Dáil debates

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

 

5:50 pm

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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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 27A and the name of the member in each case: (1) Deputies Ruairí Ó Murchú and Mairéad Farrell - to discuss the issue of warehousing debt for businesses; (2) Deputy Cathal Crowe - to discuss the EU's traffic light system and measures for a sustainable recovery of civil aviation; (3) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss testing and tracing of school staff and students in schools; (4) Deputy Steven Matthews - to discuss a timeline for a school building in Greystones, County Wicklow; (5) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - to discuss supports to protect sole traders, small firms and self-employed contractors; (6) Deputy Marian Harkin - to discuss access to the medicine Duodopa for patients; (7) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss the delivery of affordable housing at the Irish Glass Bottle site, Ringsend; (8) Deputy Thomas Pringle - to discuss the qualifying criteria for the coach tourism business continuity scheme; (9) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss health and safety at the ambulance bay in Carlow; (10) Deputy Joe McHugh - to discuss the protocol for school principals when there is a Covid-19 case in school; (11) Deputy Pearse Doherty - to discuss essential retail outlets and public health restrictions; (12) Deputy Pa Daly the crisis in University Hospital Kerry; (13) Deputy Dara Calleary - to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on jobs at Ireland West Airport Knock; (14) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - to discuss due recognition for the bravery of the Defence Forces personnel at Jadotville; (15) Deputy Jim O'Callaghan - the challenge of long-term youth unemployment; (16) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - to discuss the issues arising with the CervicalCheck screening programme and the current backlog due to Covid-19; (17) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - to discuss plans to expand the terms of reference and membership of NPHET; (18) Deputy Michael Lowry - to discuss the status of a boil water notice in County Tipperary; (19) Deputy Paul McAuliffe - to discuss the issue of gym closures for individual training under level 5; (20) Deputy Holly Cairns - to discuss the need for flood defences in Bantry, west Cork; (21) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss the inspection regime for lone parents by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection; (22) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss the need to support and resource the new graduate entry medical science course at Technological University Dublin; (23) Deputy Matt Carthy - to discuss the exclusion of farmers' representative groups from the technical advisory committee on the grass-fed standard; (24) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss delays in processing applications under the housing aid for older people scheme; and (25) Deputy Martin Kenny - to discuss the status of the Ireland's Call project.

The matters raised by Deputies Ruairí Ó Murchú and Mairéad Farrell, Dara Calleary, Joe McHugh and Michael Lowry have been selected for discussion.