Results 11,441-11,460 of 15,919 for speaker:Robert Troy
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: The Tánaiste might answer the questions that were asked of her.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Government make the investment, yes or no?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: They have-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: I am asking the Tánaiste to meet them.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Tánaiste meet them?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: I will meet them with the Tánaiste.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Tánaiste meet them, yes or no?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Tánaiste meet them, yes or no?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Take a long time?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: It did not take the Labour Party too long to take defected members down from its website, so-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: -----why will the Tánaiste not take the form down from the Department's website?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: I want choice.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Will the Tánaiste meet them?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Is the Tánaiste going to meet them?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: The Tánaiste will be aware there has been a massive investment in the post office network for several years. I am sure she will acknowledge that this happened primarily during the lifetime of the previous Government. Yes, some of those running post offices took the decision when this upgrading was being carried out to take voluntary redundancy which resulted in closures.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: There are 1,150 post offices across the country in which 3,700 people are employed. What is happening is up to the Government and its policies. Post offices play a vital part in communities and are a serious focal point for the elderly and families living in rural areas.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, may I have the floor, please? I am raising a serious issue.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: Banks have closed in many smaller towns. Garda stations have also been closed and sold. Post offices have to be protected and enhanced. Department of Social Protection payments account for 30% of the business of the post office network. The spin-off value of people buying other items is as high as 50%. The contract for making social protection payments is worth €25 million per...
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: The Tánaiste will have an opportunity to respond. Whether it is accepted by her, there is genuine concern among postmasters that their businesses will end up being closed, mainly due to the fact that the Department of Social Protection is issuing forms instructing people to change their method of collection to their bank accounts.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Robert Troy: The concerns of postmasters have been independently verified in a report commissioned from Grant Thornton in 2014. The Tánaiste has taken many policy decisions which have irked particular groups across the country.