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Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Bus Services
Robert Troy
136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the reason a company (details supplied) has not increased its service following the discontinuation of another service. [25127/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Robert Troy
256. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24605/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Programmes
Robert Troy
360. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the application for funding of a group under the cultural capital grant scheme (details supplied). [25203/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
389. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason local authorities are now seeking P21s for pensioners in relation to housing adaption and housing aid grants (details supplied); and his views on whether this is waste of resources across various Departments and that local authorities need to be instructed to cease seeking this information. [24801/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Disability Services
Robert Troy
595. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed update on the timeframe for the re-introduction of the motorised transport grant. [24591/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Direct Provision System
Robert Troy
598. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that residents of direct provision accommodation cannot be moved for no justified reason, aware of residents who have resided in the same location for years being transferred without any engagement. [24594/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Direct Provision System
Robert Troy
599. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that where a direct provision centre is located in a rural setting or a location with no public transport, transport would be provided at appropriate times to support people into employment and education. [24595/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Direct Provision System
Robert Troy
600. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure operators of direct provision centres are flexible when it comes the numbers of nights a resident can be away, i.e., a resident living in an isolated centre, with no access to public transport where they find work would be supported, rather than penalised, for finding work. [24596/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Dental Services
Robert Troy
710. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure orthodontal surgery is expedited for a patient (details supplied). [24788/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
788. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if Turas, a mental health course delivered by the National Learning Network, can be made available in Athlone to all residents, given that Athlone is split into two separate CHO regions and, at present, this course is only available to residents in one of these regions. [25130/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Home Help Service
Robert Troy
797. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when additional home help hours will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25182/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Culture Policy
Robert Troy
12. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline funding opportunities to support cultural development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24303/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Tourism Promotion
Robert Troy
43. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans in place to market the national famine walkway internationally; if there any plans to introduce a grant scheme to support product creation along the route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24302/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
77. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing statutory timeframes for the implementation of housing schemes under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24309/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will convene a forum between senior officials in his Department and senior officials from across the local authorities to examine where housing schemes are not working or need to be amended to ensure Government policy is being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24308/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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National Broadband Plan
Robert Troy
141. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the provision of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied). [24569/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Public Transport
Robert Troy
157. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the pilot public transport proposal between Delvin and Mullingar. [24565/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Robert Troy
219. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that have been taken to address an issue (details supplied). [24564/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Road Safety
Robert Troy
54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently review the practice of switching off sections of motorway junction lights in the interest of public safety, given particular concerns have been raised regarding the lighting of junctions on the M6 at Kilbeggan and Moate. [24253/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
86. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when her Department entered into any negotiations with a book provider to reduce the cost, rather than passing it over to the parent, considering the reduction in the schoolbook grant (details supplied). [24223/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Vacant Properties
Robert Troy
115. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason no penalty system is in place for property owners who are leaving their properties unoccupied long-term, leaving them to fall into disrepair but not derelict, so they cannot be placed on the derelict sites register. [24158/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
119. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the inclusion of housing association/body properties in the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied). [24251/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
164. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of drug reimbursement recommendations contained within a report published in March 2023 (details supplied); the reason the recommendations contained have not been implemented to date, resulting in substantial financial pressure being placed on families, in particular the sanctioning of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome as per this report. [24159/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
166. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome (details supplied). [24161/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
167. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the funding of a specific drug for a child, on compassionate grounds (details supplied). [24162/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
10. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with schoolbook publishers to achieve necessary savings for the free schoolbooks scheme rather than reducing the rate paid per student to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23801/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
20. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she accepts recommendations by NCSE regarding school places; if so, if she will ensure the school building unit implement such recommendations in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23802/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Sports Facilities
Robert Troy
257. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason it is taking so long to repair the lifts in the National Aquatic Centre (details supplied). [23993/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Childcare Services
Robert Troy
397. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a community childcare service (details supplied) has been included in the initial list of 800 services identified for funding through the Equal Start funding model. [23662/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
416. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [23538/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Robert Troy
427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23644/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Robert Troy
428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23654/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Dental Services
Robert Troy
433. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dental practices within Westmeath which now accept medical card patients. [23660/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
Robert Troy
453. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to help protect its essential and hugely important heart and stroke support services to ensure they continue to operate. [23760/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Student Accommodation
Robert Troy
27. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to enable technological universities to borrow for the purpose of providing student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Grant Payments
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to review SUSI income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Business Supports
Robert Troy
98. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be taking any further measures to bolster and support small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Business Supports
Robert Troy
107. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans for the introduction of an export credit guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Robert Troy
218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for LAA and fuel allowance to people in receipt of carer's allowance. [23425/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Robert Troy
219. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a requirement that when a person signs on for jobseekers for the first time, as part of the process, their last employer will be contacted to make sure their job ceased to exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23426/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Forestry Sector
Robert Troy
242. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will urgently examine an expansion to the ash dieback scheme whereby all farmers and landowners would be eligible to receive support in removing dangerous roadside trees and replacing them with fresh plantings at alternative hedgerows away from the roadside. [23360/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Legislative Measures
Robert Troy
46. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the new laws introduced governing the use of e-scooters. [23204/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Tax Code
Robert Troy
53. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance to review the bands for inheritance tax in Budget 2025 (details supplied). [23205/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Sports Funding
Robert Troy
93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will approve an application for sports capital funding (details supplied). [23144/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Robert Troy
111. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the entitlement to illness benefit for those who are self employed. [23163/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
159. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) at Galway University Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23108/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Tax Rebates
Robert Troy
75. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any changes have been made in relation to the VAT refund order for farmers in place since 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22685/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Robert Troy
87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the help-to-buy scheme; if he has any plans to change the loan-to-value ratio under the scheme; if the upper price limit will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22686/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a scope for a person (details supplied). [22444/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
594. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a service user (details supplied) has been discharged from mental health services locally following a request to bring forward their next visit as they felt they urgently required it. [22603/24]