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Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: Except that the Tánaiste cut the allowance to under-25s by €50 a week and the lone parents' allowance was cut by €88 a week. Is the Tánaiste forgetting about that?

Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: The Tánaiste must have a selective memory.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: Jesus, four years later.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: Amendment No. 15 was discussed with amendment No. 13. Is the amendment being pressed?

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: Amendments Nos. 19, 20 and 24 to 31, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies Reports (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used by the Citizens Information Board to select a design team to recommend new management structures for Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and Citizens Information Services, CIS; the reason the existing voluntary companies, or their representative bodies who have developed and managed these services locally are not consulted;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the number of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs that have been created in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2011; if he will confirm the locations of these jobs in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5334/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of visits by IDA Ireland to Athlone and Mullingar in County Westmeath and to County Longford for every year since 2011 to 2014 and to 2015 to date. [5336/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of whole-time-equivalent nurses and midwives employed in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar, County Westmeath every year since 2011; the number of agency nurses and midwives employed for the same period; the cost difference in employed whole-time-equivalent staff as opposed to agency staff; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for remedial works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5332/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will publish the updated wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct his officials to carry out the final inspection on the Brownstown community project without delays as this community group has carried out all works as specified by Westmeath County Development and now want to draw down the remaining grant to clear bridging finance; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he intends to put in place to ensure that persons who have been discommoded since his decision to cut the rural broadband scheme will not be left without broadband until his Department has rolled out the national broadband scheme, which by his Department's own admission may not reach parts of the countryside...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: 310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant-aid community groups that wish to construct a spur off the new cycle way from Athlone to Mullingar in County Westmeath to encourage tourists using the track to explore different parts of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5337/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: They were not waiting 16 weeks for a fair deal scheme bed.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: That was his policy decision.

Child Care: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that: — child care provision in Ireland encompasses a mixed model of provision with services delivered through the community, private and public sector; there are approximately 4,300 child care centres in Ireland and approximately 23,000 staff work in the area; — quality early childhood care and education is paramount for positive...

Child Care: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to introduce the motion which concentrates on a critical sector of society, an area that, unfortunately, the Government has failed to give the priority it deserves. This is only the second time in the lifetime of the Government that we have had a substantial debate on the issue, and both times the debate has been facilitated by my party. We now have a situation...

Child Care: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: I have raised this issue continuously for the past number of years. Every time I raise it, whether with this Minister or with his predecessors, the responsibility is bounced from Department to Department, from education to health to children. No one will take up the responsibility for the provision of special needs education. While no one at Government accepts this responsibility, it is...

Child Care: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Troy: The Government should consider the introduction of a second free preschool year for children with special educational needs and consider rolling out all the provisions of the EPSEN Act to ensure that those children get the start in life they deserve, the same as everybody else.