Dáil debates

Thursday, 30 March 2017

4:45 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 Fiona O'Loughlin - the future of the Bord na Móna plant in Kilberry, County Kildare; (2) Deputy Eamon Ryan - improvements needed for cycling safety; (3) Deputy Carol Nolan - the operation of the fair deal scheme in relation to the value of farm land; (4) Deputy Michael D'Arcy - an affordable housing strategy for low to average earners; (5) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - the suitability and condition of Tubbercurry Garda station; (6) Deputy Aindrias Moynihan - the progress of the new primary school for Ballincollig in 2017; (7) Deputies Kathleen Funchion and Mattie McGrath - the proposed cutting of the X7 bus route from Clonmel to Dublin, serving Callan and Kilkenny City; (8) Deputy Pat Deering - the operators of school transport services within the Carlow/Kilkenny/Wexford areas on behalf of Bus Éireann; (9) Deputy Thomas Byrne - the need for the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a proposed adult training facility for adults with intellectual disabilities in Dunboyne; (10) Deputy Eugene Murphy - to discuss the threat of closure which hangs over a number of rural HSE care centres in County Roscommon and the fear that services may be centralised following the impending opening of the new Boyle primary care centre; (11) Deputy Brendan Smith - the loss of banking services in rural Ireland with particular reference to the decision of Ulster Bank to close branches in Arva and Cootehill, County Cavan and Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the Vertex announcement that no contact has been made with them since 2 February in relation to the ongoing negotiations on the supply of Orkambi for CF patients; (13) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss Minister Noonan's alleged attempt to injunct the Committee of Public Accounts over its report on Project Eagle; (14) Deputy Martin Ferris - staff shortages in mental health services in Kerry; (15) Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on ongoing difficulties in Cork Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; and (16) Deputy Mary Butler - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the surge in alcohol teenage related admissions in children's hospitals.

The matters raised by Deputies Fiona O'Loughlin, Eamon Ryan, Thomas Byrne and Joan Collins have been selected for discussion.