Results 7,961-7,980 of 15,883 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned capacity of the revised metro north in terms of passenger per hour per direction and maximum future scalability; and if, due to the revision of the platform length, the revised metro project will only be able to handle capacities (details supplied). [44395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities are now taking into consideration benefits from the metro north when determining development levies; and if not, when he anticipates they will begin to do this. [44403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €140 million prior expenditure that has been lost from the revision of the design of the metro north project. [44404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and the NTA will reconsider the Clongriffin spur to Dublin Airport or another heavy rail connection to the airport, in view of the ambition in the draft national planning framework to enable growth for Dublin (details supplied). [44396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis has explored proposals to relocate services, facilities and capacities from Dublin Port to another national port or port of regional significance as a means of reducing congestion and other issues in Dublin city; and if so, the study and-or conclusions it reached. [44397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options his Department and-or TII are considering to achieve the objective of key future growth enablers for County Cork under the national planning framework draft with regard to enhanced regional connectivity through improved average journey times by road. [44398/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options his Department and TII are considering to achieve the objective of key future growth enablers for County Limerick under the national planning framework draft with regard to enhanced regional connectivity through improved average journey times by road to counties Cork and Waterford. [44399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on public transport projects (details supplied) to date. [44401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on road projects (details supplied) to date. [44402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Longford for the purpose of promoting tourism within the county in view of the fact County Longford has been allocated just €2,000 for the promotion of tourism in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if the guaranteed income of €12,700 associated with drawing down a private pension early is remaining at the current rate or if it will be reverting to over €18,000; and if there will be changes to this matter as a result of the recent budget or as part of the Finance Bill. [44234/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I thank the committee for inviting the representatives and for giving the opportunity to scrutinise this statutory instrument. I had requested this during the summer. Having listened to the questions here this evening I am glad that I requested the scrutiny because there still seems to be a number of outstanding issues. It is quite alarming that even at this stage, despite the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I am sorry to disappoint Mr. Fox. I did not want to cast aspersions on his organisation. He made a comment that his was a break-away organisation from an existing group. I wanted to know how many people broke away from the organisation and how many members there are. Mr. Fox implied he was representing a large body by saying he had a mailing list of 500. I was simply pointing out that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: Mr. Clancy stated that he has invoices which show that this charge has been passed on to customers at between €1.50 and €3.50 over recent years. Why did Repak ELT decide to impose a higher charge on its customers? It did not go to tender but made that decision. A point was made about the comparison with other European countries. However, reputable contractors or operators...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: The marketing for truck tyres is obviously more costly. The greater the diameter, the higher the cost.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 1% rate of stamp duty on family transfers. [43673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electric Vehicles (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to install electric charge facilities for schools that wish to become more green. [43562/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided for a school (details supplied) to carry out essential maintenance works. [43971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [43494/17]