Results 13,081-13,100 of 16,028 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (14 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include Cullion, Mullingar, County Westmeat in the list of areas to receive the major fibre build-up - currently there is a box servicing Brookfield, Mullingar and the wider area. This box is only 2.5 miles from Cullion and would be ideally placed to be extended; if fibre power broadband was extended to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (14 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a bed in a Dun Laoghaire hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [21722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Operations (14 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality with regard to ensuring juvenile liaison officer support for young persons from families who have come to live here in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21759/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: I raised the matter when the scheme was announced. At the time I highlighted the unfair and inequitable criteria set out in the scheme, as a result of which 70% of child care providers are ineligible to apply for the scheme. Regardless of whether we like it, 70% of child care providers are private and for profit. Some of the schemes are small and do not make large-scale profits but provide...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The tack has changed because in the past two years the Minister enabled all service providers to avail of the capital grants scheme, which he confirmed himself a few moments ago. One could ask why there has been a big change. Why is the Minister leaving 70% of child care providers out in the cold? That is what is happening. Given that there are more than 4,000 child care providers...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will review the criteria for the capital grant programme 2014 to enable a wider range of child care service providers to access the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21154/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The Minister's predecessor introduced a new scheme in regard to the capital grant programme 2014 earlier in the year. The scheme was quite restrictive in that it was only possible for community child care providers and community play schools to avail of the capital grant scheme. In light of the fact the scheme closed last Wednesday, would the Minister be favourably disposed to expanding the...

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

Robert Troy: While it is unfair to have a go at the Minister on his first day taking ministerial questions, the scheme has been a disaster.

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

Robert Troy: It was part of the Government's solution to tackling the affordability issue and the Minister has alluded to the abysmal uptake. I have seen figures that showed only 32 of the 6,000 earmarked places were taken up. In his reply the Minister said he is refocusing the €14 million allocated to the scheme towards other schemes. How much of the €14 million has been spent on the...

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]