Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

4:00 am

Photo of Séamus KirkSéamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Seán Sherlock - the delays in the processing of payments under the disadvantaged area and single farm payment schemes; (2) Deputy Leo Varadkar - that the Minister for Health and Children report to the Dáil on any proposals to downgrade accident and emergency services in the north Dublin hospitals noting that a HSE memo to staff has confirmed that consideration is being given to reducing the number of 24-hour accident and emergency departments from three to two in the north Dublin area and to give an assurance that Connolly Hospital will still operate on a 24-hour basis; (3) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to outline progress towards building a permanent school for Gaelscoil Bharra, Cabra, Dublin 7; (4) Deputy Dan Neville - an extension to Nicker national school, County Limerick; (5) Deputy Tom Hayes - whether the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government can clarify the position regarding the issue of raw sewage flowing into the River Suir in Golden, County Tipperary; (6) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim - to ask the Minister to consider accelerating the process towards the building of a new school for Spa national school, Tralee; (7) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the current progress on the bypass of Tipperary town; (8) Deputy Joan Burton - the reorganisation and restriction of emergency services at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown; (9) Deputies Joe Carey, Timmy Dooley and Pat Breen - the need to ensure full cardiac services are retained at Ennis General Hospital; (10) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the need for the Government to demonstrate its support for the Cork docklands project; (11) Deputy John O'Mahony - the urgent need for the Minister to address the low stocks of salt for gritting roads; (12) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to respond to an investigation exposing the abuse of older people by private providers of home care; (13) Deputy Noel J. Coonan - the need for the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, to intervene with the National Roads Authority in the stand-off between subcontractors and contractors regarding the completion of the M7 Nenagh-Castletown section in view of the fact that work has ceased due to industrial action and the road may not open as scheduled; (14) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - to call on the Minister for Transport to direct the NRA to release additional salt stocks to the local authorities for winter treatment of the road network in time for the severe cold snap forecast for later this week, and to provide the up-to-date status of the State's salt stocks; (15) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - to ask the Minister for Health and Children when the amount of HSE funding for homeless services around the country will be confirmed and when will this be communicated to the voluntary organisations providing those services; (16) Deputy Alan Shatter - to raise concerns expressed by the DPP about resources available to him; and (17) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Social Protection to recognise the valuable work of Longford-Westmeath Family Resource Centres through essential funding for 2011.

The matters raised by Deputies Joan Burton, Joe Carey, Pat Breen, Timmy Dooley and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin have been selected for discussion.