Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

3:00 pm

Photo of Michael KittMichael 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 Jim Daly - the eligibility criteria of applicants for the position of supervisors in the new Tús programme; (2) Deputies Billy Kelleher and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the funding of the Health Service Executive in respect of the nursing home support scheme for 2011; (3) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to implement measures to reduce the cost of school text books prior to the 2011-12 school year; (4) Deputy Martin Ferris - the refusal to pay a State contributory pension to persons who have outstanding tax bills; (5) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to provide additional funding in respect of Multyfarnham and Milltownpass community centres, County Westmeath; (6) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need to continue to support, resource and recognise the contribution of the arts to society and the economy; (7) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick - the problem of fuel laundering in the Border counties; (8) Deputy Seán Kyne - the lack of a mechanism to register the deaths of Irish citizens who die abroad; (9) Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív and Noel Grealish - the need to provide OPEX funding to Galway Airport for the next three years; (10) Deputy Jerry Buttimer - the measures that will be put in place following the recent breach of security at Cork Airport; (11) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to ensure that the Kilbarrack Coast Community Programme, KCCP, remains in the Kilbarrack Parish Community Hall; (12) Deputy Robert Dowds - the need for two additional classrooms and an extension to the staff room at Saint Joseph's Boys' National School, Clondalkin; and (13) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the proposed closure of the Teagasc office at Scariff, County Clare.

The matters raised by Deputies Seán Kyne, Billy Kelleher and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Jerry Buttimer have been selected for discussion.