Results 721-740 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for St. James's Hospital national narcolepsy service has been included in the estimates 2018 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52629/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the level of product inconsistency and trade confusion at retail level regarding sales of e-cigarettes and refill liquids, specifically with labels which reference to taste, smell and or flavours (details supplied); if section 30(1)(d) of SI 271 of 2016 makes it an offence to reference taste or smell or other additives on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to reversing the decision to no longer accept applications for over age exemptions for the ECCE programme from 2018/2019 programme year; if not, the reason this decision was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52765/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: Dublin city councillors recently voted in favour of a Part 8 development of 70 apartments on 1 ha of land at the front of Scribblestown estate, which is located on the Ratoath Road to Finglas. The latter is a road with which the Minister of State is probably familiar. This is a public private partnership development which will see six sites - across five local authority areas - being...

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his remarks. He referred several times to sustainable communities. He can see from what I said earlier why I feel this scheme as it stands, with the resources as provided, does not constitute a sustainable community whatsoever. It seems that some kind of cordon sanitaire has been set up around Finglas, particularly in the past decade, in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (14 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions were held between his Department and the FAI regarding the possibility of bidding for the extra games in Euro 2020 after Brussels lost the right to host matches for the tournament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (14 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials from his Department have studied the Australian Institute of Sport; his plans to fund something similar to exceed the State's goals in sporting tournaments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (14 Dec 2017)

Noel Rock: 724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to dispose of the land at a location which is under the ownership of the State for the use of housing by a group (details supplied) for a nominal fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (16 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the excise returns by category to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (16 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to asking schools to develop plans for traffic entering and egressing school grounds and surrounding areas to ease traffic congestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Relocation (16 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to a school (details supplied) being located outside its catchment area; his plans to make provision for a site within its catchment area or to request Dublin Bus to link Finglas with Broombridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54380/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to introducing provisions for banks to deal with deaf persons on the telephone including nominated contacts or alternative forms of contact (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that no representatives from organisations (details supplied) or a parent representative will be present at an upcoming meeting of the primary care steering group which will discuss the introduction of the loco parentis rule; if he will request the HSE to include such representatives in the meeting; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Directives (23 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a delay in the State passing the necessary legislation in relation to the EU package travel directive 2015/2302 into domestic law by 1 January 2018 in view of the fact that it was required to do so by Article 28.1 of the directive; the steps that will be taken to ensure the consumer protections in the directive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Derelict Sites (24 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there have been delays in processing the deed of waiver in relation to the transfer of a derelict site in Charlestown to Fingal County Council which was submitted on 24 November 2017 with no formal response or acknowledgment of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3530/18]

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: It is a pleasure to speak on the Bill and I commend Senator Lawless on his great work on this matter. It is really refreshing for somebody of my generation to see a Bill like this before the House. As a Deputy based in Dublin, every Good Friday I see bemused tourists wandering the streets of the city wondering why every place they want to go is closed. They do not understand why they were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the capacity of the early intervention team in the HSE to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3764/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: This issue is very relevant to my constituency, including the community and families of Finglas. It may have come to the attention of the Minister, and I may have said to him at meetings in the past, that Dublin North-West is the only constituency in Dublin without two modes of public transport. It is entirely reliant on the bus network. It is fair to say that congestion is hitting Finglas...

Topical Issue Debate: Light Rail Projects Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Noel Rock: I thank the Minister very much for his response. I noted with interest yesterday that the Taoiseach said it took him 75 minutes to get to work, which is an indication perhaps of the increased traffic levels throughout the city and the increased busyness of the economy. However, it is not unusual for my constituents in Finglas to take that long to get to work. According to the small area...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Noel Rock: 222. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the FreeStyle Libre blood glucose monitor to persons with diabetes under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5287/18]