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Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: The way the Minister of State was speaking, it sounded like the job from heaven that anyone would want to do. They are only getting what they are entitled to.

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister of State realise how much money carers save? The manner in which she portrayed it, it sounded as if they should be thankful for what they are getting but they are only getting what they are entitled to get. The carers in this country save us €4 billion per annum, five times what they cost the Department of Social Protection. The recipients of the carer's allowance...

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In 2008, the then Fine Gael spokesperson for children expressed sharp criticism of the proposed decrease in funding. He stated:In the current economic climate the Government, in implementing cutbacks, needs to differentiate between services that are essential and those that are not. It should not simply engage in a crash and burn approach which implements overall reductions across a broad...

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: Did the Minister say "2015"?

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: We all recognise that early school leavers are more likely to experience social exclusion and unemployment or underemployment. For these reasons, I am concerned about this important programme's future. I welcome the Minister's commitment to consulting those who have first-hand experience of it. It may have been a slip of the tongue, but the Minister mentioned 2015.

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: I presume 2013 is when the review will commence. What will that review cost? The Minister referred to using an independent firm to conduct it.

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister provide information on the matter?

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: The Children's Rights Alliance has indicated that, on balance, children were among the key losers in this budget. I could go on further with comments but will not because I must be brief. Children and family services already carry a deficit of over €50 million. I have asked the question before and will repeat it today. Must this deficit be carried into the new Child and Family...

Other Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: I raised this matter as a Topical Issue on numerous occasions prior to the referendum result being challenged. I accept what the Minister is saying but will she give a clear commitment to appear before the House and make herself available pending the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing in January? We should have a full and frank debate to allow all Deputies to bring forward ideas and...

Other Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In the Seanad debate on 8 November, the Minister stated, "A detailed protocol underpinned the drafting of content for the booklet and website and the Office of the Attorney General was consulted for legal advice throughout the process", and yet I note Mr. Justice Fennelly, in his judgment, stated:It is notable that this account, at no point, alleges that the website or the booklet was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for her reply. Obviously I welcome any new service that will help low-income parents back to work or education. I am somewhat disappointed that the Minister does not have more information for us today, but she has acknowledged that once she receives it, it will be forthcoming. The Department keeps referring to this as a pilot scheme and to 6,000 places. Can the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In reality the Minister is telling us that it will be the tail end of 2013 before the scheme will be fully operational.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: Has the Minister taken on board the additional administrative costs that will be associated with the county child care committees? I am sure the Minister is hearing, as my colleagues and I are hearing, that they are under severe financial pressure at the moment to administer all the schemes they are currently administering.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the after-school childcare scheme announced in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56976/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In his verdict, Mr. Justice O'Donnell pointed out that some of the language used in this so-called independent literature was the same language used in the Minister's speech at the launch of the Fine Gael campaign for a "Yes" vote. As a Fine Gael parliamentarian the Minister was entitled, as I was as a Fianna Fáil parliamentarian, to advocate a "Yes" vote, but why was it the same...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: It is deplorable that it has taken the Minister six weeks to give a response in this House to queries regarding the Supreme Court ruling. The argument that she has responded in the Seanad is interesting given her party's commitment to abolish that House. It is only now, six weeks after the ruling, that we in this House are being given an opportunity to obtain some measure of feedback on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the Supreme Court judgement that her Department acted in breach of the Constitution during the recent Children’s Referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56975/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contribution her Department will make to tackling youth unemployment in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on youth work; if it informed any of her policy choices with regard to Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56977/12]

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: The Minister is operating under an illusion.