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Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: We are the party who introduced the legislative basis for the minimum wage in 2000 and, more recently, through the confidence and supply agreement in 2019, we ensured the implementation of the restrictive use of the zero-hour contracts. I recall as an Opposition Deputy between 2011 and 2016 when we had little influence and people on the opposite side of the House who had long promised the...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: No, that is not so. If the Minister and the Government were to accept Deputy Michael McGrath's Bill, we could force a reduction in variable interest rates, something the Government has restricted and failed to adopt. Some 10,000 people have become homeless during the time this Government has been in office. I was dealing with the case of a man who phoned me from Kinnegad. He is working...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for the USC charge reduction in 2019. [41839/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the living city initiative will be extended beyond current designated areas; and the costs associated with this scheme by year since it was introduced in tabular form. [42126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a social partnership proposal by an organisation (details supplied); and her further views on the joint proposal by employee and employer representatives for a scheme for preservation of viable employment in the context of a disorderly Brexit. [41628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41666/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41667/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to mitigate a hard Brexit. [41668/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to introduce a compatible limited amount of aid scheme for investment or working capital for exposed businesses to mitigate a hard Brexit; and if costings have been carried out in this regard of such a scheme. [41669/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements to include rheumatoid arthritis on the long-term illness scheme; his views that the ongoing medication needed to treat this condition provides a substantial expense for those that suffer from same. [41849/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot change general practitioner on the person's medical card; and when the person will be able to change general practitioner. [41968/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home bed will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [42027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if a suitable residential care unit place is put in place for a person (details supplied). [42119/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a child (details supplied) cannot avail of a second free preschool year. [41841/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that housing assistance payment applications are taking up to eight weeks to process; his further views that this timeline is acceptable in view of the demand for such properties; and if he will investigate the possibility of reducing this timeline. [41842/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the local infrastructure housing activation fund will open for applications; and the dedicated budget for this round. [42125/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Social Responsibility Stakeholder Forum: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: Are there legislative requirements for CSR to which multinationals or larger corporations must adhere on an annual basis? If so, are the targets set down and how are they measured?