Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James Bannon - the need to designate Longford as a sub-office of the newly amalgamated Longford Westmeath Vocational Education Committee; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - possible changes to the ambulance service in County Kerry; (3) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an gá atá le cead a fháil cuid de na haonaid tithíochta sóisialta ag Áras Rónáin, Cill Rónáin, Árann a athrú ó thithe soisialta go aonad cúram príomhúil faoi chúram an HSE agus nach n-iarrfaí aon aisíoc ar an deontas a tugadh don ionad ó tharla go mbeidh sé in úsáid ag an HSE don phobal; (4) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need to avoid disruption for examination pupils when teachers retire at the end of February 2012; (5) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to reorganise the Valuation Office to ensure property re-valuations are carried out by personnel other than those who set the initial valuations; (6) Deputy Simon Harris - the current problems faced by commuters using DART and mainline rail services; (7) Deputy Gerald Nash - the payment of €200 million to private sector recruitment firms to provide nurses, doctors and other health care workers; (8) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - to ask the Minister to make a statement on the nine revised points of eligibility for ring-fenced projects agreed by the FÁS-lead community employment, CE, drugs rehabilitation working group of the national drug strategic framework, NDSF, during a recent review, why local drug task forces and community employment scheme operators were not aware or party to the review and the impact of the new eligibility rules on the latter organisation's service provision; (9) Deputy Robert Dowds - the need to tackle diesel fuel smuggling; (10) Deputies Michael McCarthy and Ciarán Lynch - the future of the Cork to Swansea ferry service; (11) Deputy Dan Neville - the increase in persons presenting to hospitals due to deliberate self harm; (12) Deputy Noel Harrington - the construction of the Bantry bypass, County Cork; (13) Deputies Sean Fleming and Charles Flanagan - the future of the district hospital, Abbeyleix, County Laois; (14) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the need to extend the period for spreading slurry; (15) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to extend the period for spreading slurry; (16) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the need to alleviate overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; (17) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to lift the moratorium on the hiring of midwives at the maternity unit at Wexford General Hospital; and (18) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need to extend the period for spreading slurry.

The matters raised by Deputies John O'Mahony, Michael McCarthy, Ciarán Lynch, Sean Fleming, Charles Flanagan and Seamus Kirk have been selected for discussion.