Dáil debates

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

3:35 pm

Photo of Michael KittMichael 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 Simon Harris - the need for the DART fare anomaly which exists for Greystones commuters to be reviewed and rectified; (2) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need for improved services for young people with inflammatory bowel disease and to ensure the provision of a dedicated ward at the new national children's hospital for young people with the disease; (3) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need to review the policy pursued by the Courts Service resulting in centralisation of services in rural counties like Mayo; (4) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to provide an update on the proposed building of an amalgamated primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; (5) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the impact of the HSE recruitment moratorium on community hospitals in County Donegal; (6) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the issue of off-licences and the cheap sale of alcohol which affects vintners and off-licence proprietors themselves; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley - the Mountmellick sewage scheme; (8) Deputies Willie O'Dea and Clare Daly - the need to address the failure of a number of defined benefit pension schemes to meet the Pensions Board's 30 June deadline to submit proposals to address deficits threatening their viability; (9) Deputy Mick Wallace - the difficulties faced by credit unions in trying to lend to credit worthy members; (10) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to approve funding for the long overdue refurbishment of Lower Buttercup, Darndale, Dublin 17; (11) Deputy Joe Higgins - the compliance with fire safety regulations on timber frame built homes and the need for necessary remedial work to prevent the spread of fire; (12) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the delays in the Garda vetting office which are causing huge problems for community and voluntary organisations; (13) Deputy Barry Cowen - the current difficulties with bin collections in Dublin; (14) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the possibility of water pressure being reduced as a penalty for non-payment in the forthcoming Water Services (No. 2) Bill; (15) Deputy Michael Colreavy - the recent effects of tunnelling by Shell near Rossport, County Mayo; and (16) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to review sentencing and collection of fines policy.

The matters raised by Deputies Michelle Mulherin, Eamonn Maloney, Clare Daly and Willie O'Dea and Pearse Doherty have been selected for discussion.