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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on public transport projects (details supplied) to date. [44401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on road projects (details supplied) to date. [44402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Longford for the purpose of promoting tourism within the county in view of the fact County Longford has been allocated just €2,000 for the promotion of tourism in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if the guaranteed income of €12,700 associated with drawing down a private pension early is remaining at the current rate or if it will be reverting to over €18,000; and if there will be changes to this matter as a result of the recent budget or as part of the Finance Bill. [44234/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I thank the committee for inviting the representatives and for giving the opportunity to scrutinise this statutory instrument. I had requested this during the summer. Having listened to the questions here this evening I am glad that I requested the scrutiny because there still seems to be a number of outstanding issues. It is quite alarming that even at this stage, despite the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I am sorry to disappoint Mr. Fox. I did not want to cast aspersions on his organisation. He made a comment that his was a break-away organisation from an existing group. I wanted to know how many people broke away from the organisation and how many members there are. Mr. Fox implied he was representing a large body by saying he had a mailing list of 500. I was simply pointing out that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: Mr. Clancy stated that he has invoices which show that this charge has been passed on to customers at between €1.50 and €3.50 over recent years. Why did Repak ELT decide to impose a higher charge on its customers? It did not go to tender but made that decision. A point was made about the comparison with other European countries. However, reputable contractors or operators...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: The marketing for truck tyres is obviously more costly. The greater the diameter, the higher the cost.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 1% rate of stamp duty on family transfers. [43673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electric Vehicles (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to install electric charge facilities for schools that wish to become more green. [43562/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided for a school (details supplied) to carry out essential maintenance works. [43971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [43494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; if the HSE will supply sufficient funding in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an increase in funding of at least €25 million for the beef data and genomics programme, to bring it to €200 per animal (details supplied). [43670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU State Aid Negotiations (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek an increase in EU state aid and to decrease the limits beyond the existing €15,000 to allow greater scope for targeted support to farmers. [43671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance and a living alone allowance increase will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason elected members who have the authority to adopt the county development plan and bring it into effect do not have the authority to make variations to the plan. [43519/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: The increase in stamp duty on commercial property seems to be the cornerstone of the budget. It should generate €376 million and that figure is based on property transactions worth €9.4 billion. Why does the Government feel there will be this volume of transactions next year when only €4.5 billion worth of transactions was completed in 2016? The transitional...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: We are keeping you there.