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

Noel Rock: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department in respect of the Dublin inner city forum established following the Dublin inner city task force report. [30974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 520 million illegal cigarettes were consumed in 2017 according to the Revenue Commissioners' illegal tobacco products research survey, an increase of 30% since 2016; his plans to provide the Revenue Commissioners and An Garda Síochána with increased resources to tackle the issue of illegal tobacco...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 4,493 illegal cigarette seizures in 2017, there were only 26 convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Advertising Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 3 July 2018, if he will consider introducing legislation which requires online advertising campaigns that employ models to sell body focused products to specify if models have disclosed that they are taking anabolic steroids to obtain an enhanced physique (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (11 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the cost of the national car test, NCT, for electric vehicles in view of the fact that they do not need to undertake an emissions test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reimburse public servants in temporary acting-up roles who paid the pension related deduction at their full salary rate but were paying or receiving pension contributions at their substantive rate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 provides that fixed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (10 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 617. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the enactment of legislation to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to allow both male same-sex partners to sign a surrogate child's birth certificate; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns of multiple sclerosis patients regarding access to life-changing medicines will be addressed; his plans to introduce changes to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (5 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when the final report of the national out-of-hospital cardiac arrest steering group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (5 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no teacher or principal representatives were appointed to the national out-of-hospital cardiac arrest steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Advertising Regulation (3 Jul 2018)

Noel Rock: 264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation is being considered to require online advertising campaigns that employ models to sell body-focused products to specify if models are taking anabolic steroids to obtain an enhanced physique (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the issues surrounding the new entrant pay scales of primary level education teachers will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28370/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban fur farming here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if rescinding the licences of the remaining fur farms (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Clean Air Strategy (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish the final report of the national clean air strategy which was due to be published at the end of March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if renovation work or the selling of land at a location (details supplied) will be enforced under section 11(2)(a) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (27 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Finance Agency or his Department have been approached for funding from approved housing bodies for the purchasing of properties at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28371/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Core Bus Corridor Proposals: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: I want to open my remarks in a similar vein. This is a good example of the committee system working. The hearings we had with the various stakeholders before the committee were constructive and useful. It was beneficial for the committee to go out and see the projects that we discuss here in an abstract way and the impact they would have on a community or an area. I hope that if other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Core Bus Corridor Proposals: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: Nevertheless, I would have thought that committee members, given the number of media invited, would have had a place at that as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Core Bus Corridor Proposals: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Noel Rock: That would be appropriate and members would appreciate it. Many of us attended the departmental consultation in the Mansion House in recent weeks. Many of us have interest in these matters outside of the hearings. That would be useful and beneficial to everybody, including the NTA. I would be curious to hear the thoughts of the witness on that as well. There are other aspects of the...