Results 1,201-1,220 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 996. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the person's position on the waiting list; if the operation can be referred to another hospital in order that it can be completed sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that need to be undertaken to protect illegal workers in the fishing industry from exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the aim of the new proposal to implement a television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Policy (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider implementing a refundable deposit scheme for recyclables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the Irish Sports Council have no database on file of participants in sports nationwide; his further views on whether it is valuable to keep track of the number of participants in each sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the legislation will be in place for the Irish Aviation Authority to become the noise regulator for airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19988/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fishing Industry (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1406. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the permit system for fishing workers from outside the European Economic Area can be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19446/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1410. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider addressing the State's non-compliance with the EU part-time workers directive by implementing the French model of honest contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department cannot access income information from the Revenue Commissioners; the estimated number of families which will miss out on the child care subsidy as a consequence; when this will be ameliorated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19689/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1443. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the vast differences in child care orders between towns; if she will address the concern that children in care are subject to a geographic lottery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 1444. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if transitional services exist for 18 year olds being phased out of State care; her views on whether they are effective in preventing homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (13 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions and infrastructural changes that will be undertaken by the Government in response to the rising sea level, which clearly poses a pressing public safety threat; if funding will be devoted to prevention or adaptation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (13 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to date in 2017 and in previous years of the help-to-buy scheme. [18970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rate of production of housing that would have to take place to support not only Dublin’s current population, but also to support the 150,000 person increase that Dublin will undergo in the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the recently published report by a charity (details supplied) regarding European Union police brutality against migrants; the actions he will take regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (12 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 279. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to adopt the proposal to phase out tax relief on health insurance; the measures he plans to adopt to offset the €600 increase that the average family would incur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (12 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 280. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the incentives, tax breaks or pay increases necessary to slow the leak of Irish nurses to the USA, United Kingdom and Australia and to fill the critical shortage of nurses in hospital emergency rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (12 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 373. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts under way to hire the ten additional employees to the communication and information services to achieve the military recommended number of employees and to prevent another military information technology glitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Equality (11 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider implementing a policy to address the pay gap (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tracker Mortgages (11 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider guaranteeing civil lawyers to persons undergoing disputes over their tracker mortgages in view of the fact these persons are at a disadvantage when it comes to paying for a lawyer after overpaying their mortgage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18216/17]