Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for provision of hospice facilities in County Wicklow; (2) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the need to ensure measures are taken to ensure that those on low incomes or the elderly will receive grant aid in the event of requiring a septic tank replacement; (3) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the Health Service Executive’s plans to reconfigure therapy resources such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy into geographic-based teams and the likely impact on the level of service provision for children in special schools; (4) Deputy John O'Mahony - the reason that grants have been suspended by north east Leader company to community groups in County Mayo and when will payments of grants resume; (5) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to provide additional resource ambulance and paramedic services in County Donegal; (6) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need to introduce legislation to enable periodic payments be made in respect of personal injuries awards in catastrophic injuries; (7) Deputy Joe McHugh - the review of the Marine Survey Office and Irish Coast Guard Service and relevant ongoing work by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Fisher Consultants; (8) Deputy Derek Keating - the increased incidences of tuberculosis throughout Dublin city and county; (9) Deputy Tom Hayes - the need to attract multinational investment to provide jobs in rural Ireland, particularly to replace jobs lost in County Tipperary; (10) Deputy James Bannon - the potential national fallout of the loss of approximately 100 jobs at Ericsson, Athlone, County Westmeath; (11) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to ensure that key teacher and learning resources in DEIS schools and other schools in areas of disadvantage generally will be maintained in budget 2013 and specifically that educational resources will be protected in the parishes of Darndale, Belcamp, Priorswood and Bonnybrook in Coolock, Dublin 17; (12) Deputy Martin Heydon - the need for a secure funding model for the horse racing and breeding industry to allow for further growth and development; (13) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to bring forward a package of supports for those children and adolescents suffering with narcolepsy and additional medical complications following vaccination with Pandemrix; (14) Deputy Denis Naughten - the replacement of child benefit with a school attendance payment to curb fraud and to address the need to issue payments to non-resident children; (15) Deputy Brian Stanley - the report issued yesterday on the threat posed by the Sellafield plant, England; (16) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the difficulties that many customers of banks are experiencing and the role of the public interest directors in this regard; (17) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the delivery of services for patients with cystic fibrosis at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; (18) Deputy Brendan Smith - the vote tomorrow at UN General Assembly on upgrading Palestine to non-member observer state status; (19) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the possible exchange of premises between the Central Bank on Dame Street and the Bank of Ireland on College Green, Dublin; (20) Deputy Róisín Shortall - delivery of the commitment to adopt a new area-based approach to tackling child poverty commencing with the ten most disadvantaged communities; and (21) Deputy Joan Collins - the allocation of specialist beds at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin to sufferers of cystic fibrosis.

The matters raised by Deputies Martin Heydon, Brendan Smith, Kevin Humphreys and Joe McHugh have been selected for discussion.