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Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: We all have a reason to back and believe in this Bill. I am delighted to have played a part in putting this Bill together and I hope now, with the amendments the Minister will put forward on subsequent Stages, we can finally see action and realise a conclusion to this. I thank everybody who has played a constructive role in this. I thank the Department of Business, Enterprise and...

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: I express my gratitude to Deputy Stephen Donnelly, the co-drafter of the Bill. He has been great to work with, brought a lot of common sense and economic capacity to the discussion and, above all, shown how productive, positive politics can work, so I thank the Deputy. It does not all have to be a Punch and Judy show, which is what people experience all too often when watching the...

Plain Language Bill 2019: First Stage (31 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure that all information for the public from government and State bodies is written and presented in plain language. It is a well known fact that nearly 18% of adult population are functionally illiterate. Plain language Bills have been introduced in parliaments throughout the world, most recently in the United States, to...

Plain Language Bill 2019: First Stage (31 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (31 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to identify immediate and long-term measures to address the increasing cost of employer and public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4742/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: Deputy Farrell has summed up the matter quite neatly. First and foremost, it is not about our constituencies; it is about the city and national infrastructure and delivering on it. We both engaged in the public consultation process - in fact, thousands of my constituents did so - and we were promised an outcome from that process last year. Last year slipped to this year; this year slipped...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: Hear, hear.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: Hear, hear.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: The genesis of this project is in Forfás in 1974. The most recent iteration which lives in memories such as my own is metro north, which was announced in 2007. Some 12 years later, we are no closer to getting a shovel in the ground than we were then. That is my concern and that of the north side of the city. It should be the concern of the entire city because unless we get the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: 513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency funding will be made available to repair the crack in the surface at the throwing circle in a stadium (details supplied) to allow high-level athletes to train there rather than travel outside Dublin and miss college lectures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4336/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: 580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the compulsory retirement age to 70 for those on community employment and job initiative schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4335/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: 617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to add amendments to the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to protect those renting in a development in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (15 Jan 2019)

Noel Rock: 546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that athletic therapy and training is not recognised by a company (details supplied); if representations will be made to the company to include this in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54073/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active gardaí in December in each year to date in 2018. [52946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active gardaí per year in December up to and including December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52978/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active gardaí by division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52979/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (18 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active gardaí by division and rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Services Card (18 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that vehicle users submitting licence renewal forms to the National Driver Licence Service before the expiration of their licences and who receive new licences with dates starting before the expiry of their previous licences means users do not receive full value from the licence; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: Ms Graham, Mr. Creegan and I have seen a lot of each other over recent months. I have seen more of them than I have of my family. Perhaps that illustrates the scale of their ambition to transform transport in Dublin city and across the country. There is no question about the fact that the broad scale and scope of these ambitious plans is to be lauded. I want to state from the outset that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Noel Rock: The Deputy cannot just throw in a random rattle-bag of questions to witnesses who have come here.