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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance why an organisation (details supplied) must pay a tax liability despite the fact that it was his Department that was at fault for the delay in awarding it charitable status. [17396/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the significant insurance increases for many community employment schemes; his plans to deal with correspondence (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 210. To ask the Minister for Health why a person who consistently has had private health insurance, long before the grace period of 30 April 2015 in Northern Ireland, is not assumed to have a continuous period of cover, and is penalised with the extra 2% rating loading that applies to new cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 215. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has had his June appointment cancelled and rescheduled for July. [17375/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 223. To ask the Minister for Health to secure funding for Rehab programmes in the midlands to assist persons in receipt of disability payments with additional issues. [17461/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Weight Limits (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the 42-tonne restriction being reduced to a 40-tonne weight restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Scheme (22 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to previous concessions made in September 2015 for community enterprise child care participants who are gaining valuable work experience within a child care setting and training towards their FETAC level 5 major award in early childhood care and education, the position regarding ratio from September 2016 (details supplied); and...

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: I agree with the Minister that there is a sense of urgency, but why is that? It is because the Department did nothing in respect of this matter for four years but now the Minister of State wants us to have a public meeting on Thursday night and to come back very quickly with a plan. The Minister of State had four years to devise a plan and did not do so, but he wants us to do it in four...

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: Is the Minister of State open to the idea of allowing six months for proposals to be brought forward?

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: The mind boggles with the thought that the Department is paying €34,000 per annum for security costs while paying €25,000 per annum for the Reserve Defence Force to train a couple of hundred metres down the road. That is mind-boggling and the Minister of State should be ashamed to say it on the floor of this House. The Reserve Defence Force wanted to continue to use the...

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: They can work with the education and training boards to see if it can be used for the community into the future.

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: On a point of order, the record must be corrected.

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: He actually received two proposals for the future use of the facility.

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: He received one during the negotiations on the White Paper on Defence-----

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: -----and his predecessor received a proposal. The current Minister of State may not have seen it but proposals were made on the future use of the facility. It cannot be said that this is the first time I have taken an interest in this. The record will speak for the number of times I have raised this issue.

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for Columb Barracks in Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16888/16]

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that a local group in Mullingar, County Westmeath, is carrying out feasibility studies for the possible future use of Columb Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16889/16]

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: The Minister of State will remember that in the last quarter of 2011 the previous Fine Gael and Labour Party Government decided with the stroke of a pen to close Columb Barracks in Mullingar and in doing so broke a rich Defence Forces tradition in the town. To date, the Department has done nothing to try to secure an alternative use for this fine premises and the facilities that remain...

Other Questions: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: The first time the Department met Westmeath County Council was earlier this year. Prior to that, there had been no interaction. There are community groups using that facility at the moment - the GAA, the youth cafe, the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel - and many more community groups wish to avail of the facility. The simple fact is that the Department cannot expect Westmeath...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Coverage (21 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance why the car insurance industry will not honour driving experience overseas for emigrants who are returning home (details supplied). [17312/16]