Results 601-620 of 15,824 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if a favourable response will be given to extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists. [18160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to bring forward proposals to amend pension entitlements in order that women who had to leave work due to marriage could qualify for a pension in their own right regardless of their husband’s means. [18158/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the resources available to people suffering from long-Covid. [18159/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 188. To ask the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite blood test results for a person (details supplied). [18371/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Chair for allowing me to ask a question at the committee here today. I listened to the Minister, and I suppose we all want to ensure that we have a system that is fair, efficient and robust, that people can have confidence in, where those who are seeking asylum legitimately are afforded asylum and those who are playing the system are returned to the country they came from....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister agree that the exorbitant lengths of time it has taken has undermined the confidence of the people in the system? I agree that it is welcome that the process has become a lot more efficient but the inefficiency has led to an erosion of confidence in the system initially. Again, we are looking at approaching this from a cross-European perspective, which I think is right....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: When will that review be concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: The Minister used the example of Georgia, which was not on the safe list initially, even though it was a country that had applied for membership of the EU. By virtue of that alone, it would render it a safe country. I am just pointing out that the delay in the Department taking actions is undermining the confidence of the people in the system. I am conscious that I am curtailed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: Would the Minister agree that this figure is reflective, considering that in her own contribution to this, the Minister referenced that 13,000 came into Ireland last year. If we are talking about 30,000 seeking asylum across the EU, how would that figure be realistic considering that 13,000 came into Ireland last year? I have one final question. The Minister said that investing in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: There is no other country that is not a member of Schengen that has not opted into that visa information system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: The Minister has been in place for four years and the number of safe countries that Ireland has designated is much lower than, say, even the likes of Holland. Why?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will implement the recommendation of the Hamilton report to introduce a standard of recklessness into fraud offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reconsider joining the EU's Visa Information System in a bid to tackle migration and security challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efficiencies to be achieved under the new public sector pay deal; how these are to be measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action being taken to strengthen flood defences in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that a recently naturalised applicant’s birth certificate (details supplied) cannot be accepted by his Department as part of their passport application when it was accepted by the Department of Justice as part of their approved naturalisation application. [17488/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a school requests a NEPS assessment for a student. [17949/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a reduction or waiver regarding the cost and payments of commercial rates for businesses that are impacted by disruption of construction works affecting their business; and the likelihood of a waiver of property rates during these periods of disruption to local businesses. [17881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance review for a person (details supplied). [17933/24]