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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the recently held Oireachtas communications committee meeting where the chairperson and the chief executive officer of Bord na Móna were present and heard a number of concerns raised across the political spectrum; if he has discussed the concerns with the chairman or the chief executive officer;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the high number of employees who have reported bullying in the workplace with Bord na Móna; and if he thinks there is management concerns. [30310/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams in place by which a local authority can make an application to carry out improvements in a town, so as to make the town wheelchair and disability friendly. [30380/15]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I support the amendment. Without question, as everyone will agree, the principle underpinning the Children Act is that detention should be seen as a measure of last resort. I fail to see, therefore, why the Minister is opposing the amendment, or how accepting it would in any way diminish or weaken the Bill. All it could do is strengthen it by ensuring it would make it explicit that...

Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister. He made my job easy.

Message from Seanad (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The Seanad has passed the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 without amendment.

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: No.

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Is that agreed? Agreed. The Deputies will have five minutes each.

Child Care (Guardian Ad Litem) Bill 2015: First Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Child Care (Guardian Ad Litem) Bill 2015: First Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991 (as amended), to empower the Minister for Children to make regulations by Ministerial orders under the aforementioned section, to amend section 26(4) to grant a court the discretion to retain a guardian ad litem in circumstances where a child becomes party to proceedings, and to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new building regulations. [30357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the poor service provided by Irish Rail to commuters on the Sligo to Dublin line (details supplied). [29430/15]

Social Services and Support: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I salute the Technical Group for bringing forward this timely motion. It is only right and proper that we have this debate. We have had similar debates over the past several years because, unfortunately despite the Minister’s rhetoric, the elderly have not been protected in this Government’s lifetime. Pope Francis, a...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I support my colleague. This matter was debated at length on Committee Stage. It is regrettable that the Government is not taking the amendment on board. The Minister puts forward an amendment to clearly and explicitly name occupational therapists. It is not unreasonable to suggest that the amount of work occupational therapists do with children is far less than the amount of work...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I support my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, who has moved the amendment on behalf of Deputy McLellan. It is important that childminders are explicitly included. We talk about being consistent in our legislation. By virtue of the previous amendment, the Minister took the view that there was a need to include occupational therapists and specify occupational therapists in this...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister cites the example of New South Wales but there are many other jurisdictions, such as in Canada and in the United States of America, where sanctions are in place and where, having brought legislation in without sanctions, they later added sanctions. I referred to these places during the Second Stage debate last year, though it was the Minister's predecessor who was in the House...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I am disappointed with the Minister's reply. I thought he would accept the amendment in the spirit in which it was submitted, that is, to improve the Bill. He talks about the members of many professions being subject to disciplinary action, but that is not something one can say for definite with authority across all professions. He also talks about the withholding of information, but he...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I accept the Minister’s bona fides in this regard. He has undertaken to review the provision in the future if it is not working satisfactorily. However, that goes for all legislation. The reason we are putting the Children First guidelines on a statutory basis is we believe they are not working adequately and want to ensure there is a legal requirement to ensure their...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 14, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(13) A mandated person may be held guilty of an offence if he or she is required to report concerns or allegations of abuse to the Agency under subsections (1) and (2) and fails to do so subject to subsections (3) and (4). A mandated person guilty of an offence will be liable, on summary conviction, to...

Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 11, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“(10) A provider who is served with a non-compliance notice shall be liable to inspection by child protection staff of the Agency. (11) A provider who has been served with a non-compliance notice and has been on the register of non-compliance for 30 days consecutively or more may be liable to an...