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- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: Stepaside Garda station.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: Stepaside Garda station.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: This Government kept it closed for three years.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (1 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of essential maintenance works along the River Shannon; and his plans to remove the silt deposits and pinch points along the river downstream of Athlone. [26047/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (1 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relocation scheme; and when farmers that have been severely affected by flooding can expect to be included on this scheme in order to relocate their farm enterprise. [26046/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (1 Jun 2017)
Robert Troy: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a facility (details supplied) in County Longford; and if the current level of funding for this facility will be maintained. [26487/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: Before we start I would like to clarify whether the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, alone will give a presentation on Brexit from the perspectives of tourism and sport? Will the Minister, Deputy Ross, give a presentation on the impact of Brexit on transport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: I did not receive his opening statement. We received the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan's opening statement late yesterday evening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: There is a crossover between transport and tourism.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: I do not mind but asking questions and waiting 15 minutes for the answers might dilute the process a little.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials for coming before the committee. They are right in that tourism is very exposed to Brexit. It is the largest indigenous industry in our country, with one in nine people employed in the sector. The number of people coming from Britain is quite important. I have great concern about the urgency and priority that the Department...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: The Minister of State has given a great overview of what the Department is doing and he has identified the challenges Brexit presents. He has not identified what his Department is doing to mitigate the challenges. We do not have an increase in the tourism budget.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: We do not have an increase to the tourism budget in real terms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: When it is equalised between North and South, we do not have an increase. A 1% increase is not an increase when compared with the increase in funding from which other State agencies have benefited over the past 12 months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: The Minister of State will be able to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: It is a minimal increase that has not been reflective of the challenges of Brexit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: The Minister of State has made the point that we are becoming uncompetitive as a result of sterling devaluation. I accept it is something he cannot control. People travelling to mainland Britain get the same experience in Scotland and Wales as they possibly would get here. What are we doing to attract other tourists to our island? What are we doing to market and diversify our marketing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: Was there an intervention at the Minister of State's level on behalf of a constituent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: Has the Minister of State made a representation for a boxer to be selected to represent-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implications of Brexit for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (31 May 2017)
Robert Troy: Mr. Treacy is the funding master for the IABA.