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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will announce funding being provided to youth groups in 2014; if she will confirm that there will be no further reduction in such funding in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54103/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Given that 37% of young people under 18 years are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, I ask the Minister to indicate when she will announce the funding to be provided for youth groups in 2014. I also ask her to confirm that there will be no further reduction in such funding next year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: To provide a service.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Not for this.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: I did call for a training fund.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Many organisations were precluded from participating in the training fund.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Which we supported.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister should answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister did not compare it with another service provider to ensure value for money.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: I am not questioning the validity of these two organisations, but I want to know whether there is a public procurement exemption for dealing with an allocation of funds of almost €1 million from the Minister's Department. A "Yes" or "No" answer will suffice. If there is not, are there guidelines in place in the Department for allocating resources to service providers? Again, a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister confirm that there is no public procurement process in her Department for allocating funds? I would like a "Yes" or "No" answer to that question. Are there guidelines in place? The Minister must remember that this is the first time her Department has allocated funds in respect of a training fund and, therefore, guidelines should be in place. What other service providers...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public procurement exemption clause applied when allocating €900,000 to two independently managed child-care organisations in terms of what specific Department of Children and Youth Affairs guidelines feature this specific exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54102/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister indicate, in relation to the €900,000 allocated to two independently managed child care organisations, the public procurement exemption clause used and where I can find the documentation.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on support for child care for working families as a mechanism to tackle the regulation of childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for dealing with the ongoing issues relating to Russian adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Rights Referendum (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her timeframe for bringing forward legislation to underpin the result of the children’s rights referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53852/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 335. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grants available under his Department for a person to renovate a barge at present. [53893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the future district sittings of Mullingar courts while renovations works are been carried out; if his intentions are to temporarily relocate sittings to Longford; the expense this will incur; if he considered utilising some of ten vacant buildings in Columb Barracks, Mullingar to avoid moving the court out of the town...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [54156/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied). [54280/13]