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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (11 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a TAMS 2 payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of plans for a quality broadband service in Derryadd, Kenagh, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32352/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (11 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on an application for sports capital funding by a group (details supplied). [33033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 757. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will schedule an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (6 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the government held negotiations with the EU to reduce the eligibility criteria for EU cohesion funding in order that small businesses can avail of this funding when making persons redundant. [30502/17]

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: That is fine but I am still trying to find out what that covers.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: While I welcome this, I question the need for it. I understand that because this is a line spend in the Department, when the Minister comes before the Oireachtas committee on a quarterly basis, as he does anyway, we could investigate and question him about this. I understand that because it is part of the Department's spend, it comes under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: What about my question? It concerned the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Committee of Public Accounts.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: Are we debating this at 10 a.m. tomorrow?

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: Can we keep it going?

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: We could go until 10.30 p.m.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: I asked on Second Stage about the guarantee of the public services element of the bid. It is regrettable that the Minister took a potshot at my colleague, Deputy Moynihan, who perhaps raised a slightly lenient point. He does not have the 34 years' Oireachtas experience the Minister has to know where to raise a genuine concern. The Minister will have to invest in infrastructural...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: The Minister might be somewhat surprised that I do not support these amendments. I do not believe we as a Parliament should tie the Government's hands behind its back in terms of what it can underwrite to win this venture. We have to be conscious of the fact an unbelievable amount of work has been done on the bid, going back to November 2012 when Deloitte sports business group conducted a...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: That is the fee we would have to pay to hold the Rugby World Cup here. It is after this we must ensure we underwrite the costs associated with running it. The Minister is right. I do not believe we can clearly specify what we are prepared to spend at a time we are engaging in a competitive tender. Effectively, everything we say here this evening is a matter of public record. It would not...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: That Government took the right decisions.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: The only interjection I made to the Minister's speech was that this is only the second piece of legislation he has brought to the Dáil. When he was talking about being-----

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: He was. He was very excited about it and I am glad to realise it. As I said to the Minister when he contacted me over the past number of days and when he came before the committee, we as a party will support this legislation because we think it is very important and fundamental in underpinning the bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which is one of the world's major sporting events, as the...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: It is only the second Bill the Minister has introduced.

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: I want to acknowledge the Minister's own interests and the personal contribution that she has made in this sector in her lifetime. I think that now she can use her position to increase the contribution that she makes to the early years sector and I want to focus, in my two minutes, on the community settings where we as a previous Fianna Fáil Government have a proud track record, because...