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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (31 Mar 2015)

Robert Troy: 598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for additional classrooms in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Robert Troy: 684. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the eligibility criteria for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland warmer homes scheme, which only applies to family income supplement applicants, jobseekers with a child under seven years of age and persons in receipt of fuel allowance; the reason persons in receipt of invalidity allowance or...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I have three questions. One is on the awaited tenant purchase scheme. During the past 18 months, no local authority tenant has been eligible to buy his or her council house, despite repeated promises that the legislation will be published within months. Can the Taoiseach give a definitive timeframe in which we will know when the new scheme will be announced?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: The Government has repeatedly promised that it will bring the adoption (tracing and information) Bill before the House. When will it happen? The Taoiseach is aware that for the past two years, the mobility allowance has been closed to new applications. Although the Government has promised to deal with this in the short term, two years on, we still await the publication of the health...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Before summer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13604/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address continuing child protection and welfare concerns in respect of children at risk who are waiting to be allocated a social worker. [14644/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Recently we have received further reports which provide evidence that children proved to be at severe risk are left to wait for protracted periods without a necessary social worker. Will the Minister confirm to the House how he and his Department plan to deal with the deficiencies and the reduction in number of social workers to ensure every child identified as being in need of a social...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister said there was no reduction in social workers. While that may be true, many fewer children were referred or known to the care system five years ago than today. That is because there is now a greater emphasis and sense of priority in terms of ensuring that people at risk are referred to the care system. What research and analysis has been carried out to ensure that we have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: My question is whether, in light of the huge increase in the number of children referred to social work services, the Minister is confident that we have a sufficient number of social workers. The level of social workers to which the Minister and Department continually refer when talking about meeting capacity is based on figures from five years ago. In light of the additional children being...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: When will it be addressed?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns that the inspection system for preschools is not robust enough to identify centres that pose risks to the health and welfare of children in their care. [14716/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I am pleased the Minister has acknowledged that he did announce a programme of measures. He said a key element under the new system would be the registration process. That process was announced following the "Prime Time" exposé and placed on a statutory basis in January 2014. Fifteen months later, however, it is not yet in operation. No new service has been registered and no existing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister did not answer my question. All he will say is that this is an operational matter for Tusla. Why is it that having brought forward legislation to put the process on a statutory basis, it is yet to kick into action 15 months later? The Minister should know the answer to that question. He referred to the new standards to guide the inspection process. The process to reform...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Why?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: When will they be introduced? They have been promised for two years.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report by the Health Information and Quality Authority into child protection and welfare services in the Cork area that found more than one in four children, who had been the subject of a referral, did not have an allocated social worker; the measures that are being taken to address these shortcomings; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a commitment to reversing cuts to the school completion programme and ensuring that the programme is secured for the future. [14473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reduce waiting times for counselling services for child victims of sexual abuse. [14472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath in receipt of the single farm payment; and the percentage these farmers were under in 2014, for example €10,000 to €20,000, €20,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000 and...