Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 June 2011

6:00 pm

Photo of Peter MathewsPeter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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 Nicky McFadden - the need for admissions to be accepted at Athlone hospital, County Westmeath; (2) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the need for the Minister for Health to intervene to have the extension at Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, completed; (3) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to introduce an inspection regime at Shannon Airport to ensure that the integrity of Irish airspace is protected; (4) Deputy Simon Harris - the need to prioritise the establishment of the EU hotline for missing children number in Ireland; (5) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to take action to get financial institutions to extend credit to viable businesses; (6) Deputy James Bannon - the need to review the by-law which has banned eel fishing here; (7) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the plans there are to eliminate long-term homelessness; and (8) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to maintain the rural transport network and to extend it to integrate with the HSE and school bus services. The matters raised by the Deputies Joe Costello, James Bannon, Nicky McFadden and Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion.