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Tue, 31 May 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Noel Rock
832. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be available for Slaney Close, Dublin9, as it has been detrimental to a number of businesses operating there, as well as in the wider Dublin industrial estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12816/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Regional Road Network
Noel Rock
881. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be sourced to provide traffic lights and a junction (details supplied) within the budget for 2017 following the loss of this funding due to planning objections in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Parking Regulations
Noel Rock
882. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce free parking discs to tax abiding tradespeople for their commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13566/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Stamp Duty
Noel Rock
96. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance to request the Revenue Commissioners to release stamp duty records (details supplied) from 1999 onwards, which are already compiled but unreleased, in electronic format. [11749/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Public Sector Staff
Noel Rock
369. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to stop rolling one-year contracts in the public sector whereby employees do not receive the same benefits as their colleagues, including incremental pay increases, pension rights and the right to apply for internal vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11489/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Noel Rock
506. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health to hire two clinical nurses for the Finglas addiction support team which has had two applications pending since 2014, despite funding being agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11750/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Noel Rock
185. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health to re-open an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Noel Rock
186. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health to re-open an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Noel Rock
187. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health to re-open an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Garda Station Closures
Noel Rock
136. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to include Whitehall Garda station in any review of station closures. [10430/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Disability Services Provision
Noel Rock
341. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements on behalf of Down Syndrome Ireland in the event of the closure of its literacy classes at the Mater Dei Institute of Education on Clonliffe Road in Dublin 3 due to budget cuts by Dublin City University which operates the campus. [10687/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Office of Public Works Properties
Noel Rock
606. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible to relinquish the site at the former Whitehall Garda station, and if works there now prevent it from being converted into a Garda station. [10429/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Mental Health Services Funding
Noel Rock
955. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence the budget for mental health services and to reverse recent cuts made to it. [10688/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Home Care Packages Data
Noel Rock
956. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, for home care packages. [10690/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Taxi Licences Renewals
Noel Rock
1160. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to submit draft legislation to automatically remove the licences of taxi drivers convicted of a crime which makes them unsuitable to drive a cab. [10689/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Departmental Schemes
Noel Rock
3. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial cost of restoring the telephone allowance, based on changed demographics and age profile. [8478/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Economic Competitiveness
Noel Rock
141. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the National Competitiveness Council’s report Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2016, which states Ireland is a high-cost location in which to do business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8491/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Noel Rock
245. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health to set down the potential cost to the Exchequer of a reduction in the prescription charge to €1 with a corresponding cap of €10. [8479/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Mental Health Services Funding
Noel Rock
347. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the recent change in ring-fenced funding for the budget for mental health services; and if he will outline the budget for mental health services for the years 2009 to 2015 and the projected budget for 2016. [8476/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Mental Health Services Funding
Noel Rock
348. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the purpose the ring-fenced €35 million in new ring-fenced mental health funding was intended for; if it was allocated to anything specifically; and his views on the impact the €12 million reduction will have. [8477/16]