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Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Robert Troy: Yesterday, many legal professionals at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children raised a major issue of concern at the slow progress of the mental capacity and guardianship Bill. Will the Tánaiste advise the House when this Bill will be brought before the House? Are we any further on with regard to bringing the child and family support agency Bill before the House?

Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Education (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I hope the Acting Chairman is as lenient. I will not delay matters. We all acknowledge that the participation rate in the free preschool year is very good at almost 100%. However, participation alone is not a measure of success. I am glad the Minister concurs with my point that we need a broader evaluation focused more on the children's outcomes rather than on compliance with regulations....

Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Education (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for attending. The topic of child care costs and, more specifically, the provision of the second preschool year has garnered a lot of coverage in recent weeks. The Minister, Deputy Quinn, suggested a second preschool year could be provided through a reduction in the funding of child benefit, a view which seems to be supported by the Ministers, Deputies Fitzgerald and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I will repeat a question I asked last week to which I did not receive a reply. Perhaps the legal professionals will be able to reply today. Does the inclusion of a separate head on deliberate self-harm create a rebuttable presumption that mental illness is a reason to carry out an abortion? On the capacity of a person to make an irrevocable decision, whether based on a state of mind or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I asked about creating a rebuttable presumption for mental health as grounds for abortion by including it in a separate head.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: Does the inclusion in the legislation of a separate head on mental health create a rebuttable presumption that mental health is a ground for abortion?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future of Permanent TSB; the way it can assist in strengthening consumer choice in the Irish banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (21 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the National Assets Management Agency is meeting its obligations in respect of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23940/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I understood the purpose of these hearings was that those of us with no expertise in this area could be informed in order that we would be able to make an informed decision when we eventually come to legislate. That is why we are all here as legislators. The Supreme Court in the X case held that the correct test was that the termination of pregnancy was permissible if it was established as...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had in relation to the US Senate's Immigration Bill and the proposals he has for further discussion at political and official level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/13]

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I ask about two Bills. The legislation on the child and family support agency was promised last year and we are still awaiting it. The Valuation (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill should give struggling businesses a window of opportunity to have their exorbitant rates reviewed downwards. When can we expect those two Bills?

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for honouring the Programme for Government commitments with regard to general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Health Service Executive will reach its budget targets for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (14 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will re consider an application which was made by Westmeath County Council under the national road safety scheme, funding for street lighting, at Tang, County Westmeath in view of the compelling case which was made by the local authority on safety grounds; and if he will outline rationale for the original decision. [22694/13]

Other Questions: Child Development (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I will be very brief. When Barack Obama, who is arguably the most powerful man in the world, was re-elected to the White House, he sent out a tweet about how the most difficult and rewarding job of all was being a father. When one looks at it in that context, it is very important that we put in the necessary supports to support people who are doing the most difficult and rewarding job of...

Other Questions: Adoption Services Provision (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for her reply. She said 12 months ago that she would bring the legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2012. Unfortunately, she has been unable today to give a definite timescale for when it will come before the House. She said she is working on it and that she hopes to bring the heads of the Bill before the Government some time this year. According to the...

Other Questions: Adoption Services Provision (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption Tracing and Information Bill will be brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21824/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22027/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for her reply and for including my home town, Mullingar, in the first pilot. It was welcome news. Are the 500 places announced on 29 April filled or is it the case that they were announced and it will be a number of weeks before they are filled? When the original scheme was announced, there was talk of a pilot but not of a second pilot. The Minister spoke about a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (9 May 2013)

Robert Troy: I take the Minister's word that her Department has had a huge level of contact with the child care committees but she qualified her reply in terms of the role they are providing in the general child care sector and the way they see it evolving over years. Regarding this particular pilot scheme, is the Minister satisfied that her Department had a high level of contact with the county child...