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Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence if the White Paper on Defence will commit to the restoration of a three brigade structure in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Exemptions (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amalgamating all household charges currently under his remit in order to allow for exemptions and reductions for certain members of society, for example, old age pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [20500/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [20385/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [20386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Westmeath. [20387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [20708/14]

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

Robert Troy: Before speaking to the Bill, I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, on his appointment and look forward to constructive and robust engagement with him in the time ahead on the many important issues relevant to his portfolio. I also wish his predecessor, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, all the best in her new responsibilities. She played a significant role in the area of child...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents who have been awarded places on the after-school child care scheme, CETS II, since its launch in April 2013; his assessment of the success of the scheme one year on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The cost of child care is one of the biggest challenges facing the Government and public representatives and we must address it without delay. This question relates to an after-school child care scheme the Minister's predecessor introduced in April 2013, the child care education and training supports scheme, CETS II. Can the Minister give an assessment of the success of the scheme one year...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: While it is unfair to have a go at the Minister on his first day taking ministerial questions, the scheme has been a disaster.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: It was part of the Government's solution to tackling the affordability issue and the Minister has alluded to the abysmal uptake. I have seen figures that showed only 32 of the 6,000 earmarked places were taken up. In his reply the Minister said he is refocusing the €14 million allocated to the scheme towards other schemes. How much of the €14 million has been spent on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: With all due respect, the Minister said 41 out of 6,000 places have been taken up. It is nothing but a disaster. The scheme is more than a year and a half old. The Minister's predecessor, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and his colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, identified this scheme to tackle the problems facing those who cannot afford child care. It was put in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will review the criteria for the capital grant programme 2014 to enable a wider range of child care service providers to access the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21154/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The Minister's predecessor introduced a new scheme in regard to the capital grant programme 2014 earlier in the year. The scheme was quite restrictive in that it was only possible for community child care providers and community play schools to avail of the capital grant scheme. In light of the fact the scheme closed last Wednesday, would the Minister be favourably disposed to expanding the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: I raised the matter when the scheme was announced. At the time I highlighted the unfair and inequitable criteria set out in the scheme, as a result of which 70% of child care providers are ineligible to apply for the scheme. Regardless of whether we like it, 70% of child care providers are private and for profit. Some of the schemes are small and do not make large-scale profits but provide...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: The tack has changed because in the past two years the Minister enabled all service providers to avail of the capital grants scheme, which he confirmed himself a few moments ago. One could ask why there has been a big change. Why is the Minister leaving 70% of child care providers out in the cold? That is what is happening. Given that there are more than 4,000 child care providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to progress any new bilateral agreements on inter-country adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21046/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Beauty Pageants (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he has taken to ban child beauty pageants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (13 May 2014)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has ensured that the contracts for the early childhood care and education scheme have been revised to remove the clause that excludes children with special education needs in the event of the childcare service not having the appropriate resources to cater for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21043/14]