Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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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 Michael Healy-Rae - the position whereby self-employed persons are ineligible for social welfare benefits; (2) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Health to outline his policy in relation to agency nurses; (3) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need to introduce a fair loan scheme to allow tenants of local authority houses to purchase their own homes under the terms and conditions of the tenant purchase scheme; (4) Deputy Frank Feighan - the need to realise the potential of the Lough Allen gas field; and (5) Deputy Olivia Mitchell - the need to find a countrywide approach to both short-term and long-term solutions for the negative impact of section 48 and section 49 planning levies. The matters raised by Deputies Feighan, Fleming, Mitchell and Bannon have been selected for discussion.