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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an appointment with the eye and ear hospital in Dublin 2, without further delay. [25364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy for rolling out Síolta and Aistear; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25193/15]

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: What is the position with regard to the after care legislation and Children First Bill?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: When will all the elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 be enacted to ensure that it will be compulsory for all early years settings to facilitate children with special educational needs? The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas almost two years ago but it has yet to be...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: It was watered down.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension rights for Community Employment Supervisors; and if she will acknowledge the need for negotiations with the sector regarding same. [24485/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of negotiations her Department has held with the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union regarding community employment supervisors' pensions, and her strategy to bring these conclusions to a satisfactory conclusion without delay. [25074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considers it appropriate that many supervisors of Community Employment Schemes are working on the same contracts as participants, as this is causing anxiety regarding their job security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is not the employer of Community Employment supervisors, the reason it is in a position to issue instructions, targets, and criteria, which must be met. [25076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that Community Employment Schemes are making to the Health Budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental disabilities, who are engaged on the Schemes that provide rehabilitation. [25077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that it is fair that persons who are unemployed are able to receive considerable child care discounts under the subvention scheme, whereas persons who are receiving minimum wages are charged almost 100% of the fees under the scheme (details supplied). [24980/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education Standards (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation he had, and the rationale for his decision to extend the requirement for Further Education and Training Awards Council Level 5 for early childhood care and education scheme to the workforce by 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that some patients are left waiting for physiotherapy (details supplied) so long that they have to make the decision to be treated privately as they cannot stick the pain any longer, in some cases taking out loans to cover the cost of treatment. [24706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (23 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 665. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct her Department to conclude negotiations and ensure that the heritage structure of Granard Mote in County Longford is concluded without any further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25073/15]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill. We finally get to speak on it after all the delayed starts over the past two days. The original principle underpinning the Children Act 2001 was that detention should always be a last resort for children. As society has evolved over recent years and the past decade, practices that were once acceptable are no longer acceptable. I welcome the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: I thank our contributors. They are welcome to our third session on the challenges facing this critical sector. I congratulate the Association of Childhood Professionals on the fantastic work done in recent months in bringing this issue to the fore, including the public rally outside Leinster House in February as well as the regional rallies some weeks ago. This has certainly helped our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (17 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 June 2015, when the legislation to regulate surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so. [23992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath who have signed up for the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision without further delay, as the living conditions are extremely unsuitable and almost one-third of those involved are children; and her further plans to provide alternative accommodation. [23073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: 431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the rights of the church and religious orders will be protected following the inclusion of the provision that marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex in Article 41 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23054/15]