471. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health when the Bill for assisted health reproduction will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/18]
470. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health when plans will be put in place to assist families with the cost of IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/18]
331. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if supports are available in regard to the adoption of new and emerging technologies in the construction industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42231/18]
330. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department supports or runs information campaigns to encourage Irish businesses, SMEs and start-ups to apply for International Organization for Standardisation certification; if not, her plans to do so in the future in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42227/18]
329. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans in place to support SMEs in e-commerce in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42222/18]
328. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports offered to SMEs that wish to acquire more digital skills and e-commerce training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42221/18]
327. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of funding to support the development of start-up businesses here in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42220/18]
326. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports being offered to SMEs and start-up companies in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42218/18]
325. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of funding to InterTradeIreland in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42217/18]
324. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or officials from her Department have reviewed the Enterprise Ireland Brexit survey of its clients; her views on the results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42216/18]
307. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle corruption in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42230/18]
306. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle corruption in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42229/18]
305. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or officials from his Department have reviewed an index published by an organisation (details supplied) which listed Ireland 19th out of 180 states based on perceived levels of corruption; his views on the fact that there has been no notable change in the perception of corruption here between 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/18]
162. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the status of plans to tackle the issue of high rates of car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/18]
161. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the progress in discussions with the Brazilian authorities to remove Ireland from a blacklist of tax havens; his views on the length of this process; his further views on the potential damaging effect this has on Ireland's international reputation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42215/18]
176. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a delay and a change in criteria for Venezuelan nationals applying for visas here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/18]
194. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for legislation that would enforce taxis to provide child car seats as similar to other European states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/18]
138. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if provisions have been made in his budget submission for additional resources in the Dublin north city and county area for the school aged disability teams and other early intervention services and services for school aged children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/18]
93. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions have been made in his budget submission to lower the teacher-student ratio in DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/18]
174. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for his determination that the allowance of €75 would cover the cost of the disposal of incontinence products; if he will consider increasing the amount in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39141/18]
2159. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce governing legislation with regard to electric scooters; if the issues relating to these vehicles have been examined to date; and his plans to introduce legislation to bring Dublin in line with other European cities similar to EN 15194 with regard to electric bicycles. [32575/18]
2158. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce governing legislation and safety regulations for the testing of driverless cars here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/18]
2157. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Wicklow Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32573/18]
2156. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the New Ross Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32572/18]
2155. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Galway Harbour Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32571/18]
2154. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32570/18]
2153. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Drogheda Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32569/18]
2152. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Port of Waterford Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32568/18]
2151. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Shannon Foynes Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32567/18]
2150. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Port of Cork Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32566/18]
2149. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Dublin Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. [32565/18]
495. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the cost of the national car test, NCT, for electric vehicles in view of the fact that they do not need to undertake an emissions test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/18]
378. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 3 July 2018, if he will consider introducing legislation which requires online advertising campaigns that employ models to sell body focused products to specify if models have disclosed that they are taking anabolic steroids to obtain an enhanced physique (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31389/18]
172. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 4,493 illegal cigarette seizures in 2017, there were only 26 convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/18]
171. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 520 million illegal cigarettes were consumed in 2017 according to the Revenue Commissioners' illegal tobacco products research survey, an increase of 30% since 2016; his plans to provide the Revenue Commissioners and An Garda Síochána with increased resources to tackle the issue of illegal tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/18]
8. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department in respect of the Dublin inner city forum established following the Dublin inner city task force report. [30974/18]
617. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health when he expects the enactment of legislation to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to allow both male same-sex partners to sign a surrogate child's birth certificate; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/18]
196. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reimburse public servants in temporary acting-up roles who paid the pension related deduction at their full salary rate but were paying or receiving pension contributions at their substantive rate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 provides that fixed term workers are afforded no less favourable treatment than their comparable permanent counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30671/18]
223. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the reason no teacher or principal representatives were appointed to the national out-of-hospital cardiac arrest steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29791/18]
222. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health when the final report of the national out-of-hospital cardiac arrest steering group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/18]
221. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if the concerns of multiple sclerosis patients regarding access to life-changing medicines will be addressed; his plans to introduce changes to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29789/18]
264. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation is being considered to require online advertising campaigns that employ models to sell body-focused products to specify if models are taking anabolic steroids to obtain an enhanced physique (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28791/18]
272. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Housing Finance Agency or his Department have been approached for funding from approved housing bodies for the purchasing of properties at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28371/18]
271. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if renovation work or the selling of land at a location (details supplied) will be enforced under section 11(2)(a) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28368/18]
234. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish the final report of the national clean air strategy which was due to be published at the end of March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28369/18]
225. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if rescinding the licences of the remaining fur farms (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28367/18]
224. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban fur farming here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28366/18]