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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Security of the Elderly (25 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 229. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will liaise with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to resolve reliability issues which exist in the national landline telephone network (details supplied) across rural areas in view of the fact that issues are causing difficulties for older rural residents who are reliant on this service to...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to speak, although briefly, on this motion. I welcome the community employment scheme supervisors to the Gallery and thank them for the invaluable work they are doing in our communities. Community employment scheme participants provide an invaluable service in our communities, whether its through GAA clubs, Tidy Towns, childcare and so forth. The schemes face...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: We had a vote.

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: In A Programme for a Partnership Government, the Minister committed to increasing funding for roads by 50% to €447 million. That has not yet happened. That figure is still below what is required to achieve steady-state levels. The Minister gave a commitment, in the debate on a substantive Private Member's motion that was brought before the Dáil earlier this year, to the effect...

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: That is news to me.

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: Deputies Moran and Canney seem uncertain about how long it is going to last.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: I do not want the Minister to meet them every day of every week. What I want to see happening is progress on this critical legislation. The Minister comes in here and expects us to be satisfied that he has appointed Fingal County Council. He appointed the IAA 18 months ago and for 18 months he came in here and repeatedly told us that work was progressing and legislation was imminent. That...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: Will they be able to tell us anything?

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: Will they be able to tell us anything?

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: It is a pity the Minister would not meet them and tell them what to do.

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding to local authorities for the repair and upgrade of local and regional roads will be provided in view of the significant backlog of work that exists and the impact of recent extreme weather events. [17780/18]

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: We will take the Minister up on that offer of the cross-party briefing, like before. I hope he will be able to enlighten us more than he has today. On the funding for repair and upgrade of our local and regional roads, considering the significant backlog of work that exists and the impact of the recent adverse weather, what is the Government's plan to assist local authorities?

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: This year's funding allocation is still €160 million or about one third below the steady-state level required to repair our local and regional roads. The recent audit by the National Oversight and Audit Commission found that 70% of regional roads had some form of structural or surface deficit. Poorly maintained roads are extremely unsafe. They cost lives and cause damage to...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister used to find this frustrating when he was on this side of the House.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his engagement with key stakeholders involved in the Dublin Airport north runway project and the appointment of an independent noise regulator, including the CEO of Fingal County Council. [17778/18]

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: What level of engagement has the Minister had with the key stakeholders involved in the DAA north runway project? I ask with specific reference to the appointment of Fingal County Council as the independent noise regulator to comply with EU directive 598/2014.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: This is a critical piece of national infrastructure which has been delayed because of the Minister. Some 18 months ago we were told that primary legislation or a statutory instrument would be put in place to make the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, the competent authority. In response to a previous question, the Minister said he hoped Members would keep asking this question so that he could...

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister said no funding was expended on this to date. My understanding is that the Minister's Department got independent legal advice from outside the Attorney General's office and that led to the decision that was taken. Who paid for that?

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: There is nothing new in the Minister's reply in terms of what will happen here and now. If one considers capital investment in transport, it was €3.8 billion in 2008 but fell to €1 billion in 2016. Congestion costs the State millions of euro every year and it robs people of their lives by ensuring they spend long periods commuting to and from work. The National Transport...

Priority Questions: Transport Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Robert Troy: When the Minister speaks of all of these plans he never once gives a timeline. He talks about BusConnects but that is 2027. At present, 60% of new Dublin Bus buses are replacement buses, at a time when the number of passenger journeys on Dublin bus has increased from approximately 120 million to 150 million per annum in three years. This year, 15 of the new buses are actually replacement...