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Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Robert Troy: -----I had prior commitments in my constituency and could not be there. I agree with her that it is very welcome that this is one of the first pieces of legislation to be debated in this Dáil term. One of the most significant developments in child protection in recent years has been the constitutional change approved by the people of Ireland in November 2012. Article 42A "affirms...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Tyre Disposal (26 Mar 2015)

Robert Troy: ...to the extensive consultation the Department is having with the industry. However, the representative body that represents more than 90% of the service providers, the Independent Tyre Wholesalers and Retailers Association, has pulled out of the negotiations. The association has pulled out of the consultation agreement because it believes it is mere window-dressing and the Department is...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “establishing a Commission under that Act;” and substitute the following: “— calls for Schedule (11) (B) of the draft Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters) Order, 2015 to be amended by inserting after ‘their children’, ‘with particular regard to the...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: If the Minister compares the turnover of social workers with other health professionals such as nurses, it is quite high. One social worker recently said:I started to feel that instead of helping these children and families I was now part of a system that was causing them further harm and stress. Every social worker I speak to has an exit strategy because it is impossible. It is not...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: It is important that the inquiry be inclusive. It is also important that the stakeholders - the women who lived in thee institutions and the survivors - have their voices heard. It is important that the inquiry be issue based. We are not talking only about a set number of institutions commonly known as mother and baby homes. The malnutrition, abuse, neglect, forced adoptions, illegal...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: ...onto this committee. I do not engage in theatrical-style stunts. The subhead is welcome because it enables the commencement of the commission of investigation into institutions commonly known as mother and baby homes. I have spoken to survivors who spent time in these institutions and know that they do not like these facilities being termed "mother and baby homes" because there was...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: Fianna Fáil fully supports the decision to establish a statutory commission of investigation into the treatment of women and children at mother and baby homes. This came about following the horrific revelations in the national media regarding the barbaric practices in the mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway. We have been consistent in our belief that this matter should be...

Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (1 Jul 2014)

Robert Troy: ...parties forgo their rights, they cannot get access to the required information. Only six weeks ago, I met a lady who came over to visit her adopted son. Both parties are in regular contact with and visit each other but cannot get access to their records, despite both of them agreeing to forgo their rights and being willing to engage with each other. What interim solution will be...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Robert Troy: Earlier today at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children there were several groups representing people who have been adopted, including the Adoption Rights Alliance and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, among others. One issue that came up among all contributors was the lack of progress in respect of the adoption (information and tracing) Bill. This legislation would give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Robert Troy: I apologise to our guests for being late. Unfortunately, I have another commitment and must leave shortly. In respect of international adoption, like many of my colleagues, I have received numerous items of correspondence and representations relating to families who wish to adopt internationally. Following the Adoption Act 2010, people can only adopt from countries that have signed the...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Robert Troy: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this important issue. I would like to acknowledge the hard and persistent work of Ms Catherine Corless, who was determined to get to the bottom of the facts by accessing archived materials in order that the mothers and babies of Tuam could be remembered correctly. Considerable work has also been done by historians in colleges across the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Robert Troy: Few topics have generated the debate and discussion that the topic we are discussing today has. The item has substantially occupied my thoughts in recent weeks and months. I very much respect that there are varying opinions. Regardless of the side of the debate one is on or the perspective from which one arrives at one's conclusions, it is fair to say that we all wish to see the protection...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (25 Sep 2012)

Robert Troy: ...come. The people of this country now have an opportunity for a national debate on enshrining the rights of children in the Constitution. As we begin this debate it is important to question and to seek clarification on certain issues in order to satisfy ourselves that we are inserting the best possible wording into the Constitution. In light of that, we have tabled a number of amendments...