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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VRT rebate for electric vehicles from 2021 to 2026. [14878/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VRT rebate for hybrid vehicles from 2021 to 2026. [14879/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 277. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on constructing and maintaining the electric vehicle charging network in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14880/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the EU directives that fall within his Department's remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the estimated date for transposition into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to address the overcrowding on Dublin's bus system; and the process by which Dublin Bus can acquire new buses. [14871/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department monitors demand for buses in Dublin city and its environs and ensures that the bus system is being managed as effectively as possible. [14872/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the comparative analysis of congestion on main commuter routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times there have been delays to buses in Dublin in each of the years since 2016; and the reasons for these delays, for example, scheduling error, mechanical breakdown and so on in tabular form. [14873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Waiting Lists (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated waiting times and number of those waiting for a practical driver test by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxsaver passes for public transport will be reviewed in view of the delays and overcrowding on the Luas line; if bearers of these tickets for rail services can be transferred for use on Bus Éireann as an interim measure until the delays and overcrowding issues on the Luas are resolved; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (29 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: 379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has published a cost-benefit analysis of the cost of extending the DART service to Drogheda, as compared to the cost of upgrading the signalling system along this route and in Dublin city centre to facilitate an increase in the frequency of commuter rail service along this line; his plans to publish the analysis done...

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: The Minister concluded by asking for the support of the House for as swift a passage of the Bill as possible. We will not be found wanting on this side of the House. We support the Bill and we see it as a common-sense approach to cracking down on crimes in our State and in other member states. Ireland was supposed to implement the Prüm decision by August 2011, so it is well overdue....

Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: When will the debate resume?

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: I want to make a couple of points on the Bill, and I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the debate. As my colleague has already outlined, Fianna Fáil will support the Bill because we support its main content. The Bill provides IDA Ireland with the power to acquire strategic sites for industrial development where it has identified particular...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: I regret it does not clarify the matter. I am well aware of the eligibility criteria for participation on the community employment scheme, which the Government changed a number of years ago. This change is having a devastating impact on community employment schemes. I am surprised that schemes in the Minister of State's constituency have not contacted him about the impact this change is...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topical issue for debate because it is extremely important. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable work of the many participants on the community employment schemes the length and breadth of the country. They are very much at the heart of our community. It might be beneficial for the Minister of State to engage in this debate...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: They have huge difficulty now because the pool of available participants is being squeezed by both sides. On one side there has been an increase in employment opportunities, and that is extremely welcome, but on the other side changes were made to the eligibility criteria for the scheme in April 2017. This is placing a huge burden on participants and many of the schemes. It is putting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: What organisations are to be invited to appear before the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Robert Troy: This is in regard to Metrolink.