Michael Kitt (Galway East, 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 Derek Keating -

dog control laws;

(2) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the effects on part-time workers of the inclusion of Sunday as a working day for persons on social protection payments;

(3) Deputies Mary Mitchell O'Connor and Mary Lou McDonald - domestic violence, with specific reference to the latest Women's Aid report;

(4) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to introduce new schemes in respect of employment assistance;

(5) Deputy Joan Collins - the need for a temporary protection mechanism to be invoked by the European Commission to deal with the problem of refugees from Syria;

(6) Deputy Michael McNamara - using the Finance Act as a blueprint for the regeneration of small towns and villages;

(7) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to provide additional staffing resources for the acute psychiatric unit at Roscommon County Hospital;

(8) Deputy Dan Neville - the number of deaths by suicide in 2012;

(9) Deputy Catherine Murphy - ambulance services in the Naas area of County Kildare; (10) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to progress to construction stage the proposed building project at St Kilian's national school, Mullagh, County Cavan;

(11) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the reduction in community project funds and Leader funding in County Galway;

(12) Deputy Noel Harrington - the impact on energy security of the proposed sale of the oil storage terminal on Whitty Island, Bantry Bay and the oil refinery at Whitegate, County Cork;

(13) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to provide additional resources for An Garda Síochána and review legislation on the sale of alcohol in seaside resorts, including Portmarnock and Howth, County Dublin;

(14) Deputy Willie Penrose - proposals for the implementation of new rules and provisions relating to the distribution of the assets of a pension scheme on its wind-up;

(15) Deputy Simon Harris - the need to review DART fares to Greystones;

(16) Deputy Ciara Conway - child protection and child welfare reporting practices at RTE;

(17) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to keep St. Agnes special needs preschool in Donegal town open;

(18) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the need to put in place additional child protection and domestic violence supports and services following the figures from the Women's Aid helpline;

(19) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the proposed new rent allowance limits and the risk of homelessness;

(20) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to put in place proper strategies for a quality childminding sector;

(21) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the implications for the privacy rights of Irish citizens of the gathering of digital information by the United States National Security Agency;

(22) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the recently published Educational Research Centre study, National Schools - International Contexts;

(23) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - mental health services within County Roscommon;

(24) Deputy Joe Higgins - the response of the Turkish authorities to protests in Istanbul;

(25) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - fatal foetal abnormalities and the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill;

(26) Deputy Mick Wallace - the recent revelations regarding American surveillance of private citizens and the possible impact on Irish citizens;

(27) Deputy Clare Daly - the operation of the United States surveillance system, Prism; and

(28) Deputy Billy Kelleher - future plans for the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant schemes.

The matters raised by Deputies Mary Mitchell O'Connor and Mary Lou McDonald, Willie Penrose, Charlie McConalogue and Michael P. Kitthave been selected for discussion.