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 Catherine Murphy - Tusla's need for access to Rape Crisis Centre information; (2) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the addition of Drogheda and the greater Louth area to the rent pressure zones; (3) Deputy Pearse Doherty - access to chemotherapy services at Letterkenny University Hospital; (4) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Clare Daly, Carol Nolan, Joan Collins and Mick Barry - the ongoing Tesco strike; (5) Deputies Kevin O'Keeffe and Mick Wallace - the closure of Harold's Cross greyhound track; (6) Deputies Jackie Cahill, Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath - the new DEIS programme, specifically in respect of schools in Tipperary; (7) Deputy John Curran - the lack of dental services for children in Clondalkin; (8) Deputy Tom Neville - litter problems in rural Ireland; (9) Deputy Imelda Munster - data of council-owned landbanks zoned for housing; (10) Deputies Fiona O'Loughlin, Frank O'Rourke and James Lawless - criteria for DEIS selections in 2017, specifically as regards Kildare; (11) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - funding to the Moat Theatre, Naas, County Kildare; (12) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the closure of the school counselling grants scheme by Tusla; (13) Deputy Declan Breathnach - provision of a passport office in the Border region; (14) Deputy Robert Troy - the re-evaluation of commercial rates; (15) Deputy Thomas Byrne - criteria for selecting DEIS schools for 2017; (16) Deputy Barry Cowen - the impact of current carbon policy on falling sales of briquettes; and (17) Deputy Bríd Smith - the withdrawal of the drug Respreeza by the HSE.

The matters raised by Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Clare Daly, Carol Nolan, Joan Collins and Mick Barry, Timmy Dooley, and Jackie Cahill, Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath have been selected for discussion.

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