Results 11,201-11,220 of 15,848 for speaker:Robert Troy
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: The Deputy had better be hoping it does
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Government run until April?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: I am amazed by the Minister's response to a previous question on the publication of the wind energy guidelines. He seemed to brush over the urgent need for publication of same by saying it is no secret that there is a disagreement between him and his Cabinet colleague in respect of it. This is an extremely important issue, on which thousands of people made submissions and which affects...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: -----and we do not know whether a modular home will need planning permission or not. How out of touch is this Government?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: It is not a Government priority.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: Fifteen hundred children are in hotels.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: The Government has had four and half years to do it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: I thank the Department officials for coming here and giving an overview of this important Bill. All parties have been seeking it during recent years, and it is welcome that it has reached this stage and that we have an opportunity to tease out some of the issues. The kernel of the issue is that for future adoptions we are creating a template and there will be no issue regarding right to...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: 18. To ask the Minister for Defence his priorities for Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34451/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (8 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: 30. To ask the Minister for Defence his priorities for Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34450/15]
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: Listening to my constituency colleague, I might wonder what the point is in raising this Topical Issue if everything has been resolved, as nothing could be further from the truth. I met the board of management, the teachers and some parents a week ago. Like their children, they are worried about and confused by what is happening. There is a serious shortfall in the funding provided for an...
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: So I believe, yes.
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: The Government closed the school in Ballycloghan.
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: It is not too proud of Deputy Bannon.
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: What about the school in Ballycloghan which the Government closed?
- Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: What is important is that the Minister of State has acknowledged that the central tenet of the devolved scheme is that schools are responsible for the management of their projects, including cost control, timing of tendering, and so on. The board of management of St. Mary's adhered to the letter of the law in this regard, on which it should be complimented. The problem is that the funding...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Taoiseach reply to me, as promised last week, about when the wind energy guidelines will be published? I understand the export project is back on track and there is great concern and anxiety that we do not have robust legislation to deal with wind energy. Can the Taoiseach confirm to me, having consulted with his colleagues, when the guidelines will be published? The Taoiseach...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: -----are being harassed in an awful fashion. Local authorities have no mechanism to deal with such problems. They are waiting for the statutory instrument to be published by the Department of Justice and Equality. Can the Taoiseach indicate when that will be done in order that local authorities will have a free hand to deal with the issue appropriately?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: They are waiting for the statutory instrument.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Robert Troy: Some €800 million later and that is what we have.