Dáil debates

Thursday, 30 April 2015

11:50 am

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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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 need to reduce the burden of child care costs;

(2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to prevent future wild fires in Killarney National Park and on Sliabh Mish in view of recent damage;

(3) Deputy Michael McNamara - the closure of St. Joseph's rehabilitation unit, Ennis, County Clare;

(4) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an gá fíor-phráinneach go dtarraingeodh an tAire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an fógra ag lorg tairiscintí do sheirbhísí aeir go dtí na hOileáin Árann siar agus go gcuirfear fógra tairiscinte eile ina áit a chinnteoidh an leibhéal céanna seirbhíse agus atá ann faoi láthair, the pressing need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to withdraw the notice seeking tenders for air services to the Aran Islands and the need to replace it with a new tender notice which ensures the retention of the current level of service;

(5) Deputies Denis Naughten and Fergus O'Dowd - reports of missed diagnoses by locum radiologists at certain hospitals;

(6) Deputies Thomas P. Broughan, Richard Boyd Barrett and Timmy Dooley - the proposed privatisation of 10% of Dublin City and national public bus routes and implications for bus and rail commuters;

(7) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the removal of school transport to Carndonagh Community School, County Donegal, under the terms of the post-primary school transport scheme;

(8) Deputy Colm Keaveney - impact of the loss of the home school community liaison teacher from St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, County Galway;

(9) Deputy Clare Daly - concerns raised at the GRA conference, with particular reference to calls for access to greater repressive apparatus and the implications for the development of a modern police service;

(10) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the introduction of a recreational blue-fin tuna fishery here;

(11) Deputy Alan Farrell - proposals to route construction traffic through Donabate town centre for the construction of the National Forensic Mental Hospital;

(12) Deputy Shane Ross - the reason for his votes in favour of all board resolutions at the AIB and Bank of Ireland AGMs this week; (13) Deputy Joan Collins - the reason for no Government representation at the second ad hoccommittee session on sovereign debt restructuring, New York;

(14) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the status of the integration of the former Newbridge Credit Union into Permanent TSB;

(15) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - the potential conflict of interest which may arise in the investigation of Siteserv through the involvement of KPMG;

(16) Deputy Mick Wallace - concerns raised at the GRA conference, with particular reference to calls for access to greater repressive apparatus and the implications for the development of a modern police service; and (17) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the potential conflict of interest which may arise in the investigation of Siteserv by KPMG.

The matters raised by Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputies Denis Naughten and Fergus O'Dowd, Deputies Thomas P. Broughan, Richard Boyd Barrett and Timmy Dooley and Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl have been selected for discussion.