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Tue, 2 May 2017
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Disability Services Funding
Noel Rock
935. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if grants are available for home gym equipment for persons with Down's syndrome; if not, if he will consider creating such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19693/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Hospital Services
Noel Rock
936. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing a time maximum at which hospitals must release a body to relatives for burial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19698/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Hospitals Data
Noel Rock
937. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who had their pre-scheduled operations at Cork University Hospital cancelled over the Easter weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Health Services Provision
Noel Rock
938. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has neglected to offer paediatric heart transplant services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19700/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Suicide Prevention
Noel Rock
985. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing a suicide prevention programme similar to a programme in Detroit, USA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19979/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Health Services Staff Training
Noel Rock
986. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if nurses are required to undergo grief training; if so, the percentage of nurses that have undergone grief training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19987/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
Noel Rock
987. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow existing persons on the fair deal scheme to be able to move back to their own homes; when the plans will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19989/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Noel Rock
996. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the person's position on the waiting list; if the operation can be referred to another hospital in order that it can be completed sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20014/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Fishing Industry
Noel Rock
1166. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that need to be undertaken to protect illegal workers in the fishing industry from exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19447/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Television Licence Fee
Noel Rock
1261. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the aim of the new proposal to implement a television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19452/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Recycling Policy
Noel Rock
1279. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider implementing a refundable deposit scheme for recyclables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Sport Ireland
Noel Rock
1360. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the Irish Sports Council have no database on file of participants in sports nationwide; his further views on whether it is valuable to keep track of the number of participants in each sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19984/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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EU Regulations
Noel Rock
1361. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the legislation will be in place for the Irish Aviation Authority to become the noise regulator for airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19988/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Fishing Industry
Noel Rock
1406. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the permit system for fishing workers from outside the European Economic Area can be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19446/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Employment Rights
Noel Rock
1410. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider addressing the State's non-compliance with the EU part-time workers directive by implementing the French model of honest contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19695/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Child Care Services Provision
Noel Rock
1434. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department cannot access income information from the Revenue Commissioners; the estimated number of families which will miss out on the child care subsidy as a consequence; when this will be ameliorated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19689/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Child and Family Agency Data
Noel Rock
1443. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the vast differences in child care orders between towns; if she will address the concern that children in care are subject to a geographic lottery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19981/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Children in Care
Noel Rock
1444. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if transitional services exist for 18 year olds being phased out of State care; her views on whether they are effective in preventing homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19985/17]
Thu, 13 Apr 2017
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Climate Change Policy
Noel Rock
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]
Thu, 13 Apr 2017
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Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
Noel Rock
76. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to date in 2017 and in previous years of the help-to-buy scheme. [18970/17]