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- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Education (13 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that childcare funding schemes are presenting more demands on childcare services to avail of particular training or have certain competencies, and that in service training is often carried out by early childhood staff voluntarily on their own time, the solutions she will put forward to address this issue; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Education (13 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if resources for a national implementation programme regarding síolta, aistear and the national literacy and numeracy strategy will be a key feature of the forthcoming national early years strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56135/12]
- 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 if discussions have taken place with Health Service Executive regarding the discontinuation of complementary funding supports to county childcare committees as a result of a refocus of role of the Child and Family Support Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56136/12]
- 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 proposed discontinuation of Health Service Executive complementary funding used to provide essential low cost and accessible continuing professional development opportunities and quality compliance supports for childcare staff through county childcare committees, the way in which these valuable supports will be provided at...
- 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 financial supports she will put in place to assist full-time working parents who pay fees for childcare provision who are outside the bands of the community childcare subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56138/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56063/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (13 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card rejection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [56064/12]
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: Politics is about choices. There are alternatives. The choices we make say a lot about us as a society. Let us decide that we wish to protect the most vulnerable members of society. The Government should go after the people who are fraudulently claiming social welfare. It should increase taxation for those who can afford to pay it and cut child benefit for the people who do not wish to...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: The Government should just keep its promises.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: Holding on to the reins of power.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: I hope ye do a better job than ye did in 1982 to 1987.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: Prior to the general election, many of the leading members of the parties now in government competed with each other in their negative descriptions of the economy. They knew full well the impact the global economic crisis was having on our island. Even with that knowledge, they proceeded to make election promises. It was on the basis of those promises and various other commitments that...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: My colleague referred to the lack of reform and he is correct in that regard. The changes to PRSI for people who earn just over €18,500 will not do much to encourage those at the lower end of the spectrum to return to employment. The jobs strategy introduced by the Government just after it entered office proved to be a disaster. More people are unemployed now than in 2011. What has...
- Message from Select Sub-Committee (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: The Select Sub-Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Civil Defence Bill 2012 and has made no amendments thereto.
- Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: May I remind both Ministers and Deputies that there is one minute for both a supplementary question and reply in fairness to all Members? Deputy Naughten now has 30 seconds left for his supplementary.
- Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: Unfortunately, time has elapsed and we must move on to the next question.
- Other Questions: European Council Meetings (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: As these two questions are being taken together, there will be a little more time for supplementary questions.
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will participate in any new United Nations missions over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54790/12]
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: The Minister's initial reply should be six minutes.
- Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (12 Dec 2012)
Robert Troy: Deputy Eoghan Murphy has signalled he wishes to ask a question and following him I will call Deputy Naughten.