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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Licences (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress with regard to allowing asylum seekers to apply for driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21995/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Licences (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: This is an issue I have raised with the Minister previously through both oral and written questions. To be fair, the Minister has given an undertaking to look into the possibility of extending the rights of asylum seekers to apply for a driving licence. Will he take this opportunity to update the House in regard to what his Department is doing to extend that right?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Licences (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: I always give credit where credit is due. Unfortunately, apart from acknowledging that the Minister would look into it, we are no further on - not an inch further on. The Minister could have read out the exact same reply that he gave me eight months ago. That is extremely disappointing. While the decision of the Supreme Court in May 2017, which afforded the opportunity to asylum seekers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Licences (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: The Minister is sympathetic yet he is still not willing to act in a speedy manner. That is the bottom line. I raised this question eight months ago and we are no further on today. I acknowledge it is complex but I have cited examples, not just in other European countries. In the United States and every one of the ten provinces of Canada, asylum seekers are able to avail of a driving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: It is to be hoped some of us will be anyway.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: That is a regular occurrence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: It was electioneering.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: I will.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Services Provision (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the MetroLink project with particular regard to the cost of the revised route. [21998/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Services Provision (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister outline the decision-making process that preceded the decision to effectively shelve the southern portion of MetroLink? How much will the new route cost per kilometre compared with the old route? Does the Minister believe it to be the case, and does he agree with the Taoiseach, that the new, revised and shorter metro route will probably be €2 billion more than what...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure that cruise ships will have sufficient docking space within Dublin from 2021 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing investigation into the management practices at an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rural taxis that will be funded under the proposed rural taxi scheme. [21997/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes and the allocated funding of each from the capital expenditure from his Department between 1 January and 31 December 2018, under the heading of B8.1 smarter travel sustainable urban transport. [22354/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes and the allocated funding of each from the capital expenditure of his Department between 1 January and 31 December 2018 under the heading AB8.1 smarter travel and sustainable urban transport. [22176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Corporate Governance (22 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing investigation into the management practices at an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22180/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Robert Troy: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding remuneration and conditions within the childcare sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22689/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Robert Troy: Has the Minister’s attention been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding remuneration and conditions in the childcare sector? Will she make a statement to the House on this matter?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Robert Troy: The early childhood care sector is in crisis. It is a significantly high cost to parents and providers are facing significant challenges with overheads, commercial rates etc. The staff, who are well-educated, earn little more than the minimum wage. Staff turnover in the sector last year was 24.7%. Many childcare workers who have got a third level degree are forced to go on the dole and be...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Robert Troy: The workers in the sector do not feel valued. Anybody working ten years in a sector who has had no pay increase in that time will not feel valued. A young girl, who went to college, got a first-class honours degree but has to move home from Galway to commute to Westmeath, does not feel valued. Despite the rhetoric and the promises, there is still a bureaucratic regulatory system...