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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: What happens to those who do not pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: When the case goes to court, is there an automatic disqualification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: This is very important. We are having these hearings in order to interact and engage with one another. As I stated at the outset, we have a duty and responsibility to ensure sentences should reflect the seriousness of the crime and penalties should be proportionate. To be fair, there is a big difference in somebody who adheres to the law, has a few pints one night, takes a taxi home and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: It is a third of fatalities are related to alcohol. These include passengers and pedestrians.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, was before the committee some weeks ago. I made a suggestion, as did other members, relating to the filling of positions and vacancies on the board of the Road Safety Authority. A suggestion was made that a group such as the IRVA would be well equipped and could have a positive impact. The association could make an input in terms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: I want to make a final contribution. I could not agree more with what two of the previous speakers said - one being Ms Price who lives in my constituency - about the need for a Garda presence on our roads. That is critically important. I am delighted that an assistant commissioner now has responsibility for the traffic corps. I encourage him at every opportunity to fight to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to address the severe shortage of specialist staff in the hospitality sector. [6199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be considered for the family of a person (details supplied) from Bosnia. [10736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a grant available to second level schools for the provision of a computer lab (details supplied). [10586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will make changes to the rural water multi-annual programme to allow for the funding of two demonstration group sewerage schemes per municipal area in County Westmeath; and if he will advance an application for such a scheme in the Coosan area of Athlone. [10570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the scheme to assist in the renovation of old buildings as announced in 2016 will be enacted. [10615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a rent allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10562/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the status of reinstating the tablet MacuShield for older persons suffering from maca degeneration on the medical card. [10584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (1 Mar 2017)

Robert Troy: 305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the most recent feasibility study into the reopening of Killucan railway station was carried out; and his views regarding the potential and likelihood of same. [10636/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: It was remarkable that Tesco had to back down. The reason it had to do so was because of the genuine public support for the rights of the workers. The Irish people acknowledge that every worker is entitled to a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. What a multinational multi-million euro company was trying to inflict on its workers was morally wrong. Collectively, we have to stand up in...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate today. It is wrong what some of my colleagues are saying. They are trying to misrepresent what the legislation last week would have delivered. The fact of the matter is that 12,500 of the 14,500 workers at the Tesco store are members of Mandate trade union. The cuts imposed by management on a very small percentage of the workers is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bereavement Grant Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a bereavement payment to a family which was provided for by the Remembrance Commission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give the authority to the Westmeath and Longford education training boards to release the proceeds from the sale of a former educational facility (details supplied) for reinvestment in the region. [9586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if maintenance grants are available for postgraduate courses; and if so, the details of same. [10315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (28 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: 402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the judicial review concerning peat extraction from bogs here and the loophole in the legislation that is allowing companies to do so. [10443/17]