Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

 

5:55 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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the value for money of local authority long-term leases through the mortgage to rent scheme; (2) Deputy John Lahart - to discuss recognition of the essential role of special needs assistants, SNAs, by the Department of Education; (3) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss the provision of toilet facilities at Muine Bheag train station in County Carlow; (4) Deputy Gary Gannon - to discuss the lack of affordable medicine for pregnant people suffering with hyperemesis in Ireland; (5) Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss the future funding of the Irish Community Air Ambulance based in Rathcoole, County Cork; (6) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - to discuss the rationale behind the continued failure to provide a Covid test centre in Drogheda; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss the need to resume day care services at Abbeyleix Hospital; (8) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to discuss the need to renovate and utilise derelict houses owned by the HSE in Portrane, County Dublin; (9) Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss traffic management concerns on the Redcross to Barndarrig road in County Wicklow; (10) Deputy David Stanton - to discuss the need to upgrade the N25 national road between Midleton and Carrigtwohill, County Cork; (11) Deputies Pa Daly and Martin Kenny - to discuss a statutory inquiry into the prosecution and investigation of defendants in the Sallins mail train robbery; (12) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss the breakdown of the allocation of €80 million announced in funding for Irish sporting organisations; (13) Deputy Patrick Costello - to discuss historic issues and malpractice raised by the RTÉ documentary "Crime and Confessions"; (14) Deputy John Brady - to discuss the rationale for the failure to appoint an independent investigator to the inquiry into events in Iveagh House on 17 June 2020; (15) Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Mark Ward - to discuss the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's plan to have €1.5 million paid to street traders; (16) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss changes by Dublin City Council to arrangements where private rented properties are purchased to enable the tenant to become a council tenant; (17) Deputy Jackie Cahill - to discuss the postponed route selection process for the Cahir to Waterford M24; (18) Deputy Marc MacSharry - to discuss provision of funding by the National Transport Authority to commence the third Sligo town bus route, known as the S3; (19) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the progress of the school campus build in Carrigtwohill, east Cork; (20) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss steps to address continued overcrowding at the University Hospital Limerick; (21) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the need for national and local co-ordination to commence three school projects in Celbridge, County Kildare; (22) Deputy Johnny Guirke - to discuss the need for stronger advocacy in Washington on Irish-American issues; (23) Deputy Holly Cairns - to discuss a uniform approach to allowing fire and rescue service personnel act as first responders in health emergencies in all counties; (24) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the need for additional Garda resources for Carrigaline; and (25) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - to discuss the need for a deer cull within our national parks.

The matters raised by Deputies Jackie Cahill, Holly Cairns, Michael Healy-Rae and Pat Buckley have been selected for discussion.