Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy John Deasy - the decision to locate the vocational education committee headquarters in Wexford; (2) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to tackle obesity in order to combat diabetes; (3) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Healy-Rae - the problems caused by banks not lending to businesses; (4) Deputy Michael McNamara - the Limerick northern distributor road; (5) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the operation and funding of the anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness scheme; (6) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the decision of the single electricity market committee to grandfather curtailment levels applied to windfarm output; (7) Deputy John O'Mahony - the measures being taken to alleviate delays in the renewal and issuing of medical cards; (8) Deputy Robert Dowds - the high cost of burials in Dublin and inadequacy of legislation for local authorities to regulate graveyards; (9) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - the need for Tarmonbarry, County Longford, to retain its Garda station; (10) Deputy Ann Phelan - the need for food labelling in respect of fast food establishments nationwide; (11) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need for Tuam, County Galway, to get access to Leader funding; (12) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the need to provide suitable alternative local drug treatment facilities in Ballyfermot, Dublin; (13) Deputy Michael Conaghan - the need to provide suitable alternative local drug treatment facilities in Ballyfermot, Dublin; (14) Deputy Joan Collins - the need to provide suitable alternative local drug treatment facilities in Ballyfermot, Dublin; (15) Deputy Jack Wall - the need to ensure the availability of surgical beds at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin; (16) Deputy Brian Stanley - the need for the Industrial Development Agency to attract investments and jobs to the midlands; (17) Deputy Noel Harrington - the need to develop an area to harvest razorfish, cockles and clams at Berehaven, Castletownbere Harbour, County Cork; (18) Deputy Simon Harris - the need to address the ongoing violence in Syria; (19) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to maintain funding to drug task force services; (20) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the impact that budget cuts will have on the provision of services to persons with disabilities; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the announcement by the ESB to cut power to parts of the Priory Hall development, Dublin; (22) Deputy Clare Daly - the announcement by the ESB to cut power to parts of the Priory Hall development, Dublin; (23) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need to find an appropriate site for the Dublin City Central Library; (24) Deputy Alan Farrell - the decision by FÁS to discontinue training courses in Balbriggan, County Dublin; (25) Deputy Niall Collins - the need to find a solution to the problems experienced by residents of Priory Hall, Dublin; (26) Deputy Anne Ferris - the need to advertise that people can continue to use their medical cards with GPs and pharmacists while awaiting new cards; (27) Deputy John Lyons - marriage equality in the context of the upcoming constitutional convention; (28) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the effects of the changes to housing needs assessment criteria and the impact on carers; (29) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - Greyhound Recycling's announcement that it will stop collecting waste from 18,000 households in Dublin; (30) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need to address the plight of self-employed persons who find themselves unemployed and virtually excluded from the social welfare system; (31) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to ensure adequate funding for adult services in respect of persons with disabilities graduating from school this year.

The matters raised by Deputies Wall, Kelleher, Mulherin and McDonald have been selected for discussion.