Results 21-40 of 53 for 5 million speaker:Robert Troy

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?

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Robert Troy: ...the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The Bill gives legislative effect to the budget. The budget was primarily based upon the VAT increase in the hospitality industry from 9% to 13.5%. According to the Minister for Finance, it will yield in the region of €466 million. It is possible that revenue from tourism will drop as a consequence of this measure. I am conscious we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: ...Regarding Irish Rail, Mr. Allen said the job of the board is to make sure that Irish Rail is adequately resourced. He also went on to say that because of the lack of resources afforded to Irish Rail, it now needs €103 million per annum for the next five years. How does he intend to fund that? He said that Irish Rail is in danger of losing competitiveness but I would say it has...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Robert Troy: I will not attack someone in his absence, but it is fair to say that the new communications unit which was established at a cost of €5 million obviously did not write a particular person's speech this morning. This budget is a fairer budget thanks to the result of the general election in 2016. What the Deputies opposite fail to realise is that in the general election of 2016, the...

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....

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...

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.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Robert Troy: ...to influence policy and their responsibility to the people who placed their confidence and faith in them in the last general election, we did not and we do not apologise for using the 500,000-plus votes we received to change the direction in which this country is going. In the budget before this one there was a 50:50 split of tax cuts to services, whereas in this budget, thanks to our...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: Last week, the CSO published a report that showed Ireland's growth rate surging to 26.3% in 2015. It made a mockery of Ireland and was described as leprechaun economics by the Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman. The publication of this report makes no sense, in particular because of the reputational damage it has caused. Last week, Deputy Micheál Martin called for the data collection...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Robert Troy: ...he could be performing five operations a day but was currently only allowed to perform two. I asked him innocently how long it took him to perform the two operations. I remember that I asked him at about 11.45 a.m. by which time he said he had performed the operations to be performed that day. I asked what he would do for the rest of the day. He said he would have his lunch and...

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

Robert Troy: ...alarming issue of the IT support Tusla is receiving from the HSE. I am not in any way criticising the Minister but I believe he needs to intervene. Tusla is receiving support in the region of 0.5% but it needs this to be increased to 5%. Intervention is needed at a very senior level in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Health to ensure Tusla is...

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...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2015)

Robert Troy: ...political divide would acknowledge that the agency has struggled to keep up with everything we would like to see it address. Last year alone, Mr. Gordon Jeyes, the CEO of Tusla, called for €18 million extra just to keep up with the shortfall in social workers. We have seen a 17% cut to domestic violence services since 2012 while counselling services were cut by 47%. There has...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: ...a full service framework and the necessary resources for aftercare. It is unfortunate that on Committee Stage in the Seanad the Government ruled Fianna Fáil amendments to the Bill out of order. 5 o’clock The Bill may not oblige the organisation to put in place fully resourced aftercare plans which are tailored to the individual needs of all vulnerable young people leaving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: ...proactive and very supportive of the services in those counties. Perhaps the witnesses will comment on that. It has been suggested that approximately 4% of the overall expenditure of €260 million on early years settings is spent through the county child care committees as part of the national delivery structure. Do the committees feel they have the capacity to deliver more? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: ...campaign and actively campaigned. Now that the decision is final, I want to know who will take responsibility, or be held accountable, for the fact that material was published, at a cost of €1 million, which did not concur with the McKenna principles and, as a result, has delayed implementation of the result from the vote that was held in November 2012. Someone must pay the...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Troy: ...into a reality with the Minister’s announcement on the 8th October 2013 that Cabinet had agreed to the rollout of the unique seven digit character code to every letter box in the State by 2015." In this context, the Minister has introduced the Bill to ensure the processing of any personal data in post code enabled databases is in compliance with the Data Protection Act. From...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Troy: I acknowledge the Minister made €3 million available; that is not in question. However, in a sector that employs 24,000 people, that equates to €125 per head. That would not buy the books to study at FETAC level 5 or 6. The staff in the sector feel they are undervalued and under resourced for the pivotal role they play in society and they are right. If they did not feel...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: ...of its kind and because it is in such a precarious financial position, for the first time since 1998 the voices of the most vulnerable children will be silenced. There is a shortfall of €1 million and if that is not found before the end of the year, the service risks being closed, from 3 p.m. to 8 a.m. This 24-hour service has been in place since 1998. It provides an invaluable...