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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated to housing allocations for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each of the years 2008 to 2015 to date. [35658/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (13 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of funding allocated to counties Westmeath and Longford for the provision of road maintenance in each of the years from 2008 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [35597/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (13 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated for road grants for counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [35656/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (14 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will justify the removal of the most popular measures under green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, low input permanent pasture, which has been criticised by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association for unfairly penalising low-income cattle and sheep farmers. [35905/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (14 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 66. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to employ more dental nurses for the Health Service Executive midland region. [35866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (14 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the National Roads Authority provides sufficient signage for the amenity park in Moate in County Westmeath as was previously promised. [35935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure arrears of a disability allowance will issue without delay to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [35964/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department will take to recommit to the full implementation of the national disability strategy. [36454/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under Early Childhood Care and Education changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children his Department estimates could lose out on some weeks of preschool out of the current 38 weeks provision, if at present they were expected to enrol preschool age at 3.2 and begin school age at 4 to 4.5, due to the requirement that children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an outline of all assumptions underlying his Department's analysis, including assumptions used on the number of children that start school aged four to five, compared to ages five to six; the way the estimate for the average 23 weeks of additional preschool that his Department has stated has been arrived at. [36541/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department has calculated that the expansion of eligibility for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme free preschool year to ages 3 to 5.5, in addition to the reinstatement of pre-2012 capitation rates, will cost in the region of €47 million, while the current programme costs approximately €175...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 435. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children that his Department estimates will benefit from additional weeks of preschool and the number of additional weeks they are expected to gain on average if they were born in the months 1 January to 31 March, 1 April to 31 August, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that while 120 jobs have been promised in the area of speech and language therapy, approximately 120 therapists qualify annually from Irish universities in this area; and, given this, his plans to redress this issue. [36295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 534. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address levels of childhood obesity and the measures his Department is taking to promote healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity among children and young persons. [27333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 656. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Topical Issue on the matter, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the waste tyre industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 685. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 June 2015, the consultation to date regarding the need for investment in eel farming due to the decline in eel stocks which is causing great distress to fishermen. [36178/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for details of the changes to the early childhood care and education scheme announced as part of budget 2016; a breakdown of the number of children his Department estimates will benefit from a full second free preschool year of an additional 38 weeks; and the level of consultation he has had with preschool providers regarding extending the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: As someone who has campaigned in recent years for additional funding for the early years sector, I welcome the increase in funding for this area as announced in the 2016 budget. Will the Minister give a breakdown of how many children his Department estimates will benefit from a full second free preschool year, that is, an additional 38 weeks? Will he outline the level of consultation he has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: While it is welcome that additional resources are being allocated to this sector, there was widespread common ground on the need for issues of quality to be addressed across the sector. I hope that will still be a priority before the introduction of these additional weeks. From the Minister's reply, it is obvious this is not, in fact, a full second free preschool year, given the existing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: I ask this given that, in reply to a parliamentary question I asked earlier in the year, the Minister said a full second preschool year would cost in the region of €180 million. However, for next year, the Minister has allocated only an additional €47 million, of which €11 million will be taken up with the restoration of the capitation grant. Therefore, as I understand...