Dáil debates

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

 

8:00 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle)
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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 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Barry Cowen - to discuss the recent EUROSTAT findings on electricity prices; (2) Deputy Patrick Costello - to discuss standards to ensure all psychology assessments are in line with national policy to deliver children's disability services; (3) Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss the availability and provision of home support hours in north Cork; (4) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - to discuss the need to reduce islander fares on public service obligation, PSO, services by ferry and air by 20%; (5) Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty - to discuss a resolution of the dispute at Killybegs between the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the local fishing industry; (6) Deputies David Stanton and Sean Sherlock - to discuss the impact of the planned closure of the Courts Service office in Youghal, County Cork; (7) Deputy Joe McHugh - to discuss establishing a passport office in the north west; (8) Deputy Kathleen Funchion - to discuss the status of a speech and language appointment (details supplied); (9) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss proposals to repurpose Baggot Street hospital for refugee housing; (10) Deputy James O'Connor - to discuss additional supports for primary and post-primary schools enrolling Ukrainian refugees; (11) Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the vacancy rates found by Revenue during collection of the local property tax, LPT; (12) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to ask the Minister for Transport to detail why the Limerick northern distributor road was removed from the Limerick Shannon metropolitan area strategy draft and the national development plan, NDP, and if he will make a statement on the matter; (13) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the murder of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the disruption of her funeral by Israeli state forces; (14) Deputy Brian Stanley - to ask the Minister for Health to discuss the future of the mental health facility, Erkina House, in Rathdowney, County Laois; (15) na Teachtaí Mairéad Farrell agus Claire Kerrane - an tábhacht a bhaineann le straitéis amháin maidir le maoiniú faoin gclár LEADER do na hoileáin amuigh ón gcósta; (16) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - to ask the Minister for Health for an update on the expert team deployed to tackle crisis levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; (17) Deputy Martin Browne - the need for additional funding to be sustained for the community air ambulance service; and (18) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the need for the Minister for Health to provide funding for a hydrotherapy pool at Enable Ireland in Cavan.

The matters raised by Deputies Cowen, Martin Browne, Costello, and Stanton and Sherlock have been selected for discussion.