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 Terence Flanagan - the need for a fresh inquiry into the Stardust fire; (2) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the position regarding the Bandon flood relief scheme; (3) Deputy Jack Wall - the guidelines of the primary medical certificate regulations; (4) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - Justice for Magdalenes group; (5) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the delay in decision-making on energy generation; (6) Deputy Olivia Mitchell - the plans to promote the message of the European Year of Development 2015; (7) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - housing and the need for democratic control as the Governor of the Central Bank appears to be insisting on a 20% deposit as a requirement for mortgage applicants, which will marginalise many aspiring house purchasers who have not got the 20% and will put increased pressure on the need for rental accommodation and social housing and the role of the Governor should be advisory, with the Dáil setting the standards; (8) Deputy Seán Conlan - that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy White, will ensure those communities affected by the North-South interconnector are consulted by EirGrid about specific underground route options before he allows it to make any fresh application to An Bord Pleanála; (9) Deputy Helen McEntee - the position in respect of the funding and provision of the drug Soliris; (10) Deputy Seán Kenny - the need to commence the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill Act; (11) Deputy Brian Stanley - the staffing crisis in Portlaoise hospital; (12) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the recent senior Garda promotions and the need to hold off on implementing them until the conclusion of internal and GSOC investigations under way; (13) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss senior Garda appointments in the context of internal and GSOC investigations which are not yet completed; (14) Deputy Barry Cowen - the closure of Ulster Bank branches in rural Ireland; (15) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the issues arising from the use of private security firms by landlords forcing evictions; (16) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl -the need for the Minister for Social Protection to tackle the increase in deprivation in Ireland; (17) Deputy Paul Murphy - the teachers' strike taking place today; (18) Deputy Robert Troy - the need for measures to be introduced to support and revitalise Longford town; (19) Deputy Dan Neville - the need to make the new cystic fibrosis unit operational in University Hospital Limerick; and (20) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the persecution of a person (details supplied) in Saudi Arabia.

The matters raised by Deputies Olivia Mitchell, Richard Boyd Barrett, Jack Wall and Barry Cowen have been selected for discussion.

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