Results 7,101-7,120 of 15,830 for speaker:Robert Troy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: Perhaps the Minister can outline in his reply the percentage of the moneys which were not allocated and where that funding was spent, or indeed whether that unspent funding was held back. Will there be an opportunity for people to avail of that funding? After this session a number of representatives from the various minority sporting bodies will address us. It would be advantageous if the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: What are the amounts that they have benefitted from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: I refer to the actual amounts allocated for the 22 schools versus the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: I am aware of it, and it is still happening. The Minister made on apology on "Today with Sean O'Rourke".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: The Minister must not have done so if he has them with him today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: Did the Minister root them out of the bin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: The Minister travelled the country-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: The Ministers of State, Deputies Finian McGrath and Kevin Boxer Moran, and the Minister travelled the country to meet sports clubs. There were photographs of the Minister on social media after allocations had been announced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: Stop it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: To support their applications, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: I supported many applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: There is the matter of Stepaside Garda station.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: No, it is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: That is how the Minister intervenes to suit himself and processes are ignored.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: The general public realises it and the Minister knows it, which is why he is getting so upset.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: I presume we will have the opportunity to come back in. I am conscious that there are a lot of guests here from the minority sports, if the Minister of State wishes to finish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: Normally when questions are asked and the Minister, Minister of State or officials give their reply, we are given an opportunity to come in very briefly at the end. I wanted to come back in briefly because the Minister, Deputy Ross, made a charge against me and I wanted to clarify a point I made in my opening statement. I thank the Minister for acknowledging the eight representations I made...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: Something needs to change in order to ensure that wider disadvantaged communities are supported. There is something wrong if those involved do not believe that they can even apply for funding. That is what we need to change and address.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)
Robert Troy: I apologise for having to leave soon, but I am due to speak in the Dáil. I also apologise to the delegates for the delay in commencing this session, but we had to deal with other committee business first. I thank them for being here and their opening statements. As rightly stated by Ms O'Connor, sport is powerful in terms of mental and physical health well-being, in reducing...