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Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Corporation Tax Regime
Noel Rock
168. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's report on the economy, which highlighted the State's dependence on corporate tax revenue as a concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Noel Rock
175. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the State has adopted the European Commission's European alliance for apprenticeships, which was a key element of the youth guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11946/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Tax Code
Noel Rock
280. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing a vacant property tax as outlined by a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11875/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Passport Applications Fees
Noel Rock
331. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to subsidising or making a grant available to persons over 70 years of age applying for passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11881/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Youth Guarantee
Noel Rock
332. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of participants in the youth guarantee nationally in the past three years; the number of participants who were offered full time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11947/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Youth Guarantee
Noel Rock
333. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria in place to assess whether job offers under the youth guarantee scheme are quality offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11948/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Youth Guarantee
Noel Rock
334. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of private sector employers that have engaged with the youth guarantee scheme to date; the number that have offered full time employment to participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11949/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Youth Guarantee
Noel Rock
335. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of all programmes run nationwide by the State under the youth guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Departmental Expenditure
Noel Rock
336. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of communication and advertising costs spent by his Department to promote employment services and supports over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Passport Services
Noel Rock
357. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the production cost of each passport; if volume reduces the marginal cost in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland Reports
Noel Rock
450. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his views on the report published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that showed an increase in the number of food alerts for 2016 which was the highest in a decade; the actions his department will take to tackle the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11944/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Medical Card Administration
Noel Rock
609. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will review the application and appeal forms for medical cards for elderly persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Noel Rock
610. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the position regarding eye cataract surgery for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; if this person would be entitled to the cross-Border health care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11883/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Food Exports
Noel Rock
667. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ban on a product (details supplied) in the US state of Wisconsin; his further views on whether this could have wider implications for beef and dairy exports to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11874/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Personal Injury Claims
Noel Rock
799. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to a consultation process to amend the injuriesboard.ie book of quantum in an effort to tackle high compensation payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11879/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Gender Equality
Noel Rock
810. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest report which showed that the gender pay gap has widened by 6.5% in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11873/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Skills Development
Noel Rock
811. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the State has adopted the European Commission's quality framework on traineeships, which was a key element of the youth guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11945/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Tax Yield
Noel Rock
67. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the amount currently earned in taxation on interest from crowdfunding loans to small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10039/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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State Banking Sector
Noel Rock
74. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the impact of the decline in value of the State's shares in a bank (details supplied) in 2016 ahead of the proposed sale of the State's shares in the bank. [10038/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Immigration Data
Noel Rock
156. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for stamp 4 visa applications; the actions her Department is taking to decrease waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10171/17]