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Wed, 3 Feb 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Robert Troy
24. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify under the jobseeker's allowance scheme based on the person's Pay Related Social Insurance contributions from 2006 to 2015, given that the person has applied and is awaiting a result. [4482/16]
Wed, 3 Feb 2016
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Robert Troy
87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 13 January 2016, how many persons are awaiting social housing in the Lanesboro, County Longford area, and how he decided on 16 new units only. [4519/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Robert Troy
84. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made in ending the practice of placing children and adolescents in adult psychiatric wards, further to the commitment of the programme for Government. [3205/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Robert Troy
133. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4289/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Children in Care
Robert Troy
281. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care without an allocated social worker; by county or by sub-county level, such as Dublin North, Dublin South and so on. [4212/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Child and Family Agency Staff
Robert Troy
282. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of front line and non-front line administrative staff and the number of senior managers employed in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, including the wage costs by front line and by non-front line staff. [4213/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Foster Care Supports
Robert Troy
283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young adults discharged from State or foster care upon turning 18 years of age in 2014 and in 2015; the number or percentage of these young persons aged 16 and 17 years who had aftercare plans in place in preparation for leaving care and prior to being discharged, by region; and the cost of putting an aftercare plan in place for all children leaving care. [4214/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Children in Care
Robert Troy
284. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of including developmental outcomes for children in care as part of the general longitudinal study Growing up in Ireland Survey conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute; and the cost of implementing the Ryan report recommendation on introducing a recurring longitudinal survey that tracks young people leaving care. [4215/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Child Abuse
Robert Troy
285. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of allocating all 7,199 child abuse referrals cases which were not allocated a social worker in August 2015 and of which 1,275 were deemed high priority to a social worker in 2016; and the number of child abuse referrals that will be waiting less than three months to be allocated a social worker as a result of the bbudget 2016 increase to Túsla-Child and Family Agency. [4216/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Child and Family Agency
Robert Troy
286. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing a 24 hour-seven day emergency access to social workers in all service areas, including in areas where this access is not available, by sub-county basis. [4217/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Robert Troy
316. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the provision of a medical card to a person (details supplied) is expedited. [4015/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Vaccination Programme
Robert Troy
356. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the support he and the Health Service Executive will provide to children and their parents who have suffered serious health complications following the administering of the human papilloma virus vaccination; and if he will provide an update on the situation. [4186/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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School Transport Administration
Robert Troy
444. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for the Freight Transport Association to carry out inspections on private buses contracted to Bus Éireann given that more than 50% of the bus owners it is inspecting are members of the association. [3987/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Robert Troy
445. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to cut a special needs assistant from Saint Christopher's Service in County Longford given that the HSE has acknowledged that the service is not receiving adequate hours and resources. [4159/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Robert Troy
466. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if and when vacancies in the office in her Department in Athlone, County Westmeath following a number of retirements, will be filled. [4104/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Robert Troy
563. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the roll-out of broadband at Cullenhugh, Ballinalack, Mullingar, County Westmeath, given that families from this area are still without access to broadband which is unacceptable. [4007/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Robert Troy
564. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will implement broadband in the Ballinea area of Mullingar, County Westmeath. [4109/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Preschool Services
Robert Troy
1. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the terms of the early childhood care and education scheme, if he will ensure that preschool services will be able to extend the provision they offer, given their concerns at their unsustainability under the 38-week capitation system; the negotiations or discussions he has had with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within preschools to handle the extension to the preschool year commencing in September 2016; and the gaps in capacity by county. [3396/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Robert Troy
4. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, are protecting the welfare of children sleeping in emergency homeless accommodation; and the care and in-reach plans being put in place for children who are in emergency accommodation. [3397/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Preschool Services
Robert Troy
12. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish the implementation plan for the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 for children with special needs; and the arrangements in place to support children with disabilities in preschool services, given that the new disability support scheme will not commence until September 2016 at the earliest. [3206/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Robert Troy
14. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions and agreement between his Department and the Department of Social Protection on changes and reforms to the community employment programme. [3204/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Preschool Services
Robert Troy
16. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his negotiations and discussions with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within existing preschools to handle the extension to the preschool year commencing in September 2016, including if there are any gaps in capacity and in what counties these are. [3207/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Early Childhood Care Education
Robert Troy
18. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assurances he will provide that services will be able to extend the provision offered under the early childhood care and education scheme, given the concern expressed by preschool services regarding their unsustainability under the current 38-week capitation system. [3208/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Invalidity Pension Eligibility
Robert Troy
22. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3497/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3500/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
24. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3501/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Invalidity Pension Eligibility
Robert Troy
25. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3503/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
26. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3504/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
27. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3505/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
28. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3506/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
29. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3507/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Robert Troy
30. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3508/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Robert Troy
31. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3509/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications
Robert Troy
39. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to ensure a person (details supplied) receives an allowance which the person applied for, but was refused. [3617/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Animal Welfare
Robert Troy
140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of animal abuse suffered by greyhounds in the racing industry which includes lenient sanctions for persons who have committed grave abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3539/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Direct Provision System
Robert Troy
186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that asylum seekers living in Direct Provision in Richmond Court in County Longford, are unable to open bank accounts, because they are asked to provide utility bills, that they live in a building that is poorly heated with no recreational rooms, that they are often unable to receive letters or items from post offices, because they have no identification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3570/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Child and Family Agency Remit
Robert Troy
211. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will extend statutory remit and responsibilities over service provision of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and the discussions he has had with other Departments in this regard. [3469/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who has been on a transfer list for over 12 years, is offered a transfer. [3316/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Defence Forces Properties
Robert Troy
102. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence to carry out a feasibility study and investigate possible future uses of this facility of Columb Military Barracks in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [3360/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Child and Family Agency Staff Recruitment
Robert Troy
130. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new social workers Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, will recruit in 2016 further to its budget 2016 increase; the average cost of employing an entry grade social worker with the agency. [3420/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Health Services Allowances
Robert Troy
133. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [3301/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Emergency Works Scheme Applications
Robert Troy
165. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently expedite and grant an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which was submitted in June 2015. [3325/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Army Barracks Closures
Robert Troy
53. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence the concrete steps he has taken to secure an alternative use for Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2739/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Flood Relief Schemes Funding
Robert Troy
56. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence if he will extend the remit of the scheme he announced on 10 December 2015 for small businesses affected by flooding in order that more businesses may apply as currently funding is only available for businesses that are located within an area that pays local authority commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2740/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Robert Troy
209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure payment is made to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the agri-environment options scheme. [2984/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Robert Troy
300. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 24 November 2015, the assumptions used to cost the additional expenditure required for an increase in capitation to providers of the early childhood care and education scheme; how many weeks of free preschool it was assumed that each of the 127,000 children would undertake to arrive at the €20 million full-year cost in 2017; if this cost estimate assumes that each child will undertake 61 weeks of preschool, the current 38 week provision plus his estimated average of 23 additional weeks of preschool; and if not, the reason. [2717/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Local Improvement Scheme
Robert Troy
489. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reintroduce the local improvement scheme though the local authorities. [3091/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Road Projects
Robert Troy
490. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate funding for lighting for Tang village in County Westmeath. [2705/16]
Thu, 21 Jan 2016
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Tax Credits
Robert Troy
49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is given the single parent tax credit. [2615/16]
Thu, 21 Jan 2016
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Early Childhood Care Education
Robert Troy
113. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost in 2017 of increasing the capitation grant to the early childhood care and education scheme to €67.50 for the basic rate and to €78.50 for the higher rate. [2601/16]