Noel Rock
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Noel Rock | |
|---|---|
 Rock in 2016 | |
| Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government | |
| In office 16 Sept 2019 – 14 Jan 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Steven Matthews |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Dublin North-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1987 |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University |
Noel Rock (born 11 November 1987) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2016 to 2020.[1] He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2019 to 2020.
Rock was born in Dublin and grew up in the Ballymun and Glasnevin areas, where he was raised by his mother and grandparents.[2] He was educated at Our Lady of Victories National Boys' School, Ballymun and St. Aidan's CBS in Whitehall. He attended Dublin City University (DCU), where he was the chair of the university's branch of Young Fine Gael.[3] He remains an active member of Young Fine Gael.
While studying at DCU, Rock interned with then US Senator Hillary Clinton as a legislative intern focusing on foreign policy. He later interned in Iowa with her 2008 Presidential campaign ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. He welcomed Clinton to DCU for a speech in 2012. He has also worked as an assistant manager for the Washington Ireland Program and as a press assistant with the European Parliament. Following his time in DCU he worked in communications for a startup cloud computing company.
Rock first ran for a seat on the Dublin City Council in 2009, and was the last candidate deemed to not be elected in his LEA. In 2011, he was a campaign organiser for John Paul Phelan, which successfully sought to elect Phelan to Dáil Éireann for Carlow–Kilkenny, where he topped the poll. Rock has also worked as a secretarial assistant for Catherine Noone, a former Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.