Results 1,421-1,440 of 15,830 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (23 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding that is provided to meals on wheels services and consider increasing their allocated funding, given they provide invaluable services to communities and are urgently in need of more support. [14423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (23 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form in each CHO region the current number of home helps employed; the nuance of vacancies; if there are plans to hire additional numbers; and his views on the optimal number to be employed in this critical service. [14567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently open a round of GLAS to accommodate the 14,000 farmers who have not been able to apply to the ACRES scheme but were part of GLAS in previous years. [14504/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: The Government took a decision to introduce a €1,000 Covid-19 recognition payment for people who worked on the front line. Obviously, that was a very positive and welcome decision. Unfortunately, however, there are still thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people who have yet to receive this payment. There are anomalies between certain regions. In my region, the people who...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (22 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 289. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the possibility of funding a remote working hub at Moate, County Westmeath as part of the town centre first policy. [13991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the current situation in Myanmar; the action Ireland is taking at international level in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking to protect people from persecution on account of their religious beliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Angling Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to stop the decline of trout and other fish stock in the River Shannon, which has hurt by recreational fishing and slowed the fishing tourism business along the river. [13170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a clear timeframe as to when the OPW will have all the flood defence measures completed in Athlone, given this work was to have been completed by the end of 2022 and has yet to happen; the reason for the delay; and when the work is now scheduled for completion. [12488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department is handling rapidly increasing insurance premiums for individuals whose homes reside in the OPW's new fluvial tile, given many of these people are unable to obtain a quote from alternate insurance companies. [13171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 527. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [12659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently expedite an emergency works application for a school (details supplied). [12590/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a timebound appeals process for schools appealing to the NCSE, in order that they might have a prospective date by which they will receive a response. [13148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when each primary school will be advised of the amount they have been allocated under the new free book scheme; and when each school can expect to receive payment. [13159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing an annual schedule of grants and their pay-outs in order to provide schools with more clarity in an often-confusing process that is, the bus escort grant being paid in July, despite schools paying for buses for months in advance of this date. [13162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure all social welfare payment officers will refrain from advising and encouraging people to have their payment paid by EFT to a nominated bank account rather than through the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 947. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 1 March 2023, if an assessment has been carried out to support the decision not to extend eligibility criteria for the accommodation recognition payment, given that at a time of a shortage in property, all offers should be considered. [13138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 1037. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address persisting inequalities in the receipt of pensions across higher education institutions, namely for individuals in the technological university sector and certain research staff who are still ineligible to join the public sector pension scheme. [13865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 1076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to ensure that shooting sports are not severely handicapped given the Firearms Expert Committee suggestion for stricter guidelines; and the measures that will allow law-abiding competition shooters to continue with their sport. [13174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of a long wait for orthodontic surgery in CHO8 (details supplied). [12512/23]