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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Expenditure (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be provided to the Attic youth café in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35729/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Standards (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the recently announced review of early childhood education programmes and the announcement of ten new early years inspectors to the Department of Education and Skills, if this signifies a departmental shift in terms of responsibility for early childhood education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 109. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received proposals regarding the future use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; the Government's plans for the future use of this facility. [36179/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date of publication of the terms of reference of the inquiry into the mother and baby homes; the level of consultation he and his predecessors have had with the interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36178/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [36240/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment to be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36315/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: I welcome Mr. Jeyes and his colleagues to this meeting. He spoke about a sustainable budget and the implications of the current budget on the provision of services. Will he confirm for us what the carry-over deficit was when the new agency was established on 1 January this year? In regard to the transfer of staff from the HSE to Tusla, will he confirm that appropriate and necessary staff...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: Mr. Jeyes said earlier that the cost of legal services in 2013 was €34 million and the allocated budget for this year was €17 million. What was the cumulative deficit under each section of the carry-over? It should be possible to calculate the cumulative deficit if we know the carry-over for each section. Mr. Jeyes said that he accepts the need for a more multidisciplinary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: The point is the agency knows what its budget was for 2014. What was the actual spend for 2013 to carry out the services? That will give us what the deficit was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: What was the actual spend in 2013 for the provision of the same services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: It was €633 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: In effect, it will be a return to prioritising and categorising children as high risk, medium risk and low risk. If the budget is not what Mr. Jeyes expects it to be, children in the medium risk and low risk categories will have to move into the high risk category before they are seen.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: Two budgets ago the Government introduced an increase to the pupil-teacher ratio for all schools with four teachers or fewer. This is having a detrimental effect on many schools in rural Ireland and those of minority faiths. This was done in advance of the Department carrying out an independent evaluation on the schools. I understand the Department has had the report for the past 18 months...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: This is a relevant point.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: The centre provides services for more than 200 adults and children with an intellectual disability. Because of savage cutbacks over the past number of years, it is running the risk of having to close two community houses. The centre has a deficit of €450,000-----

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: I am sorry. When I try to raise this issue by way of parliamentary question, it is referred to the HSE, a body the Government was going to abolish. When will the Government take responsibility for the consequences its budgetary decisions are having on the people affected by them?

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: More than 20 senior citizens with an intellectual disability face having their care home closed, and when I ask the relevant Minister about this I am not being answered.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the action he and the Health Service Executive will take to assist St. Christopher’s Services to continue providing a safe and quality service to the residents of Morlea House, County Longford, and Marian Avenue, Ballymahon, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure better co-operation and engagement between primary and community carers and the acute sector regarding services such as home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (30 Sep 2014)

Robert Troy: 320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 12 June 2014 if he will provide in detail the expenses claimed by members of staff attending Health Service Executive child care conferences; his views on the number of staff attending these conferences; and the section of the HSE to which they are affiliated. [36576/14]