Dáil debates

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

2:35 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 Bríd Smith and Catherine Murphy - implications of investigations into data protection breaches; (2) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the announcement of new schools in the Cork area; (3) Deputy Pat Casey - to discuss when the schools at project brief stage in the schools building programme in County Wicklow will progress to the next stage; (4) Deputy John Curran - the reduction of resources at Rathcoole Garda station; (5) Deputy Declan Breathnach - the need for learning for life education at primary and second level; (6) Deputy Peter Burke - to discuss the practices of the HSE in nursing homes while a ward of court process is being adjudicated on; (7) Deputy Seán Crowe - to discuss the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in recent weeks; (8) Deputy Sean Fleming - the future of services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; (9) Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe - the need to fill the medical officer post at St. Patrick's Hospital, Fermoy; (10) Deputies Carol Nolan and Barry Cowen - to discuss the GP shortage, the closure of the out-of-hours services in County Offaly and the discontinuation of clinics in Birr and Edenderry; (11) Deputies Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath - the need for additional acute mental health in-patient beds for the paediatrics ward at South Tipperary General Hospital; (12) Deputies Dessie Ellis and Mary Lou McDonald - to discuss the impact of proposed plans for the construction of MetroLink; (13) Deputy James Browne - to discus plans for the future of Rosslare Europort; (14) Deputies Fiona O'Loughlin and Martin Heydon - the need to deliver the new school in Monasterevin and increase capacity at second level in Athy, Kilcullen and Newbridge; (15) Deputy Mary Butler - to discuss the unique south-eastern model in residential care homes; (16) Deputies Martin Kenny, Martin Ferris and Kathleen Funchion - the depletion of fishing stocks and pollution of the River Barrow; (17) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - Irish Naval Service involvement in the Mediterranean Sea and the situation in Libyan reception centres; (18) Deputies Marc MacSharry and Tony McLoughlin - to ask the Minister of State with responsibility for tourism and sport for an update on his Department's reasons for making the decision to stop allowing boat access for tourists to Innismurray, County Sligo and the efforts being made to address this problem; (19) Deputy Lisa Chambers - to discuss the impact of the removal of projects in the north west from the Trans European Transport Network, Ten-T, funding programme; (20) Deputy John Brassil - to ask the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to take action to address the issue of flooding on the R551 at Ballyheigue, County Kerry as a poorly maintained drainage network at Arkeragh Lough by the OPW and Kerry County Council in the past 50 years has resulted in persistent flooding during times of heavy rainfall and high tide, making the road impassable and flooding adjacent land and homeowners' properties, as Ballyheigue is a tourist town and access to it is essential for local businesses; (21) Deputy Paul Murphy - the recent closures of the Tallaght and Clondalkin intercultural centres; (22) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the prescription of Lariam to Defence Forces' members as the anti-malarial drug of first choice; (23) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the need to invest in hospital services in Cavan; (24) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - to discuss the HSE programme, Progressing Disability Rights for Children and Young Adults, in terms of the delivery of key services and resources in Kildare North; (25) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss the leaking of information by NAMA staff and the implications for data protection; (26) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the need to expand rent pressure zones to include east Cork to deal with continuing unaffordable rent increases; and (27) and Deputies Anne Rabbitte and Sean Sherlock - to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for clarity on the withdrawal of funding from Scouting Ireland.

The matters raised by Deputies Bríd Smith and Catherine Murphy, Dessie Ellis and Mary Lou McDonald, Lisa Chambers and Fiona O'Loughlin and Martin Heydon have been selected for discussion.