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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: I want to make a point on the Oberstown centre. I am delighted to hear the Secretary General is due to meet senior management there. To clarify, I agree totally with the amalgamation of service because I do not want to see duplication. I also want to make a point on the staffing issue which is backed up by the fact that the Minister is in the fourth round of advertisements for personnel to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: I thought we would have an opportunity to ask more questions. I am glad Ms McNally clarified this, because my point on community employment workers is that some of them have a level 6 qualification. I argued it should not have been extended by a year, but the Minister did so. The eligibility criteria of community employment schemes mean the people on them are allowed to work a maximum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: The crossover.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: Has the Minister a date for the publication of the rapporteur's 2014 report? I might have missed it when the Minister stated the numbers, but what is our full complement of social workers, how many are employed currently and how many is the Department recruiting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister might update us on developments during that process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: We will not be here.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the most recent projection by the project team of cost is €740 million, not including fit-out of the hospital, as against original budget of €485 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (9 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath that requires an upgrade to Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools band 1 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (9 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath is in breach of its planning guidelines, due to excessive traffic at the school gates since the withdrawal of the school's bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43878/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal package for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [44343/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: Farming is a business to many people. Will the farmers who have suffered savage losses in recent days be accommodated? Many people are going to have to relocate. Do we have confidence that we will have homes for them to relocate to, given the serious housing shortage at present? Can we guarantee the families who have to relocate that they are going to have a home for Christmas? Friday...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this discussion, unfortunate as it is. I speak on behalf of people in Athlone, business owners, residents and farmers, who find themselves in the same precarious position in which they found themselves in 2009. I acknowledge the great work Westmeath County Council has done in rapidly activating an emergency response, providing sandbags and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion; the policy in place regarding the booking of photographers; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 93. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding employing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43654/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 94. To ask the Taoiseach the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011 by year, by title, by cost, by date published and by company, in tabular form. [43670/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Data (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43605/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year, in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion; the policy in place regarding the booking of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Relations Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's use of external public relations firms since she came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding employing them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reports she commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, by title, by cost, by date published and by company, in tabular form. [43669/15]