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Wed, 6 Nov 2013
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Defence Forces Properties
Joe McHugh
10. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence his plans for Rockhill House, Letterkenny, County Donegal, which formerly functioned as an Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46648/13]
Wed, 6 Nov 2013
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Defence Forces Properties
Joe McHugh
12. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence his vision of the purpose to be served by Department of Defence buildings that formerly functioned as Irish Army barracks; if he acknowledges the potential of such buildings to be settings for the development of youth facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46649/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Joe McHugh
72. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his engagements with Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland, David Ford MLA, in respect of security in Border areas; if he will refer specifically to security concerns in rural areas here that are close to Derry City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Court of Appeal Establishment
Joe McHugh
91. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the outcome of the referendum on Friday 4 October 2013 which established provision for a new Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45979/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Joe McHugh
749. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his engagement with his Northern counterpart Minister Ford. [46011/13]
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
Joe McHugh
750. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding the personal insolvency service. [46012/13]
Thu, 24 Oct 2013
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Telecommunications Services Provision
Joe McHugh
9. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the quality of mobile telephone reception and broadband connectivity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45039/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Joe McHugh
97. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views regarding the potential to develop language tourism products here; his views on whether the Appalachian and UIster-Scots diasporas in North America would be attracted to Ulster-Scots and Gaelic linguistic interpretations of Irish history including the history of the Ulster Plantation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44248/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Enterprise Support Schemes
Joe McHugh
99. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his efforts to promote enterprise in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44249/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Tobacco Smuggling
Joe McHugh
148. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the work that he and the Revenue Commissioners are doing to address the availability of illicit tobacco here; if he and the Revenue Commissioners have engaged with Northern Ireland customs on this matter; the cost to the State in 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013 of illicit tobacco trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Joe McHugh
315. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to develop language tourism in respect of Ulster-Scots and Gaeilge, with reference to the Appalachian community in North America. [43516/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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North-South Ministerial Council
Joe McHugh
316. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on his engagements with the North-South Ministerial Council. [43517/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Joe McHugh
461. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for supporting farmers with private hill holdings whose single farm payments in disadvantaged areas are relatively low; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44608/13]
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Tobacco Control Measures
Joe McHugh
476. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will outline Government plans for plain packaging of cigarettes; if he will set out an indicative timeframe for the introduction of relevant measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/13]
Wed, 16 Oct 2013
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Tax Code
Joe McHugh
77. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will evaluate the merits and de-merits of a special non-haulage taxation rate for quad bikes that are used by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43695/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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Owners Management Companies
Joe McHugh
257. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a case (details supplied) that relates to the management of a housing estate in County Donegal; if he will identify a pathway forward for the residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43014/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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New Entrants to Dairying Scheme
Joe McHugh
355. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an appraisal of the five year new entrants scheme programme; the number of places that have been allocated to date; the number of places that have been taken up to date; if the scheme is meeting the targets that were envisaged at its outset; if unsuccessful applicants may be allocated slots that are not taken up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43471/13]
Wed, 9 Oct 2013
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EU-IMF Programme of Support Negotiations
Joe McHugh
9. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his engagements with the troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42301/13]
Wed, 9 Oct 2013
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Political Reform
Joe McHugh
43. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42300/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Motor Tax Yield
Joe McHugh
395. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will declare the total motor tax take on a category of vehicles (details supplied); the rationale that determines the rate at which this tax is set; if he will review this item in view of the on-road to off-road usage ratio that typically applies in respect of utilisation of these vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42059/13]