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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six-month wait for the prostate-specific membrane antigen prostate scan to diagnose PROTRACT cancer; the reason for the high cost of the scan, that is, €1,850; and his views on whether such a service should be discounted or subsidised to make it more affordable. [36059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a dermatologist in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [36060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1351. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to ensure that the South Westmeath Hospice facility is protected and adequately funded going forward; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE had planned to close the facility by the end of August 2019; and the reason for the decision in view of the fact that a large percentage of the funding to build the hospice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional accommodation facilities to administer the cross-border directive; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact which the lack of adequate facilities is having on the administration of this service and the lengthy delay this is causing in refunding patients. [36838/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure a pilot train service operating at a later time is put in place to service the Connolly Station to Sligo route (details supplied). [36836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out an audit to date of the shipping capacity of Ireland in the event that the south England landbridge becomes unusable in a no-deal Brexit scenario; and if additional ferries have been secured to allow for direct transport to European ports of Irish-produced goods by firms based here. [36863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingencies in place for trading enterprises in the transport and haulage sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and the discussions he has had with the EU Commission regarding flexibility in respect of state aid thresholds for trading enterprises using port facilities to transport goods to continental Europe or transporting...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Low Pay (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the policy options in respect of low skill and pay, and in respect of work disproportionately done by women in circumstances in which such jobs congregate near dense urban labour markets, in view of the rise of same in another jurisdiction as per a report (details supplied). [36859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker's benefit will be awarded on appeal to a person (details supplied). [34725/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [34726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 1878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the child benefit payment to cover pupils who will be 19 years of age sitting their leaving certificate (details supplied). [36510/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 2007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of the updated wind energy guidelines; and if the public consultation period has commenced as stated in July 2019. [36870/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 2008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of guidelines to govern the construction of large-scale solar energy farms. [36871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Administration (6 Sep 2019)

Robert Troy: 2010. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the waiting times to have matters dealt with by the Land Registry; his views on whether there are resource shortages within the system which are resulting in unnecessary delays in dealing with queries; and the resources he will put in place to resolve this matter (details supplied). [36935/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: I thank the Chair. I thought the meeting was starting at 1.30 p.m. I got my times wrong. When the board of the FAI originally came before the committee, I posed a question that remains unanswered. From my perspective, this was an indication that more than one person was at fault for the corporate governance problems in the FAI. A press release was issued when it was originally identified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: They were to respond to us on that, but they have not done so. The person who gave the guarantee that he would respond is now the sole nominee for the position of president of the FAI. When I asked him what actions he would take if it were deemed appropriate that all members of the board should stand down as a means of instilling confidence in the board, he replied by saying that whatever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: I would rather a verbal reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: The Vice Chairman is here.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: As has been said, contradicting stories have come from the three different agencies. That is why they need to be brought into one room so that they cannot contradict the stories. The Minister is the person to do that. Since this issue was made known in 2013, why has it taken five years for the ESB to make an application? Where does that application stand now? When will we have a decision...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: The decision this morning to lay off 148 people will have a devastating impact on those to be laid off, their families, the community of Lanesborough and much further afield. To my mind, the State bodies, comprising the ESB, the EPA and Bord na Móna, have been negligent in their attitude in dealing with these employees. They have failed them. They have failed loyal employees who have...