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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (22 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [2536/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be awarded. [2555/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (22 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of efforts to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons who have had periods outside of the PAYE system or who have been a homemaker for a period of time are entitled to a full State pension. [2815/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (22 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension increase and back payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [2875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (22 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage at which differential rent should be calculated at by local authorities, specifically Westmeath County Council. [2979/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (17 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [2118/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for inclusion on the cross border scheme will be expedited. [2145/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (17 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered appointing the Environmental Protection Agency as the aircraft noise regulator as required by EU regulation 598/2014 in view of its role and associated expertise as the national authority under the European Environmental Noise Directive, EC 2002/49/EC. [2176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 175. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 23 October 2018 and the response from the HSE, when capital works, that is, new building works to accommodate a CT scanner will be completed at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [1923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which will be provided to a group (details supplied) that provide a service in the area of mental health services in securing a long-term premises to lease. [1953/19]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I will speak to amendment No. 9 in my name which is included in this grouping. With the exception of Deputy Clare Daly, I have been the Member of the Dáil who has been most vocal on the need to accelerate implementation of the EU regulation which was first requested of the Government almost four years ago. I have repeatedly raised this issue with the Minister by way of parliamentary...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I can assure Deputy Munster, who is very much a latecomer to this issue, that there will be no sop to the Government. I do not think she raised it once in the 20 months-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: What we want to achieve is a robust regulatory independent body to ensure that an airport that is contributing 20,000 jobs directly and 40,000 jobs indirectly is allowed to develop and grow in a sustainable manner. We need that as an economic driver of this country. Unfortunately we are backed into a corner now. This is time-sensitive, and the reason it is time-sensitive is because of the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: Amendment No. 9 states: (a) FCC shall establish a separate unit within its remit entitled the Aircraft Noise Regulator and appoint a director to this body, and (b) the director of the Aircraft Noise Regulator shall not be subject to the direction of any other person.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I must interject because I made a similar request at the outset. I am not expecting the Minister to micromanage any competent authority, but at the outset what I requested was an assurance that the criteria and qualifications specified would be outlined for the staff to be hired for the competent authority, be it an independent unit in Fingal County Council, CAR or whatever else, in order...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(2) For the purposes of this Act— (a) FCC shall establish a separate unit within its remit entitled the Aircraft Noise Regulator and appoint a director to this body, and (b) the director of the Aircraft Noise Regulator shall not be subject to the direction of any other person.”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, line 13, to delete “chief executive” and substitute “director”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, line 15, to delete "chief executive" and substitute "director".

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 7, line 16, to delete "chief executive" and substitute "director".

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 7, line 18, to delete "chief executive" and substitute "director".