Dáil debates

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Topical Issue Matters

 

5:20 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gino Kenny - the waiting times for needs assessments for children accessing primary care services; (2) Deputy Bobby Aylward - the funding of Aiséirí's Aislinn service in Ballyraggett, County Kilkenny; (3) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan - the need to announce the patrons of the nine new post-primary schools that are due to open in 2017 and 2018, including the school in Limerick city's south-west environs; (4) Deputy Alan Farrell - the need to support community sporting initiatives such as Lusk 2020; (5) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the need to address the issue of substance abuse following a recent case at Cavan General Hospital's accident and emergency department; (6) Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - the status of the Lantern Lodge facility in Killarney pending the provision of similar services at the new facility in Killarney; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley - the Minister's views on proposals to retain and improve services at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, including maternity and emergency services; (8) Deputy Jackie Cahill - concerns in the Irish mushroom industry as a consequence of Brexit; (9) Deputy James Lawless - the reason volumes of waste from the greater Dublin area are being deposited in Drehid landfill site in north-west Kildare, and related issues; (10) Deputy Imelda Munster - the cuts in primary care staff and service provision and the loss of clerical and administrative posts in counties Louth and Meath; (11) Deputy Marc MacSharry - the need to review the targets imposed on Sligo County Council within its financial plan, which was agreed in August 2015; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, in light of the postponing of its provisional application; (13) Deputy Thomas Byrne - the need for an update with regard to the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, dispute; (14) Deputy Clare Daly - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; (15) Deputy Billy Kelleher - concerns over the adult congenital heart defect service at the Mater hospital; (16) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - the need for funding to retain temporary general operatives in Sligo County Council; (17) Deputy Barry Cowen - the need for the Minister for Health to address the withdrawal and relocation of ambulance services from Edenderry to Tullamore; (18) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; (19) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - the reduction in services at an Alzheimer's day care unit in south Kildare; (20) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; (22) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the issue of social housing income limits and the differences in neighbouring areas; (23) Deputy Eugene Murphy - the need for a safety review of the N5 route, particularly from Tarmonbarry to Ballaghaderreen; (24) Deputy Paul Murphy - the ending of the JobBridge scheme and the consultation process regarding internship programmes; (25) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the resourcing of the adult degenerative spine service in Tallaght Hospital and the Dublin Midlands hospital group; (26) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the impact of puppy farms and the need for stricter enforcement; (27) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - the closure of the only waiting list for free eye tests for children; and (28) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an gá atá ann a chinntiú go leanfaidh seirbhís farrntóireachta chuig Árann (Inis Mór) ó Ros a' Mhíl sna míonna ó Shamhain go Márta i bhfianaise an fógra a rinneadh inniu go bhfuil an farantóir leis an tseirbhís atá á chur ar fáil aige faoi láthair a stopadh ó thús na míosa seo chugainn.

The matters raised by Deputies Gino Kenny, Alan Farrell and Marc MacSharry have been selected for discussion.

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