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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 765. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes due to be built under the social housing 2020 strategy in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 766. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment recipients in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2014 and to date in 2015, and estimated for 2016. [23318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (17 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 June 2015, when the legislation to regulate surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so. [23992/15]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill. We finally get to speak on it after all the delayed starts over the past two days. The original principle underpinning the Children Act 2001 was that detention should always be a last resort for children. As society has evolved over recent years and the past decade, practices that were once acceptable are no longer acceptable. I welcome the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank our contributors. They are welcome to our third session on the challenges facing this critical sector. I congratulate the Association of Childhood Professionals on the fantastic work done in recent months in bringing this issue to the fore, including the public rally outside Leinster House in February as well as the regional rallies some weeks ago. This has certainly helped our...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: It was watered down.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: When will all the elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 be enacted to ensure that it will be compulsory for all early years settings to facilitate children with special educational needs? The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas almost two years ago but it has yet to be...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: What is the position with regard to the after care legislation and Children First Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension rights for Community Employment Supervisors; and if she will acknowledge the need for negotiations with the sector regarding same. [24485/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of negotiations her Department has held with the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union regarding community employment supervisors' pensions, and her strategy to bring these conclusions to a satisfactory conclusion without delay. [25074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considers it appropriate that many supervisors of Community Employment Schemes are working on the same contracts as participants, as this is causing anxiety regarding their job security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is not the employer of Community Employment supervisors, the reason it is in a position to issue instructions, targets, and criteria, which must be met. [25076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that Community Employment Schemes are making to the Health Budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental disabilities, who are engaged on the Schemes that provide rehabilitation. [25077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that it is fair that persons who are unemployed are able to receive considerable child care discounts under the subvention scheme, whereas persons who are receiving minimum wages are charged almost 100% of the fees under the scheme (details supplied). [24980/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education Standards (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation he had, and the rationale for his decision to extend the requirement for Further Education and Training Awards Council Level 5 for early childhood care and education scheme to the workforce by 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that some patients are left waiting for physiotherapy (details supplied) so long that they have to make the decision to be treated privately as they cannot stick the pain any longer, in some cases taking out loans to cover the cost of treatment. [24706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 665. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct her Department to conclude negotiations and ensure that the heritage structure of Granard Mote in County Longford is concluded without any further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25073/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. The importance of the debate is signified by the large number of contributions from Members across the political divide. Our credit unions have a proud tradition and are deeply rooted in the communities they serve. They are a brand that has the confidence and loyalty of people in their areas. They are the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the workforce in early years education who have Further Education and Training Awards Council, Level 5, 6, 7, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the groups whose funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been reduced or discontinued for 2015 and 2016. [25235/15]