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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 816. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that employees of Bord na Móna have been asked to take pay cuts but senior management has not. [30311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 817. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that millions of euro has been spent on consultants at Bord na Móna for the past six years with no benefit to the company and at a high cost to the workforce; his views that the high turnover of management that was introduced to the company by the former chief executive officer is a reflection on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 818. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that the Bord na Móna company chairman will not allow worker directors of the company meet the workers (details supplied). [30313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 819. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to investigate issues regarding the management and decisions of Bord na Móna for the past six years, problems with minutes of board meetings, and the treatment of employees. [30314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the recently held Oireachtas communications committee meeting where the chairperson and the chief executive officer of Bord na Móna were present and heard a number of concerns raised across the political spectrum; if he has discussed the concerns with the chairman or the chief executive officer;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the high number of employees who have reported bullying in the workplace with Bord na Móna; and if he thinks there is management concerns. [30310/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams in place by which a local authority can make an application to carry out improvements in a town, so as to make the town wheelchair and disability friendly. [30380/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the delegates from Tusla and thank the chief executive officer for his update on developments at this very important State agency. Mr. Jeyes concluded his statement by emphasising the need for additional investment. As I recall, he indicated at the time the budget Estimates were being discussed last year that the agency required an extra €42 million in funding just to stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Within six months, Mr. Jeyes might be. One never knows. Mr. Jeyes can always put his name forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: We are always recruiting. Recently, Mr. Jeyes was on "Morning Ireland" as a consequence of a number of groups that had their funding cut. For a moment, I will be parochial. A group in Mullingar that deals with domestic abuse had its funding cut by 100% with no prior knowledge. Basically, the agency wrote out one week stating that within whatever the period, say six weeks, the funding would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Mr. Jeyes stated that legal costs would still be in the region of €29 million this year, which is 50%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Is Mr. Jeyes is happy with the legal fees? I imagine not. Does he feel that a priority in his engagement with the Minister should be the introduction of the necessary legislation for regulations to deal with proper supervision, training, monitoring and accountability in the service? I accept that it should be removed from Tusla. If this were introduced and it included adequate savings,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Obviously, legal fees are still too high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Did Mr. Jeyes say there was a capacity issue for approximately 5,000 additional cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Tusla will need between 200 and 280 additional social workers on top of what is in train to fully meet-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I would like to begin by thanking the whistleblower for highlighting the alleged impropriety with regard to procurement policies in public and private hospitals. I would also like to thank RTE for giving this matter the publicity it deserves on "Prime Time". I think any fair-minded taxpayer who is looking in would be sick to the bottom of his or her stomach because of the use of scarce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Yes. I used the word "alleged".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: It is alleged that commercially sensitive information was shared and people were referred to as being "good to know." Funnily enough, the holidays were reimbursed with cash so that there was no traceability. It is amazing and sickening. I acknowledge and thank Mr. Michael Cullen of Beacon Hospital for coming forward. As the chief executive officer of a private hospital, he is not under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The point in question is not the cost of the holiday involved, because we are aware of that. Knowledge of it was originally denied and then receipt of that information was acknowledged. Can Mr. Cullen quantify the potential loss to the Beacon Group, bearing in mind that the possibility of sharing of information could potentially have led to the Beacon Group paying inflated prices for services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am somewhat amused by the contrast between the number of officials from the HSE and the one person who was sent to represent the Beacon Hospital. It is a matter of fact that, as a result of a procurement process, a publicly funded hospital paid ten times what it would previously have paid for services provided to it. Do the witnesses believe this is...