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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In reality the Minister is telling us that it will be the tail end of 2013 before the scheme will be fully operational.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: Has the Minister taken on board the additional administrative costs that will be associated with the county child care committees? I am sure the Minister is hearing, as my colleagues and I are hearing, that they are under severe financial pressure at the moment to administer all the schemes they are currently administering.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the after-school childcare scheme announced in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56976/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: In his verdict, Mr. Justice O'Donnell pointed out that some of the language used in this so-called independent literature was the same language used in the Minister's speech at the launch of the Fine Gael campaign for a "Yes" vote. As a Fine Gael parliamentarian the Minister was entitled, as I was as a Fianna Fáil parliamentarian, to advocate a "Yes" vote, but why was it the same...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: It is deplorable that it has taken the Minister six weeks to give a response in this House to queries regarding the Supreme Court ruling. The argument that she has responded in the Seanad is interesting given her party's commitment to abolish that House. It is only now, six weeks after the ruling, that we in this House are being given an opportunity to obtain some measure of feedback on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the Supreme Court judgement that her Department acted in breach of the Constitution during the recent Children’s Referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56975/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contribution her Department will make to tackling youth unemployment in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (18 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on youth work; if it informed any of her policy choices with regard to Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56977/12]

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: The Minister is operating under an illusion.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: As a relatively new Member of this House, I am deeply frustrated and disappointed by the manner in which the Government has scheduled debate in the House this week. As an elected representative of my constituency, I was given a mandate to represent the views of the constituents of Longford-Westmeath. This week, two very important issues which will affect every family, not just this year but...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: I guarantee the Tánaiste's party will not be in government for 14 years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of satellite inspections and on farm inspections undertaken by his Department across all the direct payment scheme covering land eligibility, cross compliance and any other areas of inspections for 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55973/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he is making on the resumption of the live export trade to the Middle East and North Africa, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt; the position regarding veterinary certificates for live cattle to these markets; the availability and certification of boats suitable for transport to these markets; when he expects exports to resume; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether Budget 2013 will result in more children in poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56025/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [56067/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grants (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the respite care grant and the percentage of recipients who are not in receipt of the carer's allowance, that is the number of persons who exceed the income limit for carer's allowance but who receive respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56089/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding being allocated for the School Completion Programme in 2013; the way it compares with 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56026/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in low income households that will benefit under the community childcare subvention programme in 2013; the way this compares to 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56126/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the low number of voluntary and Health Service Executive notified child-minders nationally, her plans to regulate this sector by bringing all paid child-minders under the Child Care Pre-School Regulations 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56132/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (13 Dec 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the only local support to non-regulated child-minders is provided through the Health Service Executive funded child-minders advisory worker post within a number of county childcare committees, the way in which this sector will be supported when HSE funding is discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the...