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Tue, 7 Jul 2015
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School Transport Provision
Robert Troy
522. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the withdrawal of school transport routes to a school (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27714/15]
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
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School Transport Provision
Robert Troy
245. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the schools in the Longford and Westmeath area affected by the recent withdrawal of school transport services due to a number of eligible pupils residing in a distinct locality. [26521/15]
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
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School Transport Eligibility
Robert Troy
248. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on correspondence received by families regarding their school transport (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26546/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Disability Allowance Payments
Robert Troy
157. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite arrears of disability allowance to a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting same for over ten weeks. [25758/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Cessation
Robert Troy
190. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the local community employment scheme, which deals with roads, has been discontinued; and if she will consider making provisions for the scheme to commence again as it is of considerable benefit to communities and local authorities. [26171/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Property Tax Data
Robert Troy
216. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Westmeath who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26010/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Property Tax Data
Robert Troy
217. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Longford who have not paid their property tax to date; the number who have paid; and the number eligible for a waiver. [26011/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Living City Initiative
Robert Troy
262. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the progress of the living city initiative; if he will consider extending it to provincial towns to incentivise persons to live in town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26226/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Legislative Measures
Robert Troy
296. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his legislative plans to assist the Dunnes Stores workers. [26166/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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IDA Site Visits
Robert Troy
297. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits to Athlone and Mullingar in County Westmeath and to Longford in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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IDA Site Visits
Robert Troy
298. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the necessary funding to erect a purpose-built innovation and enterprise unit in the Industrial Development Agency park in Marlinstown in Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26228/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Ombudsman for Children Staff
Robert Troy
384. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has sanctioned the request by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children for additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26229/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Philanthropy Initiatives
Robert Troy
387. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has undertaken studies or reviews of the potential impact and revenue implications for his Department of the exiting of Atlantic Philanthropies from grant making in respect of groups that are co-funded by this group and his Department or the Child and Family Agency. [25881/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Child Care Services Funding
Robert Troy
397. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will approve a grant application for funding under the early years capital programme, strand II, in respect of a child care centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [26150/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Youth Cafés Provision
Robert Troy
398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a café (details supplied) in County Longford has not been included in the most recent round of funding. [26170/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Robert Troy
543. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a replacement school for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26225/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Motor Tax Rates
Robert Troy
669. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the licensed road haulage industry by overhauling the draconian road tax structure and associated pricing (details supplied). [25694/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Army Personnel
Robert Troy
7. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence the tangible actions that have been taken for the utilisation of Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Departmental Properties
Robert Troy
25. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24868/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Early Childhood Care Education
Robert Troy
180. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the workforce in early years education who have Further Education and Training Awards Council, Level 5, 6, 7, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25192/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Child and Family Agency
Robert Troy
181. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the groups whose funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been reduced or discontinued for 2015 and 2016. [25235/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Home Help Service Provision
Robert Troy
191. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a child (details supplied) in County Dublin, who was born prematurely and is still in Crumlin hospital in Dublin 12, will receive adequate home help care. [25316/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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General Medical Services Scheme
Robert Troy
195. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the specific criteria for a general practitioner to partake in the free general practitioner scheme for those under six years of age; and the qualifications or education a doctor must have completed. [25336/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Hospital Charges
Robert Troy
196. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a general practitioner refers patients to a casualty unit or hospital for diagnostic tests whether patients have to pay again on arriving for these tests even though they have paid the initial doctor a consultation fee. [25337/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
197. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an appointment with the eye and ear hospital in Dublin 2, without further delay. [25364/15]
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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School Curriculum
Robert Troy
213. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy for rolling out Síolta and Aistear; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25193/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Pension Provisions
Robert Troy
152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the pension rights for Community Employment Supervisors; and if she will acknowledge the need for negotiations with the sector regarding same. [24485/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
206. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the level of negotiations her Department has held with the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union regarding community employment supervisors' pensions, and her strategy to bring these conclusions to a satisfactory conclusion without delay. [25074/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
207. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she considers it appropriate that many supervisors of community employment schemes are working on the same contracts as participants, as this is causing anxiety regarding their job security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25075/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
208. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department is not the employer of community employment supervisors, the reason it is in a position to issue instructions, targets, and criteria, which must be met. [25076/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Robert Troy
209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the savings that community employment schemes are making to the health budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental disabilities, who are engaged on the schemes that provide rehabilitation. [25077/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Child Care Services Provision
Robert Troy
394. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that it is fair that persons who are unemployed are able to receive considerable child care discounts under the subvention scheme, whereas persons who are receiving minimum wages are charged almost 100% of the fees under the scheme (details supplied). [24980/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Early Childhood Care and Education Standards
Robert Troy
398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation he had, and the rationale for his decision to extend the requirement for Further Education and Training Awards Council level 5 for early childhood care and education scheme to the workforce by 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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HSE Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that some patients are left waiting for physiotherapy (details supplied) so long that they have to make the decision to be treated privately as they cannot stick the pain any longer, in some cases taking out loans to cover the cost of treatment. [24706/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Heritage Sites
Robert Troy
665. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct her Department to conclude negotiations and ensure that the heritage structure of Granard Mote in County Longford is concluded without any further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25073/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Legislative Programme
Robert Troy
158. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 June 2015, when the legislation to regulate surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so. [23992/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Robert Troy
364. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath who have signed up for the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23320/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Direct Provision System
Robert Troy
406. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision without further delay, as the living conditions are extremely unsuitable and almost one-third of those involved are children; and her further plans to provide alternative accommodation. [23073/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Proposed Legislation
Robert Troy
431. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the rights of the church and religious orders will be protected following the inclusion of the provision that marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex in Article 41 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23054/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Robert Troy
574. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the person's circumstances. [23210/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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HSE Complaints Procedures
Robert Troy
582. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 14 February 2015, if he will examine a case (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive. [23281/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
Robert Troy
594. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons seeking placement approval under the fair deal scheme in counties Longford and Westmeath; the average duration of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23319/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Robert Troy
765. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes due to be built under the social housing 2020 strategy in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23316/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Housing Assistance Payments Data
Robert Troy
766. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment recipients in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2014 and to date in 2015, and estimated for 2016. [23318/15]
Thu, 11 Jun 2015
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Fisheries Protection
Robert Troy
226. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of growing evidence which confirms no decrease in the number of eels, when he will rescind the eel fishing ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22859/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Robert Troy
121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the legislation to regulate for surrogacy will be enacted; and if it will prevent persons who are unfit to have a child from doing so. [22669/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at University Hospital Galway in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [22558/15]
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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Arts Funding
Robert Troy
205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reinstate the Arts Council funding which funded extremely successful and noteworthy projects such as the Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival (details supplied). [22539/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
Robert Troy
242. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the various changes in eligibility criteria for persons applying for the State pension (contributory) introduced since budget 2012 to date in 2015; the reason these changes were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22112/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Legal Aid
Robert Troy
530. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the qualifying criteria for persons availing of free legal aid; if she has considered putting a limit on the number of times persons can avail of same for repeat criminal offences. [21372/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
602. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding awarded to the resource centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath in the past four years [21373/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Juvenile Offenders
Robert Troy
607. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of children held on remand since January 2013, on a monthly basis; the average length of time these children are held on remand; the percentage of children held on remand who are eventually sentenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21389/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Disability Services Funding
Robert Troy
608. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that the funding from Tusla is not removed from agencies such as the Disability Equality Support Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Early Childhood Care Education
Robert Troy
619. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of centres authorised to deliver early childhood education and care that are operating without the required planning permission; the number of these centres that are contracted to deliver the early childhood care and education scheme on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21822/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Hospice Services Provision
Robert Troy
657. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider, as part of his maternity review, the establishment of a number of perinatal hospice care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21371/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Robert Troy
827. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his views on a recently formed group called regret.ie, a support group for parents whose children have suffered serious health complications following the administering of the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination; if he will consider meeting this group with a view to putting in place the necessary supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Local Authority Finances
Robert Troy
1031. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, on a county basis, the amount of money each council has in reserves, under Part V social affordable legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21369/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Robert Troy
1034. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release the funding for necessary adaptation works for local authority housing without further delay. [21444/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit
Robert Troy
1112. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy used by Inland Fisheries Ireland when selecting companies to be part of its promotions, both nationally and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Community Involvement Scheme
Robert Troy
1158. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-introduce a community involvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21374/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
1193. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding mechanisms available through her Department for smaller heritage and tourism projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21367/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
1198. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants that may be available under the arts and heritage umbrella for a committee trying to organise an Irish entertainment festival this summer. [21613/15]
Thu, 28 May 2015
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Robert Troy
20. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of additional midwives and nurses at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [20761/15]
Thu, 28 May 2015
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Hospital Services
Robert Troy
44. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to enhance long stay facilities in St. Joseph’s Hospital, County Longford and in St. Mary’s Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [20760/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Child Protection Services Provision
Robert Troy
1. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the number of unaccessed files found in protection and welfare services in the Laois-Offaly area; the measures being taken to address these shortcomings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Child and Family Agency Funding
Robert Troy
4. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address concerns over cuts in funding by the Child and Family Agency to groups that provide support services for children. [19880/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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School Completion Programme
Robert Troy
10. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to reversing cuts to the school completion programme and to ensuring the programme is secured for the future. [20401/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Child Care Qualifications
Robert Troy
20. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the adequacy of the learner fund in assisting providers to train staff for the free preschool year to meet the new child care qualification requirements under the revised preschool regulations; and if it is his view that the current capitation grant to preschools is adequate for these providers to pay their care staff a professional wage. [20400/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Child Care Services Funding
Robert Troy
21. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department’s plans to expand the community child care subvention scheme to make community child care accessible to eligible participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20403/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Child Protection Services Provision
Robert Troy
36. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on plans to improve the information and communications technology and the information database systems across the child protection services and to remove their dependence on the Health Service Executive, by transferring resources and ownership to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [20399/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Robert Troy
210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure Carrickedmond Gaelic Athletic Association club Longford (details supplied) will receive funding under the sports capital programme 2015. [21020/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
629. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is provided with a hospital appointment. [19932/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
733. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be provided with an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, as soon as possible. [20692/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Research Funding Applications
Robert Troy
744. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the research carried out by his Department on fibromyalgia; and the further research expected to be carried out in relation to this condition. [20728/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Robert Troy
766. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the way his Department is addressing the long waiting times for, and lack of access to, community mental health services for children and teenagers. [20402/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Robert Troy
800. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [19852/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Sports Facilities Provision
Robert Troy
1014. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the grant application for dressing rooms and toilets at Ballymahon Athletic Football Club in County Longford will be prioritised and approved. [20208/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
305. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will reschedule an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [19350/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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Perinatal Data
Robert Troy
368. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent review of the latest reports of stillbirths following information received from a freedom of information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
510. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify, in relation to the national broadband plan, if new private planned next generation access investments may be added to the map at any time between now and 31 December 2020; if further public consultations will be carried out on foot of the consequent amendments to the map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
511. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the development of the regulatory framework to underpin the national broadband plan is making sufficient progress to allow him and potential bidders to meet the plan's procurement schedule of late 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19585/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
512. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role he envisages for community co-funding in the access network of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19586/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
513. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to meet the requirements of the strategic environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment directives in relation to the national broadband plan; if any necessary reports or submissions under those assessments will be published, either with, or in advance of, the forthcoming public consultation on the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19587/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
514. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the invitation on his Department's website to potential bidders for the national broadband plan to contact his Department, if he will specify the deadline for such a contract; if bids will be disadvantaged by failure to contact his Department in advance of the issuing of a formal invitation to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Robert Troy
515. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the level of co-operation from industry in relation to information on infrastructure sharing; if the limited information database proposed by his Department is capable of lowering costs, as envisaged by section 3(4) (details supplied) of the State aid guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19589/15]
Thu, 7 May 2015
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Education Schemes
Robert Troy
182. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocation of grant aid for book rental schemes will be released, as announced in 2014. [17928/15]
Thu, 7 May 2015
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Broadband Service Provision
Robert Troy
213. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the broadband coverage in Ballymore, County Westmeath; the percentage of residents who have full coverage; and the number who have access to broadband and high speed broadband. [18019/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost-benefit analysis undertaken regarding proposed changes in the Money Advice and Budgeting Service structures; her views on whether the proposed changes will mean that the value of the local voluntary input on the local boards, which has been the cornerstone on which the service has been built and developed into the most respected and valued independent service for 23 years, is lost forever; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17248/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
41. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on changes to the community employment scheme; her assessment of the impact this will have on community child care service providers from September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17247/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Robert Troy
283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 12 June 2014 and the reply dated 30 September 2014, if he will provide, in detail, the expenses claimed by members of staff attending Health Service Executive child care conferences; his views on the number of staff attending these conferences; and the section of the Executive to which they are affiliated. [17855/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Robert Troy
333. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on recruitment of posts for mental health services for persons with an intellectual disability; if he will provide an update on the development of a model of care for mental health and intellectual disability, committed to in the Health Service Executive's mental health division operational plan 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17504/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Industrial Disputes
Robert Troy
347. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a twilight payment (details supplied) from Abilitywest-Health Service Executive and Brothers of Charity to social care workers is made without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Third Level Funding
Robert Troy
457. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will release capital funding to aid the development of Mary Immaculate College Library, County Limerick. [17352/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Personal Public Service Numbers Data
Robert Troy
463. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is requesting children's personal public service numbers; and if information regarding same cannot be obtained from schools. [17403/15]
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Irish Water Administration
Robert Troy
531. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the authority given to local authorities to pass personal public service numbers to Irish Water in view of the assumption that tenants would have to have provided their consent first. [17404/15]
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
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Revenue Commissioners Expenditure
Robert Troy
56. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the current strength of the customs personnel; the average number of checks carried out on a monthly basis; and the number of detections of use of illegal fuel. [16937/15]
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
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Ombudsman for Children Reports
Robert Troy
77. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Ombudsman report into the Roma cases. [16934/15]
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
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Departmental Reports
Robert Troy
87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the recommendations put forward by the independent child death review group. [16935/15]
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
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Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
Robert Troy
133. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will inform the local councils of the funding they have been allocated for the housing adaption and aid for the elderly grants. [16936/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Mortgage Debt
Robert Troy
121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance when persons who are affected by the Permanent TSB court ruling on tracker mortgages will receive notification of any reimbursements or change to their mortgage circumstances. [16633/15]