Dáil debates

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

12:30 pm

Photo of Joe O'ReillyJoe O'Reilly (Cavan-Monaghan, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the future plans for the funding of youth-centred homeless projects such as St. Catherine's Foyer, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8; (2) Deputy Joan Collins - the decision by the NCPE not to make Pirfenidone available to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; (3) Deputy Gerald Nash - the planned temporary centralisation of the national ambulance service control centre; (4) Deputy Michael McNamara - a proposal from Killaloe for a commemorative coin to mark the millennium of the death of Brian Boru in 2014; (5) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need to publish the third implementation report of the Croke Park agreement covering the period up to 31 December 2013; (6) Deputy Heather Humphreys - the importance of the Ulster Canal project to the Cavan-Monaghan region and the need to give continued commitment to the project; (7) Deputy Martin Ferris - the impact of fuel price increases; (8) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the decision to introduce further changes in the calculation criteria for eligibility for a medical card; (9) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the retention of a full ambulance service at Kenmare Community Hospital, Kenmare, County Kerry; (10) Deputy John O'Mahony - the problems being experienced by persons attempting to pay the local property tax; (11) Deputy Pat Deering - the implications of proposed cuts to Carlow regional youth work services; (12) Deputy Brian Stanley - the implications of the HSE report on the future of Shaen and Abbeyleix public nursing homes, County Laois; (13) Deputy Tom Hayes - the provision of high-speed broadband to south Tipperary; (14) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the 1,600 jobs created by Glanbia; (15) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to have Down's syndrome added to the low incidence list to ensure access to education supports for Down's syndrome children; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to encourage the US Administration to close Guantanamo Bay; (17) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the impact the public procurement policy has on the school supplies sector; (18) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - reduced paramedic cover in the Dublin north east HSE region; (19) Deputy Brendan Smith - the EU response to the possible use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict; (20) Deputy Ann Phelan - the need to resume the chronological operation of the placement list for the nursing home support scheme; and (21) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the issue of availability of lung fibrosis drugs.

The matters raised by Deputies Heather Humphreys, Brendan Smith, Gerald Nash and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, have been selected for discussion.