Dáil debates

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Questions on Promised Legislation

Topical Issue Matters

2:00 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - demand for orthognathic surgery at St. James's Hospital; (2) Deputy Pat Deering - the redundancies of Cheshire Homes employees in Carlow and the failure of their employer and the HSE to carry out the recommendations of the Labour Court, LCR21103, with regard to payment of their redundancy package; (3) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - how the Minister will address the concerns relating to medically supervised injecting rooms in Dublin; (4) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Louise O'Reilly - the report on transport guarantees presented to the board of Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin; (5) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for a new primary school in Waterville, Co. Kerry; (6) Deputy John Curran - the lack of dental services for children in Clondalkin; (7) Deputy Michael D'Arcy - the IDA Ireland intentions to provide a property for foreign direct investment for Wexford town; (8) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need for urgent action to protect the homes and businesses in Portrane, north County Dublin, from destruction due to coastal erosion; (9) Deputy David Cullinane - the withdrawal of the appeal in the recent consultants contracts case; (10) Deputy Noel Rock - the need for funding for a public sleep clinic; (11) Deputies James Lawless, Maurice Quinlivan, Ruth Coppinger and Martin Heydon - the announcement by Hewlett Packard and the future of its facility at Leixlip, County Kildare; (12) Deputy Declan Breathnach - the availability of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund; (13) Deputy Bobby Aylward - the need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to guarantee the future of the regional veterinary lab in Kilkenny which serves the entire south east; (14) Deputy Timmy Dooley - whether the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is concerned by Tusla's recent decision to close the school counselling grants scheme, and if she will make a statement on the matter; (15) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the severe impact of rising motor insurance on small business especially the taxi industry; (16) Deputy Josepha Madigan - costs for reconstruction faults at Beacon South Quarter; (17) Deputy Imelda Munster - if the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has completed collating data of council-owned landbanks zoned for housing, and his plans for funding for housing provision on same; (18) Deputy Brian Stanley - the future of the Bord na Móna plants at Kilberry, County Kildare, and Cuil na Móna, County Laois; (19) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the need for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the funding situation of Scouting Ireland; (20) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the escalation in costs of the proposed new children's hospital; (21) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the assignment of DEIS status to schools in County Tipperary; (22) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - the allocation of DEIS status to schools in Kildare; (23) Deputy Clare Daly - the extension of the Pitchford inquiry into undercover policing; (24) Deputy John Brady - the ongoing planning concerns at Wicklow County Council of which successive Ministers have been made aware; (25) Deputy Lisa Chambers - health and safety conditions for Air Corps personnel at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; and (26) Deputy Mick Wallace - the commission of investigation into a smear campaign against whistleblowers.

The matters raised by Deputies Frank O'Rourke, Josepha Madigan and James Lawless, Maurice Quinlivan, Ruth Coppinger and Martin Heydon have been selected for discussion.