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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: Is that scheme discontinued?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I make no apologies for asking some difficult questions because that is what I was elected to do. Representatives of the child care sector request me to do so. With regard to childminders, I asked specifically about the abolition of the posts within the county child care committees throughout the country, which occurred in the past two years. I also asked about the amendments that would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I will follow the point made by the Minister that the primary focus must be on the child. That is true. It is interesting to note what the economist, Mr. Gray, had to say. Economists normally tend to dwell on facts, figures and statistics. However, he has made the point that if we do not support the long-term unemployed in getting back into the workforce, children from such families tend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I appreciate that, but we only received the Minister's presentation before the meeting commenced. I am surprised by one of the lines in her contribution. She said: "I am conscious that changes to schemes operated by the Department of Social Protection have placed further pressure on the community child care sector." Was it not a whole-of-government approach? Was there not a collective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I thank the Chair. I will be as brief as possible but, to be fair, this is an opportunity for the committee to ask questions and to make valuable use of the experts who are with us this morning to discuss an important issue that faces so many families around the country. I compliment the Donegal County Childcare Committee on the work it has done in producing the report which helps feed into...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the submission made by An Garda Síochána to enforce a ban on shotguns which are capable of holding more than three rounds. [8648/14]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: The Bill was promised last year.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: It bamboozled the Chief Whip.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: No Bills have been introduced.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: Does Deputy Griffin have a parliamentary party?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: Deputy Griffin can ask it at the parliamentary party.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: How could the Taoiseach do that after the Deputy had congratulated him on his win?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I wish to raise two issues. The international spotlight is back on Ireland and, indeed, some notable thinkers in our community this week raised the issue of the 60,000 Irish people who went through forced adoptions and are seeking to find their original identities. This can only be described as a fundamental right. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, has...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: When will we receive the report?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: State Bodies Expenditure (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to Tusla and its establishment, the cost of rebranding, new stationery and facilities and refurbishment of offices for the organisation; the cost of overall website design and rebranding; if an external public relations or design company was employed to develop or undertake the rebranding; the cost of any such external...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 17 December 2013, if he will expedite the consultation date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [8408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Programmes (18 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for ceasing funding to the Meitheal project in County Wexford; the alternative funding or alternative programmes she is putting in place as a result of her decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8334/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (18 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding overcrowding on the Sligo to Dublin train. [7610/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: 834. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reopen the rail line between Mullingar and Athlone to facilitate enterprise and passengers commuting between these two large midland towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8196/14]

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: I wish to convey to the Minister and his officials the appreciation of Deputy Moynihan, who could not be present because he an appointment elsewhere, in respect of this legislation. While I understand that the legislation will greatly improve the provision of broadband services in urban settings, I take this opportunity to refer, as I did during a Topical Issue debate prior to Christmas, to...