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Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: How many years has the Government been in office?

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: They are overworked.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: Would Deputy Bannon talk to the Minister and ask him?

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: The Deputy is the man. He is the politician.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this critical issue today. Last week, 601 people lay on hospital trolleys. That is a new record. 2 o’clock I know the Minister of State's colleague - the senior Minister - does not do constituency tours. Something tells me that will change in the future. He was invited to visit the regional hospital in Mullingar last week by a local Fine...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: The nurses and doctors in question have to go home in the evening and think about the manic situation they have left behind. There are political choices to be made here. I ask this Government to follow its commitment by ensuring adequate resources are put in place to provide for a health service of which we can be proud, and which serves the men and women of our country.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: 160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in relation to negotiations between the Irish and Russian Governments to agree a bilateral agreement on adoption between the two countries; when such an agreement will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1922/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: 106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of his proposed child care plan; the way it will make child care more affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2371/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: Last week’s front page of the Irish Independenthad a story following a leak from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs that the Government would introduce tax credits to help families crippled by the costs of child care. Subsequently, we learned this was in fact not the case and that, instead, the Government was bringing forward a plan in this regard. Will the Minister inform...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: I thought the whole purpose of having a new Department of Children and Youth Affairs was to co-ordinate all this. The Minister has had four years in office and I remind him of what the Government has done in those four years regarding the cost of child care. It has reduced child benefit, taxed maternity benefit and reduced the capitation rates that are paid to the child care providers. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: If this Government was serious about dealing with this issue it would have used budget 2015 to deal with it, instead of announcing two weeks after that budget came into effect that it was going to establish yet another committee to look into a problem we already know is there.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: We all support quality child care provision and no one is questioning that. Anybody who is in receipt of State support should be fully tax-compliant and should meet the standards set out by the Department. That is fact and taken as a given. What we saw last week, however, was more spin by this Government, aided and abetted by the Irish Independent as it is so capable of doing in recent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: The question is about the cost of child care.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: 109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the concerns regarding the conditions of those who work in the childcare sector in view of those who are concerned that the sector is facing more regulation and extra requirements for qualifications and training without any corresponding increase in capitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2372/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: What are the Minister's and the Department's plans to address the concerns about conditions for professionals working in the early childhood care and education sector? Many concerns have been raised in the sector concerning increasing regulation and extra requirements for qualifications and training without any provision for increased capitation or support from the Department. This sector...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister has outlined nothing new. He has quoted statistics about which we are aware. He referred to service providers, which are fulfilling a role the State is failing to fulfil. We need to support the early childhood care and education sector, which has expanded at a rapid pace over the past decade. There have been many positive developments, including the provision of 65,000 new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: I acknowledge the Minister made €3 million available; that is not in question. However, in a sector that employs 24,000 people, that equates to €125 per head. That would not buy the books to study at FETAC level 5 or 6. The staff in the sector feel they are undervalued and under resourced for the pivotal role they play in society and they are right. If they did not feel...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: 113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take to deal with the shortage of social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2204/15]

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: We are all aware of the current high turnover of social work staff, which staff cite as arising because of high workloads and a lack of administrative supports. What is the Minister and his Department doing to deal with this high turnover and shortage of social workers?

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: If the Minister compares the turnover of social workers with other health professionals such as nurses, it is quite high. One social worker recently said:I started to feel that instead of helping these children and families I was now part of a system that was causing them further harm and stress. Every social worker I speak to has an exit strategy because it is impossible. It is not...