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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: I welcome the Minister and thank her for her report. I have a few brief observations to make and wish to raise a number of questions with her. The forthcoming referendum is generating little traction. I am concerned about the lack of media attention in terms of having an informed debate in the wider community. We fully support the referendum and have done so all along. We have arranged...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sale of Aer Lingus (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his intentions regarding the State's holding in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45177/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future of the minor works grant and if it will be available next year. [45486/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Vaccination Programme (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide adequate support to the children who have acquired narcolepsy as a result of being inoculated against swine flu; in view of the growing evidencethat exists to prove that this vaccine has detrimental effects on children's health; if he will ensure that the necessary services are provided for them by the State; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future of the minor works grant and if it will be available next year. [45486/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Vaccination Programme (18 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide adequate support to the children who have acquired narcolepsy as a result of being inoculated against swine flu; in view of the growing evidencethat exists to prove that this vaccine has detrimental effects on children's health; if he will ensure that the necessary services are provided for them by the State; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Functions (17 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the practical advantages of trade being assimilated into his Department; the progress that has been made as a result of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44905/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (17 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the legislation to allow community welfare officers to have more leniency and to be able to make decisions on a discretion basis towards larger families on rent supplement, as current legislation is restricted to two adults with three children. [44988/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (17 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the availability of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering changing the inclusion of child support in the calculation of means in lone parents allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44423/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances Review (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the minimum and maximum amount he hopes to save with the abolishing of 80 allowances. [44836/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has had discussions with groups representing childcare providers regarding the impact the proposed sick pay proposals will have on the provision of childcare services and the additional costs such a measure could impose on these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40692/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [44483/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Civil Registration Bill will be published and if it will be compulsory to include the father's name on the birth certificate as a result of this legislation. [44651/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for when rent supplements will be transferred from the Health Service Executive to the various local authorities. [44685/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he envisages that the mortgage to rent scheme working; when a definitive list of financial institutions will be published; and when the scheme is planned to commence. [44193/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an application by Longford County Council for the provision of a library and the refurbishment of the town hall as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44719/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the report compiled by the Inspector of Prisons on St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, will be published. [44268/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Expenditure (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale he applied when making cuts to the various farming schemes. [44156/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Robert Troy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the context of the pending children's first legislation and the vetting legislation and the need for child protection for all children, if she will give a commitment that she will introduce regulation for all child minders regardless of the number of children been cared for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44680/12]