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Tue, 25 May 2021
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School Curriculum
Joe McHugh
343. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education when leaving certificate computer science as a subject will be fully implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27714/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Road Safety
Joe McHugh
62. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a special fund for safety barriers on regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Mortgage Lending
Joe McHugh
224. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for mortgage applicants having to wait six months for approval after coming off the pandemic unemployment payment; if he plans to change the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23663/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe McHugh
799. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the special arrangements his Department is making to ensure hundreds of Irish students that will be travelling across Europe on Erasmus+ in August and September 2021 are fully vaccinated beforehand (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24153/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Credit Unions
Joe McHugh
280. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider setting up a body of appeal for the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/21]
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
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Credit Unions
Joe McHugh
281. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the expansion will be explored of credit union choice to customers in view of recent high profile departures from the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21731/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Undocumented Irish in the USA
Joe McHugh
137. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussion he had with the President of the United States of America with regard to the undocumented Irish in America during his phone call on St. Patrick’s Day. [19148/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Joe McHugh
224. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the national broadband plan will be rolled out for premises (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18387/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Joe McHugh
273. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of household connections as part of the Eir T 300 programme; the number of household connections as part of the roll-out by a company (details supplied) by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19908/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Joe McHugh
274. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the communication plan in place to inform elected members in local authorities of timeframes and sequence of implementation of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19915/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Public Service Obligation Levy
Joe McHugh
370. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the status of PSO discussions for the Derry to Dublin route and Cork to Belfast route; if it is planned to have the issue on the transport agenda at the next NSMC meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19423/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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EU Funding
Joe McHugh
553. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the recovery plan under the recovery and resilience facility will be submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Housing Regeneration
Joe McHugh
779. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place to encourage town living through the identification of vacant housing, buildings and heritage buildings in towns and villages in order to conserve existing buildings and to incentivise persons to live in built-up areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19913/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Housing Issues
Joe McHugh
780. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the temporary accommodation pressures in County Donegal as a consequence of families having to vacate their houses due to demolition and reconstruction of houses with MICA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19921/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Departmental Reviews
Joe McHugh
997. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for completion of the review of DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19114/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Joe McHugh
1290. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plans for new apprenticeship programmes by Letterkenny Institute of Technology and ETB Donegal will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Alcohol Pricing
Joe McHugh
1621. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if the issue of minimum alcohol pricing in Ireland and in Northern Ireland will be discussed at future North South Ministerial Council meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18478/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe McHugh
2063. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if support teams can travel with their elite athletes from the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19713/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Irish Language
Joe McHugh
444. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports she plans putting in place to support the Irish language in view of the limited interaction, communication and engagement between persons in the past year and the absence of conversation between persons as Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17330/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Special Educational Needs
Joe McHugh
606. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the number of students, schools and special schools that availed of July provision in 2020; if the same criteria will be used for the 2021 July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17019/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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DEIS Scheme
Joe McHugh
618. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education if the provision of funding support for DEIS schools for summer 2021 will be along the same lines as funding provided in summer 2020; the details of the schools that availed of this funding support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17262/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Offshore Islands
Joe McHugh
1301. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of capital plans for Magheraroarty Pier and the Tory Island ferry, County Donegal as was committed to in Project Ireland 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17024/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Greenways Provision
Joe McHugh
1302. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific detail of funding announcement for Muckish Mountain; if there be significant follow-up funding to enable the investment on the Burtonport to Letterkenny greenway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17263/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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School Accommodation
Joe McHugh
442. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the status of investment works at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11453/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe McHugh
970. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the protocol for travel from the United Arab Emirates to Ireland in summer 2021 as far as can be projected in circumstances in which a person has been vaccinated in the first quarter of 2021; if travel home to see family will be permitted with a negative PCR test; if quarantine for 14 days will be mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11969/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Road Projects
Joe McHugh
109. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the progress with regard to the N14 road between Letterkenny and Lifford, the Bonagee bypass and the Ballybofey and Stranorlar bypass, County Donegal which were all committed to in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe McHugh
229. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to a special one off support for new businesses (details supplied) that were still developing their product at the onset of Covid-19 and were expecting to trade in early 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8616/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
284. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he envisages changes to the upper limits of the mica scheme for counties Donegal and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8398/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
285. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority housing is included in the mica remediation scheme in counties Donegal and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8402/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Joe McHugh
412. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the status of school project works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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School Funding
Joe McHugh
446. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the status of capital investment in schools (details supplied) which were all sanctioned funding under the previous Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Joe McHugh
579. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of progress of capital works at Letterkenny Institute of Technology which were secured under the previous Government; the progress in relation to university status for the institute which also received a commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe McHugh
769. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if there are issues with the manufacturing of the pneumonia vaccine given that there appears to be a shortage in supply in recent months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/21]
Wed, 3 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe McHugh
733. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the protocol with regard to control and restraint training during level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe McHugh
472. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that County Donegal will receive a sufficient share of the national vaccine supply, particularly given that County Donegal has the highest percentage of elderly patients being cared for outside of long-term facilities and the high infection levels in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2272/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Brexit Issues
Joe McHugh
695. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the changes in fisheries policy and its impact on Irish fishermen as a result of the Brexit deal; the communication there has been to ensure fishermen are kept up to date on these new policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2416/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Brexit Issues
Joe McHugh
696. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for the implementation of changes to fishing policy and its impact on Irish fishermen as a result of the Brexit deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/21]
Wed, 16 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe McHugh
347. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE plan for an educational messaging strategy to explain the development and speed in bringing the Covid-19 vaccine to reality, assurances regarding public health and safety and the importance of maximising the take-up of the vaccine when it is offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44002/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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School Transport
Joe McHugh
315. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education her views on the current increased level of vehicular traffic bringing children to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43110/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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School Transport
Joe McHugh
334. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the cost of putting on extra school buses in response to Covid-19; if she will consider keeping the extra buses allocated in order to deal with the extra demand for services which takes place each September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43099/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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School Transport
Joe McHugh
292. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education if a value for money review has been carried out to consider the net economic benefit that the school transport funding brings to rural communities; if consideration has been given to investing additional funding into the school transport sector to alleviate the environmental pressures borne through the heavy use of family cars bringing children to school on a daily basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42570/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Brexit Preparations
Joe McHugh
130. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider appointing a liaison person in the north west to act as a single contact for potential inward investment post Brexit in assisting with information and guidance on business support services with specific agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39765/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Driver Test
Joe McHugh
184. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will accept the certificate of professional competence that was accredited in England as opposed to making drivers sit the same test again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39957/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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EU Regulations
Joe McHugh
219. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the regulations in place with regard to a crowdfunding platform (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39928/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Mica Redress Scheme
Joe McHugh
291. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses in County Donegal that have been approved to date under the mica scheme; the number of applications currently under assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39759/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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School Transport
Joe McHugh
441. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the status of the implementation of the 50% school transport capacity rule in County Donegal, particularly in the Milford catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40452/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Third Level Institutions
Joe McHugh
557. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Connacht-Ulster Alliance application, which is due to be submitted before the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
Joe McHugh
42. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the urban regional development fund for Letterkenny, County Donegal. [38369/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Greenways Provision
Joe McHugh
234. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications submitted for greenway projects in County Donegal in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Housing Data
Joe McHugh
380. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing schemes completed under the enhanced leasing scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34777/20]