Results 821-840 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Funding (16 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the breakdown of funding for grassroots sport to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Funding (16 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the breakdown of funding for grassroots sport to each sporting organisation for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (16 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to clear the backlog in processing times for illness benefit applications; the actions she is undertaking to have general practitioners move over to the new application forms to prevent the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42214/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (16 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the backlog of appeals with An Bord Pleanála; if assistance or support is being provided to An Bord Pleanála to assist it in clearing the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (16 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to young artists here to encourage their development and to encourage employment in arts and culture here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42219/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: Yesterday's budget was a welcome step towards the society we want to become, a welcome step towards a recovery for society and a welcome step back towards a just society. As T.K. Whitaker put it "the door to happiness opens outwards." This budget truly embraces that principle. My constituency predecessor, Declan Costello, was the author and architect of the original "Towards a Just...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (9 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a map of the 314 school planning areas. [40901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (9 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a map of the school planning areas was last revised. [40902/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (9 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the previous school planning maps for Dublin. [40903/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a delay and a change in criteria for Venezuelan nationals applying for visas here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions have been made in his budget submission to lower the teacher-student ratio in DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (4 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have been made in his budget submission for additional resources in the Dublin north city and county area for the school aged disability teams and other early intervention services and services for school aged children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for legislation that would enforce taxis to provide child car seats as similar to other European states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (2 Oct 2018)

Noel Rock: I apologise for my delay getting here, I had another commitment, so the witnesses might have covered this already. It has come to my attention since we started talking about this Bill that a number of outlets are taking a gift voucher for a certain amount and then refusing to give change. Is there anything in the Department's proposals that covers this, or is it something it is looking at?...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (27 Sep 2018)

Noel Rock: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for his determination that the allowance of €75 would cover the cost of the disposal of incontinence products; if he will consider increasing the amount in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39141/18]

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Noel Rock: That is not true.

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Noel Rock: This draft plan needs severe reworking and I am confident it will get it. I represent the Dublin North-West quadrant of the city. As my colleague, Deputy Shortall, said earlier, it is somewhat unique in that it is singularly served by the bus. It is the only form of public transport we have. We do not have a Luas or DART in that quadrant of the city. We depend on the bus. There are many...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Noel Rock: Ignoring the consultation is a disgrace.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: I thank the Taoiseach for his response and for his sustained commitment to the north inner city and the northside of Dublin. I am satisfied to see the Department is continuing the positive work in, and sustained focus on, this vibrant area. It would be remiss of me, however, if I did not call on the Taoiseach to expand this positive engagement of the forum to date to the stakeholders in...