Results 13,401-13,420 of 15,919 for speaker:Robert Troy
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: I have repeatedly called over the past number of months for an amendment to the 2010 adoption legislation and I welcome the fact that a Bill in this regard will come before the House on Thursday. When will it be published? We are expected to debate all Stages on Thursday, which I have no problem doing, but we are still in a vacuum regarding what is in the legislation. Is it normal practice...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: I raised it more than four months ago. Why is the Bill only going through today?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: Bad form is nothing to go by.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: Does the Minister agree there is a basic level of funding below which no club can operate? Can she ensure this basic level of funding is maintained by her Department for these youth groups?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: The Government’s Action Plan for Job claims there is considerable potential for youth work services to contribute to the wider Government approach to addressing youth unemployment. Despite this, we witness a further cut of €2 million in the 2014 youth services budget, on top of 5% cuts in 2013 and 2012. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Cabra For Youth and witnessing at...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: The Budget Statement was brought forward by two months, but the Department has not yet informed youth groups what their budget allocations are for 2014.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)
Robert Troy: Will the Minister confirm when youth groups will know what their budget allocations are for next year? It is unfair on them in planning their 2014 programmes that they do not know what moneys they will have available. The group in question wrote to City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee about its funding in 2014 and was told it could not be informed. If there is the same cut as last...
- 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.