Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 October 2017

3:30 pm

Photo of Pat GallagherPat Gallagher (Donegal, 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 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Niamh Smyth and Mattie McGrath - to discuss proposed closures in the post office network; (2) Deputies Pat Deering and Gino Kenny - to discuss availability of the Kuvan drug for PKU sufferers in Ireland; (3) Deputy David Cullinane - the impact locally following the recent closure of Kilmeaden post office; (4) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Fiona O'Loughlin - to discuss the staffing levels in the Defence Forces; (5) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - withdrawal of Ocuvite Lutein from the general medical services scheme; (6) Deputy James Browne - the position with the application for the new special school at St. Patrick's in Drumgoold, Enniscorthy; (7) Deputy John Brassil - to call on the HSE to negotiate with a pharmaceutical company on provision of Translarna medication; (8) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to tackle joyriding and criminal anti-social behaviour in the Dublin-Bay North district; (9) Deputies Fergus O'Dowd, Gerry Adams and Declan Breathnach - the ongoing crisis in respite care services in County Louth; (10) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - if the child benefit age limits will be reviewed; (11) Deputy Tom Neville - Newcastle West Garda station, County Limerick; (12) Deputy James Lawless - Ireland's need to join the European southern observatory research collaboration in 2017; (13) Deputy Brian Stanley - the delays with a decision on 24 hour emergency services at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; (14) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the developments for people living in direct provision and the Reception and Integration agency; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the controversial allocation of the Aer Lingus supplementary B scheme; (16) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - to discuss the regulation of the large numbers of childminders in Ireland; (17) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - the spending on a new headquarters by the Department of Health since 2016; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - reports that NAMA may provide loans to developers for house construction; (19) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the shortage of emergency accommodation for the homeless in Dublin; and (20) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the availability of county council lands in Dunsink lane for social housing.

The matters raised by Deputies Niamh Smyth and Mattie McGrath; Pat Deering and Gino Kenny; Fergus O'Dowd, Gerry Adams and Declan Breathnach; and Maureen O'Sullivan have been selected for discussion.