Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North 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) Deputies Sean Fleming, Brian Stanley and Martin Heydon - the future of acute services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois;

(2) Deputy Tommy Broughan - the need to allocate funding to the Dublin local authorities and Focus Ireland to address the crisis of families with young children experiencing homelessness; (3) Deputy Robert Troy - the use of banks rather than post offices for social welfare payments;

(4) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the concerns regarding the presence of lead in the water supply in some areas of Dublin Bay North; (5) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the failure of the national recruitment service in the recruitment of hospital staff;

(6) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the concerns emerging from recent media reports of a 2012 internal HSE investigation into the Bessborough and Tuam mother and baby homes; (7) Deputy Martin Ferris - the concerns regarding the trolley count and the lack of services at Kerry General Hospital;

(8) Deputy Joan Collins - the decision of Tusla to cease funding the Rape Crisis Network; (9) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the concerns regarding shortcomings in ambulatory and accident and emergency services in the County Clare area;

(10) Deputy Sandra McLellan - the concerns about recent reports of a 2012 internal HSE investigation into the Bessborough mother and baby home; (11) Deputy Clare Daly - the failure to vindicate the human rights of women in the context of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, as highlighted by the United Nations Human Rights Council and Amnesty International;

(12) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the need to adequately fund services and advocacy services for victims of rape and sexual violence;

(13) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need for greater social housing provision in County Wexford; (14) Deputy Brendan Smith - the case of Ibrahim Halawa in light of his recent announcement that he intends to begin a hunger strike; and

(15) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to ensure all new schools meeting the criteria for inclusion in the DEIS scheme are classified accordingly.

The matters raised by Deputies Brendan Smith, Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Anthony Lawlor and the matter raised by Deputies Sean Fleming, Brian Stanley and Martin Heydonhave been selected for discussion.