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Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As is the current theme of the Government, it is a hands-off approach. It is not the Government's fault; it is someone else's fault.

Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister of State should allow me to speak for my two minutes.

Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State. I have acknowledged that there is less money in circulation and a reduction in domestic demand, but I also asked the Minister to acknowledge the State’s responsibility and the costs the State can control such as rates. The payment of rates should be based on a business’s ability to pay according to profits made not on an archaic basis such as the...

Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: It was launched four or five weeks ago by our party spokesperson on the environment, Deputy Barry Cowen.

Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister of State asked me for suggestions and I am giving him some. I was not in government.

Topical Issue Debate: Decline in Town Centres (20 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister of State is in government now. Businesses are suffering. The Minister of State sought proposals and I am making them. First, the Government must review and amend how valuations and rates are charged. If, according to the advice of the Attorney General, it is necessary to introduce a constitutional amendment to bring about the abolition of upward-only rent reviews then the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on an alternative scheme to the mobility allowance scheme and motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30700/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 112. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that vacancies in specialised areas that are exempt from the public sector embargo are being filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 106. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether services for persons with spina bifida are sufficient to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 419. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the current status of the Geraldine Hall Leader application for funding; the stage the application is at; and if funding will be made available for this project. [30204/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Staff (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the current regulations that determine the retirement age of home help workers within the Health Service Executive; if he will outline the current retirement procedures that are applied to home help workers [30240/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the new rural taxi licence, that is, the qualifying conditions and so on, the impact that this will have on existing taxi licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30125/13]

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister for Children confirmed to me by way of a reply to a parliamentary question that she was in receipt of the Government rapporteur 2012 annual report on child protection. When will this report be laid before the House?

Child Care (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend penalty provisions under section 57 of the Child Care Act 1991 (as amended), and the regulations made by Ministerial orders there within.

Child Care (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: Deputy Mattie McGrath and Deputy Joan Collins are sharing time and they have ten minutes each.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I ask the Deputy to be fair to his colleague.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: Yes.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate and compliment my colleague for providing Members on all sides with a chance to reflect on the approach to education for children with disabilities. Over the course of the last week I have been contacted, like many colleagues, by many people who were rightly enraged and disgusted by the decision to cut resource hours and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent civic unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina; if these particular issues have been discussed at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30813/13]