Results 4,241-4,260 of 15,836 for speaker:Robert Troy

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I bring forward this amendment because in the ordinary course, leave legislation provides that employers are not required to make superannuation contributions during an employee's period of leave. This is the case with regard to maternity leave, as governed by section 22 of the Maternity Protection Act 1994, as amended, and parental leave, as governed by section 14 of the Parental Leave Act...

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: To clarify, the Minister of State is saying that under current legislation, all elements of paid leave, including paid maternity leave, would have continuing superannuation payments. Is that paid by an employer, an employee or a combination of both?

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: That process is rolled on with this legislation.

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: Under existing legislation, unpaid parental or maternity leave would see superannuation payments suspended.

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 24, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:"21.(1) Where an employee is entitled to work pursuant to section 20 but it is not reasonably practicable for the employer to permit the employee to return to work in accordance with that section, the employee shall be entitled to be offered by his or her employer suitable alternative employment under a new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of the scandalous waiting lists for home help supports in counties Longford and Westmeath. Over 200 people are on these waiting lists. All new applications are put on a waiting list straight away, with the only exception being 3.5 hours per week provided to somebody at the end of his or her life. The qualifying criterion is that it can be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: The Minister of State indicated that the new scheme will be centralised and that the delivery of services will be co-ordinated at local level in line with a person’s assessed needs. The 200 people in Longford and Westmeath have been assessed and deemed medically in need of this help but they are still not getting it. Does he agree with the decision in my region that people who are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: What he is saying is factually incorrect.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for the USC charge reduction in 2019. [41839/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the living city initiative will be extended beyond current designated areas; and the costs associated with this scheme by year since it was introduced in tabular form. [42126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a social partnership proposal by an organisation (details supplied); and her further views on the joint proposal by employee and employer representatives for a scheme for preservation of viable employment in the context of a disorderly Brexit. [41628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41666/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41667/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41668/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to introduce a compatible limited amount of aid scheme for investment or working capital for exposed businesses to mitigate a hard Brexit; and if costings have been carried out in this regard of such a scheme. [41669/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements to include rheumatoid arthritis on the long-term illness scheme; his views that the ongoing medication needed to treat this condition provides a substantial expense for those that suffer from same. [41849/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot change general practitioner on the person's medical card; and when the person will be able to change general practitioner. [41968/19]