322. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to promote third level education to those attending secondary schools in working class areas; if he will address possible concerns that there are financial barriers to attending third level education for those in working class areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10158/17]
232. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission’s raised forecast of GDP growth of the economy of 3.4%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/17]
157. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the INIS online appointment booking system for immigration registration has crashed or gone offline since it was launched in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10172/17]
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]
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]
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]
342. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if his Department will take measures to tackle the lack of services available to women who suffer with severe depression after childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9394/17]
249. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection when he expects to launch the work experience programme which will replace JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9395/17]
645. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if those persons working in the child care sector have been made aware of a 1997 High Court ruling (details supplied) which notes that those persons that have had child abuse allegations made against them have a constitutional obligation to be made aware of allegations made against them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8182/17]
630. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports which suggest that a company (details supplied) is delaying an investment in County Cork due to concerns regarding possible restrictions on the pharmaceutical sector by President Trump; her views on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8188/17]
599. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of WADA-approved drug testing of Irish athletes and sports categories over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8178/17]
413. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to deal with the upcoming industrial action being taken by nurses and by support staff across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/17]
346. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of pensions paid to former taoisigh and Ministers over the past ten years. [8180/17]
329. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the launching of a missile by North Korea on 12 February 2017 which landed in the waters between South Korea and Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8186/17]
328. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to any plans by the UK Government to install controls on the Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8183/17]
138. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if he will be monitoring proposed regulations in the UK on payments to bank executives; if he will introduce similar measures after reports showed that 26 bankers received €50 million in salaries and bonuses in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/17]
137. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the study by a company (details supplied) which reported that nearly half of the office space leased in Dublin during the last quarter of 2016 has not been built yet; the actions being taken by his Department to tackle the scarcity of new office space in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/17]
136. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance to set down the total amount of revenue received by the State in 2016 through domestic artists in the entertainment industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8185/17]
135. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance to set down the total amount of revenue received by the State in 2016 through the entertainment industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8184/17]
312. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the contradiction between the law stating the mandatory school starting age as six years old and her Department's early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme which forces children born in the last quarter of each year to start school between the ages of four years and nine months and four years and 11 months rather than allowing parents to have the freedom of having their child start preschool and school at a later age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7810/17]
224. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to cut funding for the centre for narcolepsy in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/17]
223. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to cut funding for the centre for narcolepsy in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7569/17]
176. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will fast-track the purchase of land (details supplied) from his Department by Fingal County Council and allow the land to be better utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/17]
714. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions his Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6878/17]
667. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions her Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6876/17]
656. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 will be enacted (details supplied). [7229/17]
654. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6884/17]
628. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/17]
605. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website went down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6877/17]
562. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department is taking to protect against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6874/17]
446. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in Dublin north west; the length of time the children have been waiting; if measures will be taken to deal with the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7007/17]
445. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7006/17]
444. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all public hospitals here; if he will identify which of these public hospitals is or is not resourced with one or more occupied whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialist role., that is, specific to the HSE’s outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) programme; the number of persons that were IV antibiotic inpatients in 2016; the number of hospital bed days that this inpatient group of patients accounted for in 2016 for each hospital; the number of persons that were community based IV antibiotic patients via the OPAT programme; the number of hospital bed days that this group of patients accounted for in 2016 for each hospital, in tabular form, in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/17]
407. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6883/17]
328. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions her Department is taking to strengthen security against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6875/17]
319. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department is taking to strengthen security against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6886/17]
301. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/17]
286. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the National Treasury Management Agency website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6887/17]
237. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6880/17]
185. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the National Treasury Management Agency website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/17]
147. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing VAT paid on maintenance fees on apartments to be offset against the local property tax in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6966/17]
145. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the actions his Department is taking to defend against cyber attacks after the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6881/17]
102. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6885/17]
85. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Taoiseach the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack. [6888/17]
158. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the restoration of Glasnevin tower; if there is an opening date set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6551/17]
76. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to schemes in the UK such as (details supplied) which would allow small lenders that lend to Irish small and medium enterprises through vehicles such as to qualify for a tax reduction, either against an investment as a whole, or against small loans which deteriorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/17]
75. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the amount currently earned in taxation on interest from crowdfunding loans to small and medium enterprises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6549/17]
694. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department is taking to tackle the long delays in the processing of critical skills visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5960/17]
693. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of critical skills visas issued per annum by the State since this visa was introduced in September 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5959/17]
692. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there are long delays in the processing of critical skills visas, in some cases increasing from a four week wait to approximately three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5958/17]