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Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Service (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: What has the Government done in the two years it has had to deal with it?

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I am happy enough with that amendment.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 12, line 17, to delete “effective.” and substitute the following: “effective, and (k) require an education and training board that includes a Gaeltacht area to ensure the delivery of its services in schools and education centres, including youth work services in Gaeltacht areas, through the medium of Irish.”.Amendment No. 5 provides...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: Coming from the constituency he represents, the Minister of State would have a better understanding than I would of a Gaeltacht area. However, the setting up of the educational training boards is ultimately about providing a better service for users. The Minister of State has alluded to the fact that he believes it will be apparent to the boards that will deal with and represent Gaeltacht...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: We welcome these amendments. As the Minister of State has suggested, my colleague had tabled amendments to make this point. I am glad the suggestions of Opposition parties are being taken on board and the numbers are being increased. I would like to comment on the most important aspect of the composition of the education and training boards. If the boards are to be enacted fully and...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: As the Minister of State outlined, these amendments mirror similar amendments that were put down by my colleagues. We welcome the amendments. It is important, when looking at the new structures, that smaller counties would not be disproportionately affected. Coming, as I do, from an area where the new configuration is Longford-Westmeath, I welcome the fact that, on the Government taking...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 27:In page 27, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(3) The Minister shall have regard to the size of each outgoing Vocational Educational Committee in regard to staff, student numbers and budget as well as to the population of their respective counties in deciding an appropriate proportion of local authority members to be nominated to the Education...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 29:In page 27, line 11, after “Minister” to insert the following: “while ensuring that the education and training needs of each and every vocational educational committee area that existed prior to the establishment day shall not be disadvantaged under the education and training boards”.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 31:In page 27, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(7) The education and training board shall promote contact between parent associations in schools and the community and shall facilitate and give all reasonable assistance to parents associations who wish to elect their representatives to education and training boards.”The legislative...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: Excuse my ignorance on this as I am just doing this for the evening. If my understanding is correct, heretofore, even though the parents of children who attended the school had the vote regarding who the representative was, parents in a school down in Galway could have voted to put Robert Troy on the VEC board even he has no children within that jurisdiction. Under the new legislation,...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I suppose I would need to have children first.

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: From what the Minister of State is saying, it seems to be reasonable and fair. To clarify matters, the parents' associations within schools must nominate somebody to the national association first so the national association will not be just a lucky dip. There will be a chain of command and it will come from the bottom up. The local associations must nominate somebody and if they are...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: The amendment meets the requirements of Deputy McConalogue's proposal. Originally there was not sufficient emphasis on representation from the business community. This amendment is welcome as it addresses this point. It can be very easy when the Government co-operates with the Opposition and listens to some good suggestions. These boards will be important for driving the agenda within...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: May I ask why amendments Nos. 43 and 44 have been ruled out of order?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there should be reductions in salaries for high earning officials in the commercial semi state sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure a clampdown on the illicit tobacco trade. [10463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any indicative figures of the potential loss of excise duty from the sale of tobacco illicitly. [10464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of population that smoke; the percentage of under 25 year olds who smoke; the reduction in the percentage of persons that smoke following the introduction of smoking ban and the abolishing of ten cigarettes packs [10461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health if he held any discussions with the Department of Finance with a view to securing a percentage of excise duty raised through the sale of tobacco towards the education of young persons regarding the negative effects of smoking [10462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (27 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 676 and 692, under the DPS scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines, therefore, if one member of a family has a medical card on medical grounds and that member pays the €1.50 per item in the medical card prescription up to a...