Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, 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 Denis Naughten - the need to review the operation of the acute psychiatric unit at University Hospital Galway following the recent internal audit; (2) Deputy Ray Butler - the need for a new rate of contribution to provide social protection for the self-employed in the future; (3) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need for respite care beds in County Galway; (4) Deputy Michael McNamara - the need for Irish Water to develop a communications strategy; (5) Deputy Seán Kyne - the position on the Galway City outer bypass; (6) Deputy Michael Lowry - the need to bring forward a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; (7) Deputy Olivia Mitchell - the need to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are included as a central goal of the post-2015 sustainable development goals; (8) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the Minister for Health to give consideration to new treatments for children with spina bifida, including the Lokomat walking machine; (9) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for Irish Water to ensure water meters are fully accessible to those with disabilities; (10) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need for funding for the school meals local projects scheme for Scoil Bhríde, Portlaoise, County Laois; (11) Deputy Jim Daly - the need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to instruct the NRA to immediately review the traffic flow arrangements at Owenahincha junction on the N71 at Rosscarbery, County Cork, noting the multiple road traffic accidents over many years which are frequent and which have, unfortunately, been fatal for some motorists and passengers and if will further note the willingness of adjoining land owners to facilitate planned road improvements; (12) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the need to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are included as a central goal of the post-2015 sustainable development goals; (13) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the high cost of phone rental and standing charges for senior citizens; (14) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need for a debate on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; (15) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are included as a central goal of the post-2015 sustainable development goals; (16) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to finalise the Haass talks in the light of recent developments in Northern Ireland; (17) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to have the current valuation process leading to the calculation of commercial rates in Limerick city and county addressed; (18) Deputy Anne Ferris - the closure of the local history studies service in Wicklow county libraries; (19) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the impact of changes to the one-parent family payment on those who are part-time self-employed; (20) Deputy John Browne - to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss the future of the Greyhound industry in the light of the Indecon report recommendations; (21) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the steps being taken to reach a resolution of the Garth Brooks concerts issue; (22) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need to ensure continued funding for the neurological alliance; (23) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need to amend the Protection of Employees (Employers Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2006; (24) Deputy Joe Higgins - the lock-out at Greyhound recycling, affecting the collection of refuse in the Dublin city area; (25) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the lock-out at Greyhound recycling, affecting the collection of refuse in the Dublin city area; (26) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the possibility of introducing a phased payment throughout the year for the respite care grant, as opposed to a once-off payment on the first Thursday of June each year, which would benefit those whose loved ones pass away in the lead-up to the first Thursday in June and who presently are not entitled to the grant as they are no longer in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit, domiciliary care allowance or prescribed relative's allowance on that specific date; (27) Deputy Noel Harrington - the need for the Minister for Heath to outline the delays in developing a primary care centre in Bantry, County Cork; if he will state the reasons the HSE has referred the proposal back to the Department of Health, and if he will outline the current status of the proposal; (28) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the decision not to award funding to the national organisation Muintir na Tíre; (29) Deputy Clare Daly - the need to discuss the increased Israeli military offensive against Gaza and Palestine; (30) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for the Department of Health to reassess its decision to locate the proposed new children's hospital at St. James Hospital, Dublin; (31) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to protect the school completion programme from any further reduction in funding; (32) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to discuss Israel's ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip; (33) Deputy Brian Stanley - services for autistic children in County Laois; (34) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to maintain a motor tax office in the Ballymun area; and (35) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - funding for Traveller movement and support groups in the light of changes for community sector organisations.

12 o’clock

The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Lowry, Butler and Anne Ferris have been selected for discussion.