Results 641-660 of 15,871 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 775. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will urgently examine making amendments to cater for situations where one landowner on a road is refusing to sign up to the local improvement scheme, either as a contributor or has no objection to the scheme, thus depriving other landowners of the opportunity to avail of the scheme. [18982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the punitive means test for the carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her assessment of the impact of the Supreme Court's recent decision to award a pension to a widower who was not married but had children with his former partner; if this will have an impact on other retrospective and future cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18202/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours have been allocated to a person (details supplied). [18430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently address a situation whereby elderly patients of nursing homes are faced with exorbitant fees to avail of private ambulance services to attend medical/hospital appointments; and if he will review this issue and put in place a more sustainable system of medical transport in such cases. [18529/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (25 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 358. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the outdoor recreation application by a group (details supplied). [18603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be referred to the Road Safety Authority for review. [18157/24]

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]