Catherine 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 Marian Harkin - to discuss a new school for Gaelscoil Chluainín, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; (2) Deputy Alan Farrell - to discuss the need for the development of a further education and training facility in Swords, County Dublin; (3) Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív and Mairéad Farrell - to discuss remedial work on a bridge near Kylemore Abbey on the N59 to stop flooding; (4) Deputies Michael Collins, Mattie McGrath, Holly Cairns and Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the closure of early intervention classes nationwide and Kilbrittain National School; (5) Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - to discuss the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence following the opening of public consultation recently; (6) Deputy David Stanton - to discuss recognition of Carrigtwohill and Midleton in County Cork as a single education centre for school transport purposes; (7) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the delay in establishing children's network teams in Cork and subsequent delays in child assessment and therapies; (8) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss progress to address overcrowding at numerous Irish hospitals; (9) Deputy Niamh Smyth - to discuss procedures for children's school absences of more than 20 days due to Covid-19; (10) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss extra Garda resources to combat the escalation in drug and gang-related violence in Finglas; (11) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - to discuss access to early childhood education and childcare in Dublin Bay North; (12) Deputy Denis Naughten - to discuss the need to take decisive steps to improve mobile telephone coverage in rural areas for individuals, business and emergency services; (13) Deputy Joan Collins - to discuss the proposed deal on the national maternity hospital; (14) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss school places for children with autism; (15) Deputy Brendan Griffin - to discuss the threat to Ireland’s energy security following the invasion of Ukraine; (16) Deputy Paul McAuliffe - to discuss the better energy warmer homes scheme run through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and (17) Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the services available for children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and when it will be included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, DSM-5, criteria for eating disorders.

The matters raised by Deputy Ellis, Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy McAuliffe and Deputy Naughten have been selected for discussion.