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Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Listening to Deputy Mattie McGrath most recently and earlier this evening, he failed to acknowledge that this is a much more fragmented Dáil. There are many political parties and each political party will contest the election on its own platform. This outgoing Government is a government of three very distinct and unique...

Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: ...who contributed. It is welcome that there is broad agreement on the objectives of this Bill. Of course, when you are in opposition or on the back bench of Government, you do not have the wherewithal to ensure that everything in the drafting of the Bill is to the standard of one brought forward by the Government. It is welcome that there is no one opposing it. It is welcome that there...

Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As we gather here today, late on a Thursday evening, to discuss the final piece of business after a long week that was dominated by excessive costs of bike sheds and security huts and the justified outrage, the reality for most people concerns far less grandiose matters. They want us to deal with simple bread and butter issues that impact...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. Like, I am sure, many other people, I am dealing with many constituents who have no option only to deal with vulture funds. For example, in marital breakdown, a couple decided to come together and were prepared to sell the house. It was a voluntary sale. They engaged an auctioneer, did all...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: With the permission of the House, I am sharing my speaking time with Deputy James O'Connor. I welcome and support this Bill. I compliment the former Minister, Michael McGrath, who worked on it initially, and the Minister, Deputy Chambers, for bringing it forward and ensuring there will be sufficient and effective access to cash in future in this State. Without Government intervention, it...

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Robert Troy: ...Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me coming in having missed my earlier speaking time. I welcome the Minister of State coming in and making a statement on this critical issue. I acknowledge the work she has done since her appointment. We have seen a significant increase in the annual funding for older people to €2.6 billion this year, and €730 million per annum is being...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Robert Troy: We can all agree that migration works best where integration happens in communities. I acknowledge there is a difficulty with the lack of spaces for people seeking international protection but IPAS seems to be moving people around like pieces on a chess board. I am dealing with an elderly lady with severe medical complications has been living in a centre for two years. She has got involved...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for sharing time with me. It is fair to say that, as a consequence of war, famine, climate change and general unrest across the globe, migration is something that we will be dealing with as a country for a considerable time to come. Despite what people in the Opposition claim, if we want to deal with this issue comprehensively, we cannot do so alone. The...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the Bill that is before the Dáil today and the opportunity to contribute to it. The Bill is timely. It is important that we bring forward these amendments, which are fair to people who have been working hard and paying their taxes. Therefore, when they fall on hard times there are additional supports available to them. When we are in a time of full employment it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: Mr. Bertie Ahern (8 May 2024)

Robert Troy: ...Taoiseach. He is well recognised as having unparalleled negotiating skills in terms of the peace process, the Good Friday Agreement and all he achieved in his time as Taoiseach of our country. Today, we are discussing his role in the expansion of the European Union. I am interested in his thoughts on future enlargement. He spoke about the essentials needing to be met, including the rule...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome my constituency colleague to the Lower House. I am not sure whether his party colleague would do so, but I certainly do. I compliment him on the good work he has done in the area of autism. I know he is personally involved and he brought that personal commitment to this report. I congratulate him and his colleagues on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank our guests for coming in. I have a couple of questions. Mr. O’Leary finished off a moment ago by saying An Coimisiún Toghcháin has responsibility for the oversight and update of the election register, which is welcome. It is an important document from our perspective. I know from my own constituency, and I am sure it is replicated other places, that it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Belgium to Ireland (17 Jan 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I apologise for coming in so late to the meeting. The traffic was much heavier coming in this morning than I had anticipated. I thank Her Excellency for presenting the Belgian priorities to the committee. I will not rehash what was spoken about earlier on. One of the priorities is pursuing a green and just transition. One of the areas I have an interest in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Visa Applications (15 Jun 2023)

Robert Troy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I said that people had retired from the nursing profession. I did not say they had retired fully, to clarify the point. I take on board the Minister of State is reading out a response that came from the Department of Justice, but I will share with her the experience of quite a significant nursing home provider. Despite its attempts to seek clarification from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Robert Troy: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I feel a huge burden of responsibility as a member of this committee. I do not believe there is anything more profound than dealing with and talking about life and death. When we talk about consequences or unintended consequences, we must note that no matter what penalty is put in place, it will never compensate if somebody has been unduly...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Robert Troy: I wish to put on the record my thanks to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and, more latterly, the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, for their courtesy every step of the way when I have engaged with them in respect of this issue. I am sure when the Green Party sought responsibility for this area, its objective was to eliminate direct provision and not to extend it. Yet, that was at a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Georgia (29 Mar 2023)

Robert Troy: I welcome our guests this morning. I remarked to my colleague, Deputy Harkin, a moment ago that Georgia's ambassador to Ireland is in the Houses so frequently that he is like the 167th Member of Dáil Éireann. He is doing incredibly good work in representing his country. I will not rehash previous contributions but one area in which, as the ambassador knows, I have a particular...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I compliment the Minister and her colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy McGrath, on a very comprehensive social welfare budget to tackle the high cost of living. I know from dealing with constituents that they very much welcome the increases that have been announced, which have already been paid out. It was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Offices (6 Jul 2022)

Robert Troy: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The Minister for Social Protection sends her apologies as she could not be here today. Significant maintenance and upgrade work to the Intreo centre on the Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin 7, had been scheduled for 2022. Plans were put in place for staff to transfer to other Intreo centres for the duration of the work, with arrangements made for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Scientific Research (6 Jul 2022)

Robert Troy: I thank Senator Malcolm Byrne for raising this issue. I know he has a great interest in this area and all new and emerging technologies. As alluded to by the Senator, in July last year, the Taoiseach and I launched AI - Here for Good: A National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Ireland. The strategy sets out how Ireland can be an international leader in using Al to benefit our economy...