Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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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 Terence Flanagan — the processing of medical card applications in the primary care reimbursement service; (2) Deputy Michelle Mulherin — the need to introduce a housing grant scheme to assist householders who are residing in areas identified as at risk of flooding; (3) Deputy Seán Kyne — the plans for the Garda presence in Galway and the western division arising from reports concerning the future of Salthill Garda station; (4) Deputy Michael Lowry — the need for intervention to secure a replacement industry for the Lisheen mine site in County Tipperary; (5) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan — the need for a new process of allocating resources to prioritise the construction of new Garda stations and refurbish existing ones; (6) Deputy Anthony Lawlor — staffing issues at Naas General Hospital; (7) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice — the protests by beef farmers; (8) Deputy Sean Fleming — the funding of the school meals local project scheme in Scoil Bhríde, Portlaoise, County Laois; (9) Deputy Dara Calleary — the need for extra resources to be given to the State Laboratory to expedite its investigations into alleged petrol stretching incidents; (10) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl — the overcrowding problems currently being experienced at Naas General Hospital; (11) Deputy Martin Heydon — staffing issues at Naas General Hospital; (12) Deputy Seán Crowe — the proposed symphysiotomy redress scheme; (13) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — the need to restore the free bus pass allowance on the Buncrana–Derry city bus route for the elderly and disabled citizens; (14) Deputy Robert Troy — the crime rates in Longford; (15) Deputy Lucinda Creighton — the deteriorating tax environment for productive investment in small and medium-sized enterprises here; (16) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the opportunities to reduce our carbon emissions through the use of biomass energy; (17) Deputy Billy Kelleher — the measures to be put in place to address the death rates from cancer among the less well off; (18) Deputy Thomas Broughan — the urgent need for the Minister for Health to review the methadone treatment scheme in light of the increasing number of people receiving methadone as opioid substitute treatment and the time citizens with addiction problems spend in this treatment scheme, and the need for a drastic improvement in the number of direct rehabilitative programmes, especially residential detoxification programmes, available to citizens who have severe addiction problems; (19) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need to extend, or preferably remove altogether, the 20-day timeframe for the return of applications and support documentation to former judge Maureen Harding Clarke regarding the redress scheme for symphysiotomy survivors; (20) Deputy Catherine Murphy — the position on resources and funding at Naas General Hospital that prompted industrial action on Monday, 10 November; (21) Deputy Róisín Shortall — the need to update regulations under the misuse of drugs legislation to curb the open street trading of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs; (22) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to provide a structure and support for the development of community-based sustainable energy projects; (23) Deputy Billy Timmins — the position on clinical directive 03/2014; (24) Deputy Clare Daly — to discuss the Garda Inspectorate’s report regarding the handling of crime; (25) Deputy Mick Wallace — to discuss the implications of the Garda Inspectorate’s report; (26) Deputy Eamonn Maloney — the review of funding for the women's refuge in Dublin 24 operated by Respond!; (27) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan — the proposed interview process for the Magdalene restorative scheme; (28) Deputy Ruth Coppinger — Irish Water and water meters, with reference to the use of the Garda in the policing of residents involved in protests against the installation of water meters; (29) Deputy Dessie Ellis — the need to protect tenants from losing their homes in the case of the sale or repossession of, or receivership proceedings on, the house they are renting; and (30) Deputy Paul Murphy — the youth development internship programme that was launched yesterday by the Tánaiste as part of the Youth Guarantee.

The matters raised by Deputies Patrick O’Donovan, Eamonn Maloney, Billy Kelleher and Billy Timmins have been selected for discussion.