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Robert Troy

Fianna Fáil Longford-Westmeath TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024
Minister of State at the Department of Finance

Official Oireachtas profile

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431
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
91,732
words spoken in the chamber
91,034 as a minister, 698 as a TD
368
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
128
topics asked about
Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 431 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 255 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 29 1
February 2025 28 11
March 2025 0 27
April 2025 6 10
May 2025 19 6
June 2025 12 10
July 2025 39 22
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 18 19
October 2025 18 3
November 2025 41 12
December 2025 20 0
January 2026 14 6
February 2026 26 18
March 2026 23 18
April 2026 20 16
May 2026 22 16
June 2026 5 38
July 2026 18 10
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 53 6
October 2026 20 5

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 117 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Longford-Westmeath 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
  3. office Minister of State at the Department of Finance 29 January 2025 to now
Robert Troy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2496. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a more urgent appointment can be offered to a person (details supplied). [2237/26]
Robert Troy Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
497. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a home school liaison officer will be reinstated to a school (details supplied). [72321/25]
Robert Troy Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
498. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if home school liaison officers can only be appointed to urban based DEIS schools (details supplied). [72323/25]
Robert Troy Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Housing
612. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the current grant for septic tank improvements; and if it is still necessary to have registered a septic tank in 2012 to be eligible for a grant. [72316/25]
Robert Troy Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
745. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for citizenship (details supplied) submitted on 8 December 2025 will be assessed under the rules which were in place at the time of this submission, rather than the proposed policy change which was outlined by his Department on the same date. [72270/25]
Robert Troy Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Education
403. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school building project (details supplied), and when construction works will commence. [70896/25]
Robert Troy Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Health
321. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [70600/25]
Robert Troy Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Health
327. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment can be offered to a person (details supplied) at a more convenient location. [70643/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Transport
245. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 2 December 2025, if he will provide further details on the alternative scheme to the EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) EV Charging Scheme; and to outline when sites identified in this scheme will be advanced. [69818/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Culture
470. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will investigate through National Broadband Ireland (NBI) the reason a series of properties (details supplied) were excluded from the NBI rollout scheme in a village. [69433/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
728. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the minimum funding level of €200,000 for the Stepping Out Programme Athlone will be increased for 2026 and for each year thereafter (details supplied). [70383/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
729. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on negotiations to provide additional funding to Stepping Out for the 2025 period (details supplied). [70384/25]
Robert Troy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
387. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the TB compensation scheme payment for a person (details supplied). [68564/25]
Robert Troy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Health
428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will reexamine the decision to cease the phased dispensing reimbursement service for certain medications in community pharmacies (details supplied). [68566/25]
Robert Troy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Health
429. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will reexamine the decision to cease the phased dispensing reimbursement service for certain medications in community pharmacies (details supplied) which cannot be prescribed on a phased basis. [68567/25]
Robert Troy Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Climate
89. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a homeowner can be reimbursed through the PV solar panel scheme for medically vulnerable households in a case where the homeowners have previously installed PV solar panels from their own resources. [68228/25]
Robert Troy Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
217. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the practice of non-stun animal slaughter is permitted in Ireland in cases of religious slaughter. [68299/25]
Robert Troy Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-stun slaughters which are permitted and carried out in Ireland annually on religious grounds. [68300/25]
Robert Troy Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Defence
50. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence if she is aware that 58% of appointments at the rank of commandant in the Army Reserve are vacant; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the equivalent number of vacancies for the Naval Service Reserve is 50% and that there have been no promotions to this rank in over four years, despite qualified candidates having been interviewed; her views on the eff…
Robert Troy Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Transport
97. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide information on the rationale for not proceeding with EU JTF community facilities EV charging scheme applications (details supplied) through Westmeath County Council. [67535/25]
Robert Troy Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Health
602. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 18 May 2023, the progress which has been made since the completion of the remedial works in 2023 (details supplied). [67876/25]
Robert Troy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Health
480. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the current waiting times to access speech and language therapy across CHO8, particularly at the Primary Care Centre, Mullingar; if she is aware that waiting times to access this service currently runs at 12-18 months; and if she will confirm the additional resources and personnel that will be put in place to reduce the wait for this e…
Robert Troy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Health
481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied) will be expedited. [66856/25]
Robert Troy Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
347. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure a modular build for a school (details supplied) is expedited. [65202/25]
Robert Troy Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
349. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding avenues available through her Department to support a primary school in installing an astro-turf playing pitch on existing lands; and the timeframe for applications on any suitable funding streams. [65207/25]