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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Robert Troy: ...is an opportunity to overcharge. The Minister has said that "Over the course of the past year to date, there were three parliamentary questions .... tabled to my Department on insurance". The dogs on the street have known for the past two years that insurance is crippling business across every sector. It is at the Minister's door now. Unfortunately, I do not believe the momentum is...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: ...and welcoming society. Thankfully, immigration has never been party political issue in Ireland. It should not become one. However, there have been recent attempts, whether deliberate, accidental or clumsy, to dog whistle to those on the right. I salute the efforts of the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, who is present. He is a sincere politician who is trying hard to address...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2018)

Robert Troy: ...seek to do so because health and safety are paramount. However, the board's lack of support for the directors of the Mullingar stadium making the necessary physical improvements is hampering the dog track's ability to reach its full potential. Consequently, the stadium is losing revenue weekly. The track is turning down highly profitable benefit nights and is no longer available to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Sep 2018)

Robert Troy: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for persons to be given a replacement guide dog in circumstances in which their guide dogs are retired; and the procedure in such cases. [36437/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Robert Troy: ...has evolved over the past number of months will have been alarming to people looking in from outside. The Attorney General, who was advising the Government on legislation, described the Bill as a dog's dinner and that was borne out yesterday evening. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, had to have crisis talks on this legislation but it is an awful pity he does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (16 May 2017)

Robert Troy: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is legislation to enforce maximum noise levels in urban areas, for example, dogs barking. [23097/17]

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: ...terrified in their own homes. On my way home from the Chamber recently, I called into a constituent to discuss a query which had nothing to do with crime. The man had two Alsatians and a collie dog and I said no one would come in and interfere with him. He said they would not and that he sleeps soundly at night because he has the animals with him and lies beside a shotgun in his bed....

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Reports (3 Jul 2013)

Robert Troy: ...? HSE reports that clearly do not convey the severity of situations - words such as "dirty" and "unhygienic" do not adequately describe children with lice-ridden hair, beds saturated in urine, dog excrement on living room floors and mouldy food adhered to kitchen counters - are not good enough. It is a sickening and disgusting practice for a modern, progressive society. What immediate...

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

Robert Troy: ...rapporteur on child protection called for this in his last report. It is to be welcomed. I commend the author of the report. Much of what it unearthed would never have been unearthed without the dogged and determined efforts of the author of the report, who called to the institution at unorthodox hours. He must be complimented. In light of the severity of the report, will the Minister...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (22 Sep 2011)

Robert Troy: ...House gardens and park in which the local authority, Westmeath County Council, has invested a considerable amount of money since it bought it in 1982. Locke's distillery is in Kilbeggan, there are dog tracks in counties Westmeath and Longford and there is a racecourse in Kilbeggan. Ardagh in County Longford is a beautiful village which won the tidy towns competition some years ago, and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Robert Troy: ...a cross-party group to investigate political reform. Some of the newer Members of the House should sit on this group because, with all due respect to long-serving Members, it is hard to teach old dogs new tricks. Members who have fought several campaigns over a 20 to 30 year period become comfortable with the status quo because they know they can be elected and they sometimes appear...

Response to the Aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: Statements (23 Mar 2011)

Robert Troy: ...from 14 countries and more than 78,000 blankets have been received and then channelled through the Japan Red Cross Society. In total, 890 international search and rescue specialists and 37 rescue dogs, from 20 teams representing 15 countries, have supported the Japanese rescue teams in this disaster response. The majority have now completed their assignments and only four teams remain....