Pat Gallagher (Donegal, 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) 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; (2) Deputy Pat Casey - the retention of Ardmore film studios as a centre for film production; (3) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the supports needed by St. Joseph's national school in Marino, Dublin 3, in its application for DEIS 1 status; (4) 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; (5) 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; (6) Deputy Pat Deering - the closure of the Carlow ambulance base, which is raising concerns about response times for Carlow emergencies; (7) Deputy Martin Ferris - the health and safety issues at Kilmoyley graveyard in County Kerry; (8) 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; (9) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an gá atá ann a chinntiú go leanfaidh seirbhís farantóireachta 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; (10) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the resourcing of the adult degenerative spine service in Tallaght Hospital and the Dublin Midlands hospital group; (11) Deputy John Lahart - An Bord Pleanála's decision on planning permission for Airbnb properties; (12) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - the reduction in services at an Alzheimer's day care unit in south Kildare; (13) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - the closure of the only waiting list for free eye tests for children; (14) Deputy Timmy Dooley - flood alleviation measures in County Clare; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for flexibility in the timetable for slurry spraying on agricultural farmland; (16) Deputy Martin Kenny - flooding on the River Shannon around Lough Allen; (17) Deputy Jackie Cahill - competition concerns in the beef industry; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to discuss the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; and (19) Deputy Lisa Chambers - the Minister's views on the report on the well-being of members of the Permanent Defence Force.

The matters raised by Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, Pat Casey, Imelda Munster and Pat Deering have been selected for discussion.

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