Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - the reduction of weekly payments to those on the back to education scheme; (2) Deputy Alan Farrell - local property tax and proposed exemptions within the pyrite panel report; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to make provision for transport for those patients requiring transport to and from hospitals from remote areas for life saving and prolonged treatment, including cancer care; (4) Deputies Clare Daly and Joe Higgins - the possible closure of the adult refugee programme; (5) Deputy Pearse Doherty - concerns in isolated rural communities arising from the reduction in Garda resources in recent years; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the change to the PLC teacher-pupil ratio; (7) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need for the HSE to honour agreements and commitments made to home helps in 2009 and to engage meaningfully with the Labour Court; (8) Deputy Noel Harrington - the imminent closure by the Courts Service of the courthouses in Kinsale, Skibbereen and Clonakility, County Cork; (9) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need to maintain the rural social scheme; (10) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the impact of a number of cuts in budget 2013 to the further education and training sector; (11) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the closure of Garda stations in County Galway; (12) Deputy Derek Keating - the increased incidence of tuberculosis throughout Dublin city and county; (13) Deputy Shane Ross - the proposed closure of Stepaside Garda station, County Dublin; (14) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to address the growing housing waiting lists on Dublin's northside and particularly in the Dublin City Council administrative area; (15) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the need to ensure that those on low incomes or the elderly will receive grant aid in the event of a requiring a septic tank replacement following an inspection; (16) Deputies Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin - the publication today of the de Silva report and the support for the Finucane family's demand for a public inquiry; (17) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the decision of the HSE to recruit 1,000 nursing graduates on lower terms of employment than existing staff; (18) Deputy Robert Troy - the Supreme Court's judgment in the case of Mark McCrystal and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Government of Ireland, Ireland and the Attorney General; (19) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need to introduce a regulator for the waste industry; (20) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to recognise and plan for the distinct challenges faced by Gaeltacht schools; (21) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the McCrystal judgement handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday; (22) Deputy Michael McGrath - the possible introduction of legislation to address the issue raised in the Dunne judgment concerning home repossessions; (23) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the implications of cuts to St. Michael's House national school, Ballymun, Dublin; (24) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to prevent the repossession of family homes in the new year; and (25) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the agreement with the troika concerning bank repossessions of family homes.

The matters raised by Deputies Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin; Marcella Corcoran Kennedy; Kevin Humphreys; and Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.

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