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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: With all due respect, the Minister said 41 out of 6,000 places have been taken up. It is nothing but a disaster. The scheme is more than a year and a half old. The Minister's predecessor, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and his colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, identified this scheme to tackle the problems facing those who cannot afford child care. It was put in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents who have been awarded places on the after-school child care scheme, CETS II, since its launch in April 2013; his assessment of the success of the scheme one year on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The cost of child care is one of the biggest challenges facing the Government and public representatives and we must address it without delay. This question relates to an after-school child care scheme the Minister's predecessor introduced in April 2013, the child care education and training supports scheme, CETS II. Can the Minister give an assessment of the success of the scheme one year...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to progress any new bilateral agreements on inter-country adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21046/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Beauty Pageants (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he has taken to ban child beauty pageants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has ensured that the contracts for the early childhood care and education scheme have been revised to remove the clause that excludes children with special education needs in the event of the childcare service not having the appropriate resources to cater for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21043/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Guarantee (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department will assist youth organisations to take advantage of the youth guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21047/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the forthcoming early years strategy will provide an action plan for the regulation of paid for profit child minders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a direct transfer with another willing employee can be facilitated under the redeployment scheme. [21156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding Pobal funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [21309/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure broadband is provided for Rathconnell, Clonlost, Macetown and Cullion in County Westmeath. [21132/14]

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

Robert Troy: Before speaking to the Bill, I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, on his appointment and look forward to constructive and robust engagement with him in the time ahead on the many important issues relevant to his portfolio. I also wish his predecessor, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, all the best in her new responsibilities. She played a significant role in the area of child...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [20708/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: It is welcome that the Minister appears to have changed tack in this matter. By virtue of the fact that a discussion process has commenced, he is willing to consider the request made by PDFORRA. Nobody is suggesting for one minute that a "Dad's Army" type of force would be acceptable. What we are asking is that during a time of limited job opportunities the men and women who have served...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The Minister is correct that my colleague, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, has raised this issue on a number of occasions, on each of which the Minister stated he did not want to change the policy. Is the process under way meaningful? Is the Minister willing to listen to PDFORRA's side of the argument or is this process merely a charade and the Minister has his mind made up that the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 9. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will be revising the 21 year rule to enable members of the Defence Forces who are willing and able to continue in service to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20047/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The Minister is aware that the 21 year rule is in force as a result of which a number of members of the Defence Forces are having to retire against their wishes. In the current climate where there are very few job opportunities, I ask that serving members of the Defence Forces who meet the health criteria would be enabled to remain in the Defence Forces for a period longer than 21 years. I...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence if the White Paper on Defence will commit to the restoration of a three brigade structure in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Exemptions (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amalgamating all household charges currently under his remit in order to allow for exemptions and reductions for certain members of society, for example, old age pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [20500/14]