Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, 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 23(3) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - resourcing the Cavan-Monaghan drug and alcohol awareness services in terms of funding and personnel; (2) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the delay in upgrading the Galway to Clifden N59 road and resolving the issues with the Oughterard to Maam Cross and Maam Cross to Clifden sections of the road; (3) Deputy David Cullinane - an urgent and targeted response to the Central Statistics Office's quarterly household survey for quarter one of 2016 which shows unemployment in the south east stands at 12.5%; (4) Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Catherine Connolly - the continued operation of the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning unit at Galway University Hospital in Merlin Park and a plan to ensure persons in the west benefit from this service; (5) Deputy Alan Farrell - the need for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to investigate the insurance industry; (6) Deputy Bríd Smith - the docking of workers' payments by Transdev during the ongoing Luas dispute; (7) Deputy James Browne - issues recently raised by the Mental Health Commission in inspection reports; (8) Deputy John Brassil - Japanese knotweed and its effect on the County Kerry landscape, for example, in the area between Laune Bridge and the Metal Bridge in Killorglin; (9) Deputies Dessie Ellis and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - funding for the youngballymun project and its importance to the local community; (10) Deputy Brian Stanley - the future of services at Portlaoise hospital in County Laois, in particular, services in the emergency department; (11) Deputy Joan Collins - the future of the Brú Aimsir hostel in County Dublin, given the urgent need for emergency bed accommodation; (12) Deputy Michael Harty - concerns about the curtailment of the provision of home health hours and home care packages which will lead to increased costs, hospital admissions and nursing home placements under the fair deal scheme; (13) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - staff safety and industrial relations at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre in County Dublin; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the curtailment and withdrawal of home help care packages and hours and the subsequent impact on families; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - the crisis in the maternity services given recent maternal and baby deaths; (16) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the implications for fishermen of SI 125 of 2016, the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2016; (17) Deputy Mick Wallace - the construction of a 36 m building beside and its impact on St. Mary's Church on City Quay in Dublin 2; (18) Deputy Robert Troy - consumer concerns about excessive increases in motor insurance premiums in 2016; (19) Deputy Thomas Byrne - the policy of downsizing buses transporting children to school in 2016-17 and concerns that this will result in a significant reduction in the number of children availing of school transport on a concessionary basis; (20) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - investigation of the deaths of children in Cavan General Hospital since 2012 and other deaths in maternity hospitals; (21) Deputy Mick Barry - the proposed increase in the minimum qualifying age under the disability allowance scheme; (22) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the arrest of two officials in Northern Ireland in connection with Project Eagle; (23) Deputy Martin Ferris - the Irish Heart Foundation's recently published national stroke audit and the Health Service Executive's national stroke programme at Kerry University Hospital; and (24) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the proposed increase in the public service obligation levy on electricity bills.

The matters raised by Deputies Alan Farrell, Brian Stanley, Anne Rabbitte and Thomas Pringle have been selected for discussion.