Joe O'Reilly (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | 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 Michael McCarthy - progress on the Autism Bill 2012; (2) Deputies Catherine Byrne, Eric Byrne and Joan Collins - the decision by Pobal to cease funding for two VEC sports centres in Inchicore and Crumlin; (3) Deputy Jack Wall - the provision of a ketogenic diet for a 12 year old boy in need of such treatment; (4) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the availability of regorafenib through the HSE for the treatment of cancer patients; (5) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the need to secure the future of the school completion programme and oversee its expansion by ring-fencing funding for the years to come; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to upgrade the N22 Kerry-Cork road; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley - staffing levels in accident and emergency units and staffing in maternity units, particularly in Portlaoise hospital; (8) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need for an amendment to the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1971 to facilitate the rewording of the term "mental handicap"; (9) Deputy Dan Neville - the need for regulation of counselling and psychotherapy; (10) Deputy Joe Costello - the awarding of share rights in Aer Lingus to a departing senior official in the company; (11) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the effect of the new tuberculosis regulations on farmers; (12) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to provide clarity to those organisations in receipt of bridging funds under the scheme to support national organisations; (13) Deputy Colm Keaveney - regional variation in the provision of early intervention services for children; (14) Deputy Derek Nolan - the need for funding to ensure the continuance of the Let's Get to Work project in Galway; (15) Deputy Pat Breen - the need to support the GAA in seeking UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status for hurling; (16) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to allocate funding to address the waiting list for disability extensions for citizens with a disability and high medical priority; (17) Deputy Clare Daly - the need for Dunnes Stores management to engage with workers to avoid industrial action; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need for greater resources for GSOC in light of its increased workload; (19) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Moynihan - proposals to switch the collection of social welfare and pension payments from post offices to banks; (20) Deputy Gabrielle McFadden - the need to ensure persons with neurological conditions will not face the loss of vital services after June 2015, and that charity funding scheme issues are resolved before then; (21) Deputy Niall Collins - concerns regarding the provision of tactical firearms training to armed gardaí; (22) Deputy Robert Troy - waiting times and lack of access to community mental health services for children and teenagers; (23) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for EirGrid to consider alternatives to overhead power lines and pylons for the north-south interconnector; (24) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the costs involved in the first fix scheme; (25) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - recent recommendations to reduce the reliance on temporary and short-term contracts in the education sector; (26) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the rising cost of life assurance plans and its effects on policy holders and consumers; (27) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - domestic violence and the unacceptable delays in receipt of civil legal aid; and (28) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to act on the provision of a meningitis B vaccination.

The matters raised by Deputies Catherine Byrne, Eric Byrne and Joan Collins, Mattie McGrath and Michael Moynihan, Pearse Doherty and Mary Mitchell O'Connor have been selected for discussion.

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