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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (15 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to address delays with regard to the issuing of passports. [21118/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (15 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports being made available with regard to the escalating humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. [21119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (15 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason key staff in the ophthalmology department in the Regional Hospital Mullingar are not being replaced (details supplied). [21166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (15 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the extension of the rural transport programme to reduce rural isolation will be proofed to ensure that all routes will be accessible for disabled persons, in view of recommendation 102 of the national disability inclusion strategy to develop proposals on attaching conditions regarding wheelchair accessibility on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (15 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if tourism grants are available through Fáilte Ireland for which individuals rather than groups can apply; and if not, his plans to introduce such a scheme. [21424/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planned school building works at a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for the completion of these works. [21584/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports which are available for small start-up businesses in terms of financial supports, guidance and other supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [21503/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21598/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's and domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21514/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: He even got the committee to visit his constituency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: I remind Fine Gael colleagues that one swallow does not make a summer. They must not take public transport too often around Dublin or engage with their constituents too often around Dublin because the position is quite stark. Reading the Irish Independentthis week, there is a report that rush hour now takes up three hours in the morning and three in the evening, totalling six hours. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: Sorry to interrupt. Are the charges not the same for cars coming out of the city at peak times? I am not talking about reducing the charges to help bring people in more quickly. Is it not the same prohibitive charge-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: I asked the question specifically in relation to public transport, not road infrastructure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: Can Mr. Nolan outline what the statutory responsibilities of his agency are? Can he comment on service level agreements and on how he engages in an official capacity with other key stakeholders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: TII works through the NTA in respect of light rail but it is its own boss in the provision of road infrastructural projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: There is no service level agreement between the two or anything official.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: The reason I asked the question about the specific roles and responsibilities was because when we had the issue about the delays being experienced at College Green, TII was responsible for the light rail, Dublin Bus was involved in timetabling, Dublin City Council was involved in where the bus stops could be located and the NTA was involved in rerouting. Those are four bodies, and I am sure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Robert Troy: Why was an application not submitted to An Bord Pleanála on time? It could have adjudicated on the College plaza in advance of the opening of the rail network there. Why did it take such time? A third of bus routes went into College Green after the Luas cross city opened. Why was adequate preparation not done in advance and why was that decision not taken before rather than after?