Dáil debates

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

 

9:12 am

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) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the need to enhance availability of mental health services for children and adults with eating disorders; (2) Deputy Michael Creed - to discuss steps by Government to ensure continuity of electricity supply in the context of the threat to energy security and domestic inflation; (3) Deputies Neale Richmond and Paul Kehoe - to discuss the need for increased, high-visibility policing with the Minister for Justice; (4) Deputy Aindrias Moynihan - to discuss the need for greater flexibility for community employment scheme participants over 55 years of age; (5) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss the tendering process for a school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; (6) Deputies Gary Gannon and Jim O'Callaghan - to discuss increased antisocial behaviour in Dublin city; (7) Deputies Barry Cowen and Brian Stanley - to discuss supports to workers and the company following the fire at the Glenisk yoghurt factory in Tullamore, County Offaly; (8) Deputy Paul Donnelly - to discuss if a review of the Charities Regulator's work and if it is delivering increased confidence in, and within, the charity sector; (9) Deputy Brendan Griffin - to discuss additional funding to meet unprecedented demand under the sports capital and equipment fund; (10) Deputies Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Thomas Gould - to discuss significant staff and resource shortages and delays in completing inquests at Cork Coroner’s Court; (11) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the Mental Health Commission report into conditions at the Owenacurra Mental Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork; (12) Deputies Cormac Devlin and Paul McAuliffe - to discuss public transport in Dublin, particularly MetroLink and upgrades to the DART, Luas and active mobility routes; (13) Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne - to discuss defective blocks, and the inclusion of Clare homeowners in the national redress scheme; (14) Deputy Sorca Clarke - to discuss the provision of hospice and palliative care in Longford-Westmeath; (15) Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the lack of ASD units and classrooms in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; (16) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - to discuss the need to construct piers on both Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin in view of severe winter weather; and (17) Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss progress on further direct ferry routes from Rosslare Harbour to France to ensure capacity for all freight and tourist traffic.

The matters raised by Deputies Bernard J. Durkan, Barry Cowen and Brian Stanley, and Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.