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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: No, there is not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: The Minister should watch this space in September.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the terms of the early childhood care and education scheme, if he will ensure that preschool services will be able to extend the provision they offer, given their concerns at their unsustainability under the 38-week capitation system; the negotiations or discussions he has had with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: Will the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs give an update on the negotiations or discussions he has had with the preschool sector regarding capacity within preschools to handle the extension to the preschool year commencing in September 2016? Has he identified any gaps in capacity? If so, where are those gaps and how does he intend to alleviate them?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: It would have been more prudent had the Minister consulted with the sector prior to making the announcement. From my engagement with the sector, I am getting the impression there are significant concerns that there will not be sufficient capacity. In a reply to a parliamentary question I put down last year, the Minister stated he identified approximately 10,000 vacant places across the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: To be fair, I do not think the Minister gets it. He seems to be relying on the hope that more people will apply to provide the service in September. We are only seven months away from September. Will he tell us exactly how many spaces are available now? He has not answered that yet. What scheme has the Minister put in place to ensure there will be capacity if existing services need to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: Such as?
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish the implementation plan for the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 for children with special needs; and the arrangements in place to support children with disabilities in preschool services, given that the new disability support scheme will not commence until September 2016 at the earliest....
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Employment Schemes Operation (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions and agreement between his Department and the Department of Social Protection on changes and reforms to the community employment programme. [3204/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his negotiations and discussions with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within existing preschools to handle the extension to the preschool year commencing in September 2016, including if there are any gaps in capacity and in what counties these are. [3207/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assurances he will provide that services will be able to extend the provision offered under the early childhood care and education scheme, given the concern expressed by preschool services regarding their unsustainability under the current 38-week capitation system. [3208/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3497/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3500/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3501/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3503/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3504/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3505/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3506/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3507/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 Jan 2016)
Robert Troy: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3508/16]