrived immigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
527 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the follow up security measures that have been initiated following the two PSNI shootings in November 2007 and a murder (details supplied) in County Monaghan, to counter further incidents of the same nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
481 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the grant refusal for a community youth project (details supplied) in view of the good work that they doing for all the young people in that area. [32431/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
463 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to begin; if there is a problem, the reason the board of management have not been notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32141/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
462 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal has only been getting learning support, despite a detailed assessment stating that they need special resource teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32140/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
461 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the re-routing of a school bus (details supplied) in County Donegal, which would bring four families closer to the collection point and also reduce the travel time of the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32139/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
447 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason students from the Republic of Ireland, who choose to study in Northern Ireland, have to go through a long and arduous process to get their degrees recognised by her Department in order to take up teaching posts; if she has made efforts to harmonise the education systems in order that degrees undertaken anywhere on the island are recognised north and south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31976/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
242 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount that has been spent on the overall health service, that is capital funding, administration, wages and so on between the years 1997 and 2007; the amount that was spent was spent between 1987 and 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32143/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
161 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work that has taken place on proposals under the new INTERREG programme for north/south and east/west co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
596 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to counter heightened public order offences in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
595 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order offences on a county or Garda division basis from 1996 to 2006 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30804/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
507 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the position and the timeframe regarding the funding of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30803/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
506 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide extra funding to initiatives such as homework clubs which are providing invaluable help to persons with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30802/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
498 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to appoint another education welfare officer in County Donegal in view of the fact that the current and only EWO in the county has to cover the entire county of Donegal which is the third biggest county; the reason a county which has one of the highest rates of early school leavers is only entitled to one EWO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30775/07]