Results 321-340 of 749 for speaker:Noel Rock in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Noel Rock: 815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on restructuring the contract process for early years educators in order to improve retention of the most qualified candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18214/17]

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 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 Justice and Equality: Data Protection (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider requiring data sensitivity training for companies which breach data protection laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19454/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation which demands a mandatory statutory retirement age in the private sector; the timelines for enactment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of Garda that have received counterterrorism training; the reason counterterrorism training is not required for first responders; the actions that have been taken since the attack on Stockholm to better prepare for the possibility of a terror attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider mandating that teachers' pay depends on holistic evaluations of performance instead of on their start date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider granting a yearly bonus to maths teachers who hold a master's degree or PhD in maths in order to address the shortage of qualified maths teachers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to address bullying in schools; the number of cases of bullying reported to schools in the past five years; the steps a school can take with regard to bullies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of allowing schools to alter their relationship and sexuality education according to their ethos and instead implement a required minimum including such topics as consent, sexual assault and LGBT subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19976/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Extra Curricular Activities (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will disallow the secondary school practice of bringing in outside unvetted and unaccountable third parties to give lectures on sexual education; if he will provide schools with a pre-vetted list of acceptable groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19977/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Suicide Prevention (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if counselling services for teens at risk of suicide are provided by the Government, the HSE, and his Department; the percentage of school counsellors that have attended suicide training; the percentage of secondary school teachers that have been trained in suicide prevention; if external suicide services and hotlines are advertised in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Suicide Prevention (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are advertising outside resources for suicide prevention such as an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the capitation fees paid to schools can be expected; if so, the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19983/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (2 May 2017)

Noel Rock: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on claims by the chief executive of a charity (details supplied) that Brexit will have a major effect on homelessness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19692/17]