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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...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Robert Troy: ...disabilities, to force the Government into a U-turn. Despite the increase in the HSE budget, the deficit that emerged in 2012 means there will not be sufficient funding even to stand still in 2015, let alone meet the increasing demands placed on our hospital systems. I fear that we will have more of what we experienced in the last several years. The HSE service plan indicates that free...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Social Welfare Bill. It must be acknowledged that the legislation contains a number of positive elements, including an increase of €5 per month in child benefit, a 25% Christmas bonus for long-term welfare recipients, an increase in the living alone allowance to €9 per week and the introduction of a back-to-work...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: ...and to which the Minister alluded in her contribution. Previous Governments used the introduction of free preschool year as a mechanism to introduce minimum qualification standards. Regulation 5 was introduced to ensure that when preschools were inspected, it was not only about physical and environmental issues examined but also the welfare of educational outcomes of the child. The...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2014)

Robert Troy: ...through the community, private and public sector; there are approximately 4,300 child care centres in Ireland; the number of staff employed in the child care sector in Ireland is around 21,000; — there are 405,000 households in Ireland with children under 10 years of age, of which 266,000 households have children under five; — the birth rate in Ireland is the highest in the...

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...

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 - 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...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Robert Troy: ...area has not come under the remit of this new agency and not only because of the lack of detailed framework for interagency co-operation. Yesterday's edition of The Irish Timesreported that €35 million ring-fenced for community mental health services in 2013 might be gobbled up into the overall HSE budget. That comes on top of the failure to spend the entire €35 million...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Troy: ...school year. We knew then that it was untrue and everyone knows now. I welcome the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, yesterday that the Government will hire 500 additional resource teachers to deal with the increased demand. More important than any Member's welcome for the announcement is the great relief it brought to the parents of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Robert Troy: I am making the point that there are serious deficiencies within the services here and now. We tend to look back at historical reports. This week The Sunday Business Post reported that €25.4 million was spent on legal fees for child care. These are all relevant issues. I raise them today because I believe the new agency represents a new opportunity. These are current issues and...

Road Improvement Schemes (11 Jul 2012)

Robert Troy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting what is an extremely important topical issue in my constituency of Longford-Westmeath. In fact, I can conservatively say that 50-plus jobs are on the line today as a result of the new N4 Downes interchange and the ongoing works. The works, which were initiated in 2008, are not the problem and I welcome the investment by the Department of Transport,...

Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)

Robert Troy: ...that we take this opportunity to debate it here this evening. If we really wanted to be populist and simply reduce the cost of petrol and diesel, we would advocate a bigger reduction than one of 5 cent or 4 cent in the excise duty with the balance being made up through a VAT reduction. We are trying to make a real proposal albeit for a modest reduction in the cost of fuel for struggling...