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Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Strategies
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the National Palliative Care Strategy will be published. [19838/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Angling Sector
Robert Troy
92. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a full update on legislation banning eel fishing. [19628/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Robert Troy
117. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the review into the ECCE programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19217/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Robert Troy
118. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his Department's progress on achieving a 50% reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19216/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Public Transport
Robert Troy
191. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Irish Rail/Bus Éireann to see how additional car spaces could be provided at Athlone bus and train station to incentivise people to use public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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School Transport
Robert Troy
293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin to Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline, as per School Transport 2030 - Review of the School Transport Scheme - Phase 3 Report (details supplied). [18931/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Development Contributions
Robert Troy
429. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the development levy waiver also covers the cost of ESB connections and Uisce Éireann connection costs. [19500/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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State Pensions
Robert Troy
447. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a contributory pension investigation (details supplied). [18979/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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State Pensions
Robert Troy
448. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a contributory pension investigation (details supplied). [18980/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
626. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home place is made available for a person (details supplied). [18760/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Ukraine War
Robert Troy
755. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place to assist Ukrainian refugees with the cost of third-level education (details supplied). [18975/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Rural Schemes
Robert Troy
775. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will urgently examine making amendments to cater for situations where one landowner on a road is refusing to sign up to the local improvement scheme, either as a contributor or has no objection to the scheme, thus depriving other landowners of the opportunity to avail of the scheme. [18982/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Robert Troy
7. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the punitive means test for the carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18203/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Pension Provisions
Robert Troy
21. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection her assessment of the impact of the Supreme Court's recent decision to award a pension to a widower who was not married but had children with his former partner; if this will have an impact on other retrospective and future cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18202/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Home Help Service
Robert Troy
295. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours have been allocated to a person (details supplied). [18430/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
308. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently address a situation whereby elderly patients of nursing homes are faced with exorbitant fees to avail of private ambulance services to attend medical/hospital appointments; and if he will review this issue and put in place a more sustainable system of medical transport in such cases. [18529/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Tidy Towns
Robert Troy
358. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the outdoor recreation application by a group (details supplied). [18603/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Road Safety
Robert Troy
22. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be referred to the Road Safety Authority for review. [18157/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Robert Troy
33. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if a favourable response will be given to extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists. [18160/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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State Pensions
Robert Troy
97. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to bring forward proposals to amend pension entitlements in order that women who had to leave work due to marriage could qualify for a pension in their own right regardless of their husband’s means. [18158/24]