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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Which we supported.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister should answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Child Care Education Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister did not compare it with another service provider to ensure value for money.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will announce funding being provided to youth groups in 2014; if she will confirm that there will be no further reduction in such funding in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54103/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Given that 37% of young people under 18 years are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, I ask the Minister to indicate when she will announce the funding to be provided for youth groups in 2014. I also ask her to confirm that there will be no further reduction in such funding next year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Government’s Action Plan for Job claims there is considerable potential for youth work services to contribute to the wider Government approach to addressing youth unemployment. Despite this, we witness a further cut of €2 million in the 2014 youth services budget, on top of 5% cuts in 2013 and 2012. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Cabra For Youth and witnessing at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: The Budget Statement was brought forward by two months, but the Department has not yet informed youth groups what their budget allocations are for 2014.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister confirm when youth groups will know what their budget allocations are for next year? It is unfair on them in planning their 2014 programmes that they do not know what moneys they will have available. The group in question wrote to City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee about its funding in 2014 and was told it could not be informed. If there is the same cut as last...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister agree there is a basic level of funding below which no club can operate? Can she ensure this basic level of funding is maintained by her Department for these youth groups?

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: Bad form is nothing to go by.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: I have repeatedly called over the past number of months for an amendment to the 2010 adoption legislation and I welcome the fact that a Bill in this regard will come before the House on Thursday. When will it be published? We are expected to debate all Stages on Thursday, which I have no problem doing, but we are still in a vacuum regarding what is in the legislation. Is it normal practice...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: I raised it more than four months ago. Why is the Bill only going through today?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on support for child care for working families as a mechanism to tackle the regulation of childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for dealing with the ongoing issues relating to Russian adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Rights Referendum (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her timeframe for bringing forward legislation to underpin the result of the children’s rights referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53852/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 335. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grants available under his Department for a person to renovate a barge at present. [53893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the future district sittings of Mullingar courts while renovations works are been carried out; if his intentions are to temporarily relocate sittings to Longford; the expense this will incur; if he considered utilising some of ten vacant buildings in Columb Barracks, Mullingar to avoid moving the court out of the town...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [54156/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied). [54280/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (18 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure adequate high-speed broadband is rolled out in Rosemount, County Westmeath as soon as possible (details supplied) [54503/13]