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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: The proposal is to reduce that to 80.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: I am conscious that I have to be concise because I have colleagues who wish to contribute. The witnesses are saying the loss to the economy is currently €50 million per annum. Have they quantified what the loss to the general economy will be per annum?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: I am focusing on the briefing document we got because I want to give our guests an opportunity to answer some of the questions put to us. On the meeting between the Minister and Dublin Port Company on 20 March 2019, it appears that part of the suggested solution to what is proposed is additional capacity, working with the ports in Cork and Belfast with a view to their taking on some of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: I accept that. Is there capacity to use Dún Laoghaire?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: I accept that but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: The witnesses' solution is to try to divert some of the freight away from Dublin Port to the other ports.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Robert Troy: I second that proposal.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding remuneration and conditions within the childcare sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22689/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: Has the Minister’s attention been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding remuneration and conditions in the childcare sector? Will she make a statement to the House on this matter?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: The early childhood care sector is in crisis. It is a significantly high cost to parents and providers are facing significant challenges with overheads, commercial rates etc. The staff, who are well-educated, earn little more than the minimum wage. Staff turnover in the sector last year was 24.7%. Many childcare workers who have got a third level degree are forced to go on the dole and be...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: The workers in the sector do not feel valued. Anybody working ten years in a sector who has had no pay increase in that time will not feel valued. A young girl, who went to college, got a first-class honours degree but has to move home from Galway to commute to Westmeath, does not feel valued. Despite the rhetoric and the promises, there is still a bureaucratic regulatory system...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable staffing shortages that exist within family resource centres, particularly those in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22688/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure additional special needs assistant hours are allocated to a person (details supplied). [22324/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if speech and language hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [22466/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include an ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [22485/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA assistance hours will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [22570/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Startup Funding (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial support avenues available to a start-up business which will be located in rural County Westmeath and will immediately create 5 to 10 permanent positions. [22422/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high number of suicides by homeowners in arrears and the effect of severe stress and worry on persons experiencing same. [22462/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acting and permanent promotions and post upgrades within the national ambulance service for administration, clerical and officer posts (details supplied) from January 2014 to date. [22303/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (28 May 2019)
Robert Troy: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of internal or external job advertisements and interviews conducted for acting and permanent promotions and post upgrades within the national ambulance service for administration, clerical and officer posts (details supplied) from January 2014 to date. [22304/19]