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Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 31:In page 27, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(7) The education and training board shall promote contact between parent associations in schools and the community and shall facilitate and give all reasonable assistance to parents associations who wish to elect their representatives to education and training boards.”The legislative...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: We welcome these amendments. As the Minister of State has suggested, my colleague had tabled amendments to make this point. I am glad the suggestions of Opposition parties are being taken on board and the numbers are being increased. I would like to comment on the most important aspect of the composition of the education and training boards. If the boards are to be enacted fully and...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: Coming from the constituency he represents, the Minister of State would have a better understanding than I would of a Gaeltacht area. However, the setting up of the educational training boards is ultimately about providing a better service for users. The Minister of State has alluded to the fact that he believes it will be apparent to the boards that will deal with and represent Gaeltacht...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 12, line 17, to delete “effective.” and substitute the following: “effective, and (k) require an education and training board that includes a Gaeltacht area to ensure the delivery of its services in schools and education centres, including youth work services in Gaeltacht areas, through the medium of Irish.”.Amendment No. 5 provides...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I am happy enough with that amendment.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Service (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: What has the Government done in the two years it has had to deal with it?

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Numbers (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency and contract staff currently employed under the aegis of his Department; the mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10409/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be reductions in salaries for high earning officials in the commercial semi state sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure a clampdown on the illicit tobacco trade. [10463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any indicative figures of the potential loss of excise duty from the sale of tobacco illicitly. [10464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of population that smoke; the percentage of under 25 year olds who smoke; the reduction in the percentage of persons that smoke following the introduction of smoking ban and the abolishing of ten cigarettes packs [10461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health if he held any discussions with the Department of Finance with a view to securing a percentage of excise duty raised through the sale of tobacco towards the education of young persons regarding the negative effects of smoking [10462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 676 and 692, under the DPS scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines, therefore, if one member of a family has a medical card on medical grounds and that member pays the €1.50 per item in the medical card prescription up to a...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: The Taoiseach is probably aware of reports over the weekend that €25.4 million had been spent by the HSE on legal costs in child care cases. Last week a HIQA report confirmed the lack of front-line services. In the light of this, when will the Government publish the Courts Bill 2013?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding the biofuels sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10073/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Prison Service Overtime (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that workers of the Irish Prison Service, who consistently work unsocial hours, will not lose all payments for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9615/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Waterways Feasibility Study was not carried out in 2012 as previously suggested. [9956/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Substance Misuse Strategy (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give statutory effect to Section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act (2008) which provides for the structural separation of alcohol products from other products in supermarkets, convenience stores, petrol stations and any other licensed premises which are deemed to be mixed trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that due to the increased number of medical school graduates this year it is anticipated that in July 2013 there will be a shortage of intern places for both EU and non EU graduates of Irish medical schools [9939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (26 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health if it is still the case that the Health Service Executive workers automatically become permanet in their position after they have been working for the HSE for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/13]