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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: On Report Stage the Minister might address somewhat-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: In light of that, I will withdraw the amendment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 21: In page 27, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“(e) social housing;”.This is a very simple amendment about ensuring part of the €6 billion can be invested in social housing. Our social housing provision is at a crisis point, with more than 100,000 people on housing waiting lists throughout the country and, in certain counties,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: The Government gave a specific commitment regarding investment in the provision of social housing. The Minister of State gave a long reply in which he talked about every citizen having a right to adequate housing. Nobody would argue with this. Unfortunately, however, the record of the Government in the past three years does not give one much confidence or hope that adequate provision will...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 22: In page 27, line 29, after "employment" to insert "and balanced regional development".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: Amendment No. 31 is self-explanatory and is about ensuring that opportunities are created for those who have been unemployed for longer than 12 months, as well for those under the age of 25 who are unemployed. All members are aware of the serious problem with high unemployment levels among those in the under-25 years age bracket. Again, this feeds into members' earlier observations on those...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current revenue system regarding home renovation incentive (details supplied). [28696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (2 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has finished examining key issues relating to firearms licensing in conjunction with An Garda Síochána (details supplied). [28635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (2 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug fampyra will be approved by his Department; and if it is to be listed for medical card patients. [28672/14]

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: The Minister does not have the support of some people on his side of the House.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant a person (details supplied) in County Longford free transport to a school (details supplied) which is their secondary school of choice. [28773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the patron of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to inform parents of the reasons a board of management cannot be established now; and the person responsible for enforcement of the Education Act 1998, where a patron and their appointees are wilfully disregarding the Act. [28952/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 154. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will proceed with a disablement gratuity payment under the Army Pensions Act in respect of a person (details supplied). [28873/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Costs (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for taking this important debate. The affordability and accessibility of child care has been brought to my attention - and, I am sure, the Minister's attention - time and again by parents, professionals working in the area and various early childhood sector stakeholders. The 2014 report Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe, published jointly by...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Costs (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: While I welcome the fact that the Government acknowledges that much progress was made during the past 15 years, during the past three years, unfortunately, the Government has pursued an anti-family agenda. Last week, the one-parent family payment cut-off was reduced to seven years of age. Of the 6,000 places available under the after-school scheme, which was introduced to alleviate this and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical and-or career break, broken down by timeframe, that is, zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years, and five years plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 115. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion on which a photographer was used; if there is a policy...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Data (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; a list of uses of each external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29126/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 117. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: 118. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29180/14]