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 Brendan Griffin - the need to guarantee the progression of the Shannon LNG project; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need for a debate in regards to the offshore renewable energy development plan; (3) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to provide adequate funding to deal with the recent devastation caused on the western seaboard; (4) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the need to secure funding to repair the damage done and provide protection from our seas; (5) Deputy John O'Mahony - the progress on the evaluation of damage by recent storms and the assistance to communities affected; (6) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to review the decision to close the acute psychiatric unit in Ballinasloe, County Galway; (7) Deputy Joe Higgins - the payment of €50 million by Irish Water to consultancy firms; (8) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to provide medical cards to children with Down's syndrome; (9) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need to provide emergency funding to Kerry County Council following the recent storms; (10) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need for a comprehensive package of measures to be put in place to deal with the aftermath of the recent storms; (11) Deputy Pat Breen - that emergency funding is sought from the EU to repair the damage done by recent storms; (12) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need to establish two separate schools on the one campus in Maynooth, County Kildare; (13) Deputy Michael McNamara - the need to address flood defences in the Shannon Estuary; (14) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the changes for the eligibility for new applications for housing adaptation grants and housing aid supports; (15) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need for a new primary care centre in Gort, County Galway; (16) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to provide additional funding to assist with the repairs required following the damage caused to the west and coastal areas by the recent storms; (17) Deputy Arthur Spring - the need to assist with the repair of the devastating costal damage caused by the recent storms in County Kerry; (18) Deputies Gerry Adams and Charlie McConalogue - the provision of ambulance services in the wake of recent events; (19) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to carry out a study as to the reasons behind the recent flooding in Foynes; (20) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to ring-fence beds in Cork University Hospital for patients with cystic fibrosis; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the media reports that autistic children are being locked in isolation rooms in schools and left unsupervised for hours at a time; (22) Deputy Willie Penrose - that appropriate steps be taken to secure alternative court facilities to enable the District Court continue sitting in Mullingar, County Westmeath; (23) Deputy Dara Calleary - the need to suspend all farm inspections for a period in order to allow landowners and holders to restore their property following recent storms; (24) Deputy Derek Keating - the changes in the housing grants system; (25) Deputy Clare Daly - the need for funding for repair work following recent coastal erosion in Portrane; (26) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the recent transfer of responsibility for issuing of driving licences from local authorities to National Driver Licence Service centres; (27) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the cuts to the grants for people with disabilities and the elderly; (28) Deputy Dan Neville - recent serious flooding at Foynes, Ballysteen and Askeaton, County Limerick; (29) Deputy Joe Carey - that emergency financial assistance be immediately made available to Clare County Council in response to the preliminary storm damage report; (30) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the measures being taken to ease the plight of those subjected to recent flooding; (31) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the need to examine the application of the fair deal scheme in respect of farms and farming families; (32) Deputy Martin Ferris - aid to coastal communities damaged by recent storms; (33) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the potential risk to jobs at the Liebherr plant in Killarney, County Kerry; (34) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - national heritage areas and the lifting of the turf-cutting ban; (35) Deputy Ann Phelan - the position regarding a free water allowance for Irish Water customers; (36) Deputy Brendan Smith - the policy regarding raising human rights concerns while engaging in trade missions abroad; and (37) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to supply GPS-enabled beacons for sufferers of dementia and similar disorders.

The matters raised by Deputies Ann Phelan, Michael Moynihan, Paul J. Connaughton, Gerry Adams and Charlie McConalogue have been selected for discussion.