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Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Ms O'Riordan referred to a head office. It struck me, going through the notes, that the head office lease expired in September 2016, or was due to expire then according to the 2015 financial statement, which indicated that it was under negotiation. The rent was €55,000. Do we have an updated figure for what it is now?

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Would there have been consideration, given that the lease was expiring, about moving? The headquarters is in Dublin 4 which is presumably more expensive and does not seem to be near most of CDETB's services.

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Staying on that theme, there were two other leases that were due to expire. The lease for Bonnybrook Youthreach's building was due to expire in February 2017. It cost €72,000 or €77,000 in rent. Was that renegotiated successfully?

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: There are no details on the lease for the Ballymun Youthreach building.

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Super. I will move on but wanted to address that area of rent in particular. The CDETB administered the SUSI applications, which it is fair to say got off to a difficult birth. Constituency offices were overwhelmed with complaints about late processing and so on. New things take time to bed in and we all appreciate and understand that. In the last two years, the CDETB has been quite...

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: The volume of correspondence to my office has gone down as a consequence so I thank Ms Hanney. There were some overpayments. In the scheme of CDETB's budget, in defence of that, it is a relatively minor level of overpayments, but they are overpayments nevertheless. What were the circumstances there? Will Ms Hanney explain the procedures and checks that have been put in place to ensure...

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Pardon me. The issue relates to apprentices.

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Did CDETB get any moneys back?

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: Has CDETB developed any more advanced processes in case such a thing were to happen again the future, above and beyond what clearly did not work?

Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: I thank Ms Hanney for taking my questions. I understand that my colleague, Deputy Pat Deering, from Carlow will be addressing some questions to the Kilkenny and Carlow ETB.

Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Recruitment (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: I thank the Minister. Let me be clear that I am not saying there has not been significant progress made under the Minister and in his Department with regard to teaching, the reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio, the increase in budgets and the increase in standards in both primary and secondary levels. This specific issue has been brought to my attention by the CPSMA and I feel duty bound...

Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Recruitment (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: I thank the Minister for taking the time to discuss this most important issue which not only affects primary schools within my constituency but across the State. We are facing a massive crisis at primary level, which needs to be addressed by the Government. Principals across the State and indeed in my constituency of Dublin North-West are facing huge difficulties in obtaining substitute...

Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Recruitment (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: I hope I am not tempting fate, but I have no doubt that Martin O'Neill and the boys in green are adequately prepared for any such issues that arise in the game. Nevertheless, I would be keen to hear the Minister's response to the issues that have arisen.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are standard practices in place to ensure companies and semi-State bodies do not discriminate against persons that may be computer illiterate by moving all services online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 163. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of beds in the stroke unit in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the physiotherapy deficit for stroke patients in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47421/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (9 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the early supported discharge for stroke patients in Beaumont hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47422/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (7 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants on contracts post-1995 that have had their pay affected by the introduction of PeoplePoint and insisting employees to show their sick pay documents despite having no legal basis and threatening that pay may be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme Expenditure (7 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount saved by his Department in the past five years by not spending on substitute teachers in primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (7 Nov 2017)

Noel Rock: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the maximum penalty for engaging in a sex act with a child beyond the current sentence of five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46103/17]