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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36115/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for persons to be given a replacement guide dog in circumstances in which their guide dogs are retired; and the procedure in such cases. [36437/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason asthma is not included under the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact it is a lifelong illness. [36652/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the law under which haulage motorists may be fined €80 or more and receive one penalty point for overtaking a slow-moving vehicle on a motorway; and his plans to amend the legislation (details supplied). [36651/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons who have had periods outside of the PAYE system or have been homemakers for a period are entitled to a full State pension. [36252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for dealing with applications for assistance towards funeral expenses. [36481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seanad Reform (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act 1979; the reason the Act has never been commenced; if the possibility of doing so prior to the next election to Seanad Éireann will be investigated; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 1361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an allocation under phase 11 of the energy efficiency programme will be made to Longford County Council in order to carry out necessary works to local authority dwellings. [36116/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: I welcome the representatives from the National Transport Authority, NTA, here today. The opportunity to have this engagement is welcome. For the most part, BusConnects offers huge potential for a positive effect and an opportunity to enhance and improve the bus service that is currently operating in Dublin. As Ms Graham quite rightly said, the service has evolved over a period of several...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: Thank you, Chairman. I have only one or two more points. The key point is to get the notion out into the wider public and give people the opportunity to have their say. Maybe we should schedule a further meeting with the deputations following the public consultation. By then we would know about the submissions that have come in and we could come back and discuss the matter further at that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: How many venues will there be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: I read the NTA report which indicated there had been a two-week extensive consultation between officials from the NTA, Dublin Bus and Dublin City Council. My question was whether any bus drivers who interface with passengers on a daily basis were part of the consultation process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: Under the legislation, the NTA is entitled to continue that direct award contract post 2019 for a further five years. That is a choice the NTA will have to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: We will have a proper meeting about this in September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: I wish to very briefly raise a couple of questions I asked earlier and that the witnesses have omitted to answer. One concerns the direct city service commuter town links. If the NTA omits them, what will be done to prevent a private operator coming in to fill this gap? There are a lot of commuter towns that are serviced by direct links at present. If passengers will now be obliged to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: I asked about a commercial operator stepping into the gap where a direct bus route service is removed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: However, the difference is that there is no incentive for a commercial operator to come in where a route is adequately serviced by Dublin Bus. If we change from a direct-link route, various towns will not be adequately serviced and there will be an incentive for commercial operators.