352. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
351. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
350. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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 secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19978/17]
349. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
348. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
335. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
334. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
333. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
158. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and 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]
144. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and 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]
93. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and 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]
26. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
373. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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 recommended number of employees and to prevent another military information technology glitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18468/17]
280. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
279. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
223. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
195. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
815. Deputy Noel Rock asked 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]
814. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason €2.5 million was set aside for third party legal costs for the inquiry into the Grace case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18213/17]
788. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider the passage of new trade laws requiring more stringent food safety checks in order that trade agreements such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, do not negatively impact consumers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18223/17]
624. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his estimate of the increase in organ transplants that can be expected; if there are enough doctors to keep up with this increase in transplant surgeries; his views on whether funds should be devoted to acquire additional doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/17]
623. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the process that would be implemented for the families of the deceased to veto organ donation in view of the fact that organ harvesting takes place as quickly as possible following death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/17]
390. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection the way non-DEIS schools are selected to participate in the school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18220/17]
327. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the challenges which are standing in the way of increasing the housing supply at a faster than normal rate in view of the extent of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18219/17]
155. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if a contingency plan is in place to minimise disruptions in the economy if President Trump were to start enacting some of the trade policies he has discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/17]
154. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider criminalising the act of overcharging on a tracker mortgage with a stiff financial penalty for banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/17]
153. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is recommending to rein in the price inflation that is slowing down the growth of the manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/17]
151. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if any oversight is being conducted to ensure that mortgage approvals, which have jumped by 42%, are being made in a cautious and responsible manner to prevent another housing bubble crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16806/17]
138. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and 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]
102. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and 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]
65. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that the construction of new homes has hit a seven-year high and yet homelessness here is still on the rise; the reason for this phenomenon; the changes that are required to the housing policy to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15028/17]
328. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cause of the downgrading of Shannon Airport; the economic impacts for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17050/17]
327. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources are being devoted to encourage tourism in order to counteract the drop in tourism from the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/17]
306. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department are undertaking to increase the levels of innovation in food processing; his views on a person's (details supplied) opinion that levels of innovation in this sector are low; his views on whether the State is falling behind on this ahead of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/17]
287. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if resources are being devoted specifically to investigate and intervene in the sale of real and counterfeit pregabalin; if the source of these substances has been discovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/17]
265. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider instituting new transparent accounting standards for Government bodies like An Garda Síochána and updating rules around spending to prevent frivolous expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17049/17]
228. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions being taken by his Department to encourage the development of new private houses in the State, particularly in Dublin, after a reported decline of 17% of new houses for sale in 2016; the current level of participation in any State programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17045/17]
116. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to implement stronger penalties for those who are found to be shoplifting and particularly in cases in which the shop owner or staff are assaulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17044/17]
93. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Taoiseach the details of the breakdown of home owner proportion by age band in the past six censuses undertaken by the State. [16807/17]
78. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland already spends more per student than most other EU countries; the spending increases that should be expected in conjunction with primary school reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16619/17]
49. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the new primary school reform commences; the age at which students will start to learn a foreign language; if the Finnish model of beginning a foreign language at age seven will be adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16620/17]
665. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure more funding for the installation of electronic timetables across Dublin city in view of the fact that the National Transport Authority has said plans for the expansion of the network of real time passenger information signs are currently on hold due to a lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16687/17]
626. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider implementing here something similar to the UK’s carbon tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16686/17]
606. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps which have been taken to ensure the importance of retaining Irish access to British waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16685/17]
564. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the actions he has undertaken to date in tackling underage alcohol consumption; the results to date; his views on figures which showed an increase of the number of admissions in Dublin’s three main children's hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/17]
407. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated amount it would cost to reopen Stepaside Garda station in terms of work required to the existing building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/17]
339. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether evidence (details supplied) points to another or looming housing bubble; if so, the actions he will take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16794/17]
338. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider implementing legislative controls on short-term rentals such as those implemented successfully in Berlin and New York City in an effort to rectify short-term rentals such as those by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/17]
337. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rules regarding claims which need to be revised to prevent more spending by bodies such as Dublin City Council and to ensure that these claims are only granted in instances of the utmost seriousness; if he will consider conducting a review of claims granted in 2016 to ensure that all the spending on claims was necessitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/17]