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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I have a number of questions. We have had a number of successful sessions on early childhood care and education. There is common agreement across all political parties and Independent Members that we need to see greater investment in high-quality and affordable child care. While I welcome the establishment of the interdepartmental group, I question why it has taken so long to establish it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I asked what work is being done by the interdepartmental group and the new second group in terms of special educational needs. The framework for action for the inclusion of children with special educational needs in early education is a 2010 report that was commissioned by the Department of Education and Skills. Has it been considered as a way forward? Will the report feed into the process...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (25 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 25. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24868/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. The importance of the debate is signified by the large number of contributions from Members across the political divide. Our credit unions have a proud tradition and are deeply rooted in the communities they serve. They are a brand that has the confidence and loyalty of people in their areas. They are the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the workforce in early years education who have Further Education and Training Awards Council, Level 5, 6, 7, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the groups whose funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been reduced or discontinued for 2015 and 2016. [25235/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a child (details supplied) in County Dublin, who was born prematurely and is still in Crumlin hospital in Dublin 12, will receive adequate home help care. [25316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the specific criteria for a general practitioner to partake in the free general practitioner scheme for those under six years of age; and the qualifications or education a doctor must have completed. [25336/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner refers patients to a casualty unit-hospital for diagnostic tests, do the patients have to pay again on arriving for these tests, even though they paid the initial doctor their consultation fee. [25337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an appointment with the eye and ear hospital in Dublin 2, without further delay. [25364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy for rolling out Síolta and Aistear; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25193/15]

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: What is the position with regard to the after care legislation and Children First Bill?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: When will all the elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 be enacted to ensure that it will be compulsory for all early years settings to facilitate children with special educational needs? The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas almost two years ago but it has yet to be...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: It was watered down.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension rights for Community Employment Supervisors; and if she will acknowledge the need for negotiations with the sector regarding same. [24485/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of negotiations her Department has held with the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union regarding community employment supervisors' pensions, and her strategy to bring these conclusions to a satisfactory conclusion without delay. [25074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considers it appropriate that many supervisors of Community Employment Schemes are working on the same contracts as participants, as this is causing anxiety regarding their job security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is not the employer of Community Employment supervisors, the reason it is in a position to issue instructions, targets, and criteria, which must be met. [25076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that Community Employment Schemes are making to the Health Budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental disabilities, who are engaged on the Schemes that provide rehabilitation. [25077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that it is fair that persons who are unemployed are able to receive considerable child care discounts under the subvention scheme, whereas persons who are receiving minimum wages are charged almost 100% of the fees under the scheme (details supplied). [24980/15]