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Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (11 May 2017)

Robert Troy: ...- that is a given. The Minister must accept that most community employment workers who commence work in child care services are taking part in training programmes under which they attain a level 5 qualification after the first year and a level 6 qualification after the second year. Earlier today, I spoke to a lady who runs the community child care service in Ballymahon, County Longford....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ...the Minister Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys. However, the previous regional enterprise development fund has supported rural hubs in other areas throughout Ireland. This new €5 million priming fund is an opportunity. If one had a specific idea in Carlow that may come forward for a regional hub, one could avail of this €5 million fund to come forward,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Robert Troy: On the €1.5 million allocated to the training fund, I concur with the Minister that a large number of child care staff need basic training and require FETAC level 5 and 6 qualifications. However, some service providers who have acquired this basic level of training need to obtain other qualifications that are critical to the management and operation of services. The Minister may...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: ..., what will be grants and what will be equity. My reading of the schemes is that, particularly for the smaller businesses, there will be support for microenterprise and for Microfinance Ireland of €5 million and an emergency Brexit fund for microenterprise of €5 million. Both of those are either loans or repayable grants but there are no grants for small businesses that get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrading of the N4 and N5 Roads Infrastructure: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Robert Troy: About €5 million over a three-year period is what is being looked for.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Robert Troy: I am asking about the €5 million that was allocated. I am not talking about from 2019.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Robert Troy: How many new buses will the €5 million that has been allocated deliver?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2019)

Robert Troy: A total of €3 million remains to be delivered under the cycle 5 programme.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: -----to work with the promoters of projects within her county that would be of regional benefit to the south east in order that they come forward to avail of this €5 million in funding and to ensure that they are ready to access the higher funding later in the year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ..., before we launched the plan, that we wanted to have a funding stream in place to ensure that the objectives could be delivered, which is key. We have secured that funding stream. It is €180 million over the lifetime of the plan. A new fund of €5 million was launched last week. It is a priming and feasibility fund which will enable promoters and projects to come forward,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Robert Troy: On the €2.5 million allocated for the mentoring programme, when will we learn precisely how the programme will be delivered? Is the Department certain existing services will not be replicated? The Minister indicated it will be a stand-alone programme administered by Pobal. The county child care committees could administer the programme, thus reducing administration costs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (10 Feb 2022)

Robert Troy: ...to Goods Exports and Imports. These statistics can be found on the website www.cso.ie According to the CSO, in 2020 the value of goods exports from Ireland to the UK fell by 8% to €14,715 million when compared with 2019. However, in the period January - November 2021 (latest data available) goods exports from Ireland to the UK reached a value of €16,686 million, which...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Robert Troy: I will keep the questions specific. There is a €5 million allocation for bus and Luas investment. The Minister said an additional €5 million will be assigned partly to bus fleet purchase and partly to stage payments for eight additional Luas trams. How many new buses will be acquired with the funding? When will they be delivered? Will these be new buses? The money is...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Robert Troy: We focused on that predominantly. There was some toing and froing but I asked the Minister a number of questions which were not answered. Of the €5 million for bus and Luas investment, how many new buses will it deliver? Will they be hybrid buses? When were the eight additional Luas trams ordered and when will they be delivered? I also asked how many rail stations are not fully...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: How much will be invested in infrastructure over the next several years? The biggest investment is in the installation of meters, the cost of which was underestimated and will be closer to €600 million than €500 million. We are taking money out of the National Pensions Reserve Fund to invest in water meters at a time when we have a crisis in homelessness. According to the...

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (10 May 2017)

Robert Troy: The Minister mentioned his plan for 2025, but that is for 10 million visitors and revenue of €5 billion. That is totally unambitious in the context of our position now. We need a new plan that takes on board the effects of Brexit. I compliment Tourism Ireland on the work it has done in the past. It is now ranked third in the world from a marketing perspective out of 141 countries...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Robert Troy: ...The Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024 are currently being finalised by my Department. They will be published and launched across the country in the coming weeks. My Department has approved over €126 million in funding to 79 enterprise strengthening projects in every region over a series of competitive calls since 2017. This has been provided through Enterprise Ireland via the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Robert Troy: ...The Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024 are currently being finalised by my Department. They will be published and launched across the country in the coming weeks. My Department has approved over €126 million in funding to 79 enterprise strengthening projects in every region over a series of competitive calls since 2017. This has been provided through Enterprise Ireland via the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Robert Troy: ...for Job claims there is considerable potential for youth work services to contribute to the wider Government approach to addressing youth unemployment. Despite this, we witness a further cut of €2 million in the 2014 youth services budget, on top of 5% cuts in 2013 and 2012. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Cabra For Youth and witnessing at first-hand the fantastic good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: ...directly. Most community services do not have the capacity to employ directly community employment scheme workers. The group with which I work has five community employment workers, and not in a million years would it have the capacity to employ these workers when their eligibility runs out. The new community employment participants coming to replace them will not have a level 6 or...