Results 1-20 of 700 for speaker:Paddy McHugh

Special Educational Needs. (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Some 320 hearing impaired children in Galway have been neglected by the Government for the past five years. That is some legacy for the Government after its five years in power during the Celtic tiger era when its coffers were full. Up to 120 of these children have been assessed to a degree but are being deprived of services, while a further 300 children are waiting to be assessed. Some of...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make additional resources available to ensure that children with Down's syndrome in Galway are provided with adequate speech and language and physiotherapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15530/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put in place an advisory service for parents of children with Down's syndrome in Galway specifically in relation to advice on speech and language and physiotherapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15531/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the level of service available to children with Down's syndrome in Galway specifically if adequate speech and language services are available to such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15532/07]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of an expression of interest submitted to his Department by North Galway Transport Advisory Committee to provide a rural transport service to north east Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15533/07]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport if approval will be given to provide a rural transport service to cover the north east Galway region to enable elderly people with no transportation of their own to be provided with transport to local towns and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15534/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the level of service available to children with Down's syndrome in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15528/07]

Written Answers — Employment Opportunities: Employment Opportunities (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the employment opportunities available to graduates of the speech and language therapy course at NUIG in view of the fact that the graduates are unable to obtain employment while senior speech and language therapists are being recruited internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15529/07]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: This Bill is important because its aim is to give the opportunity to vote to the maximum number of people. It needs no elaboration that midweek elections do not suit many categories of people. One such category is students who study at colleges away from their homes. Students are mainly young people, many of whom are sceptical of politics and politicians. Members should do everything in...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: There are only two days on which a student can get a postal vote.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: There are only two days on which he can apply for it and that is it. With the uncertainty about the date of the election, students do not know if they will be sitting an exam that day.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: They can do that but they must do it within two days, knowing when the election will take place.

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 673: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress being made in relation to the introduction of the proposed night time rural public transport system; when the system will be in place; if north east Galway will be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15083/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (24 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of urgent local and national interest, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science to outline her plans to appoint two full-time visiting teachers for the deaf to schools in Galway and allow the Minister for Health and Children to outline to the House the measures she proposes to ensure that an...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent local and national interest, namely, the pollution of Lough Corrib, which is the source of water for a large section of Galway and part of Mayo; the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to address the House on the issue and to outline his proposals to make...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: He is praising Deputy Coveney.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. The Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions set out targets that must be met by countries, including Ireland. However, Ireland has not achieved its targets and has bought its way out of trouble by purchasing carbon credits. This is not an acceptable approach for the future. The Government needs to set about the business of...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: What about Supermacs?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (4 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: I seek the adjournment of the Dail under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to outline its plans to address the infrastructural deficit in the west, including the need for increased investment in national secondary roads, water and sewerage, rail and the provision of broadband, and to allow the Taoiseach to make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Apr 2007)

Paddy McHugh: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport if the decision to re-open an infrastructural project (details supplied) in County Galway is conditional on the carrying out of a feasibility study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12880/07]