Dáil debates

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

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 37 and the name of the Member in each case:

Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss the challenges presenting to the south-east community healthcare organisation to ensure a sustained delivery of disability services.

Deputy Neasa Hourigan - to discuss Ireland's support for EU search and rescue efforts for migrants and asylum seekers in distress at sea in the Mediterranean.

Deputy Colm Burke - to discuss a review of the current process for calculating the contribution under the fair deal scheme to private nursing homes.

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the recently published UN special rapporteur report relating to the use of the pseudo-condition "parental alienation" in family law.

Deputy Sean Sherlock - to discuss the lack of additional needs education units and supports in north Cork.

Deputy Alan Dillon - to discuss the Government's role under broadcasting legislation in protecting our national cultural and sporting events.

Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss when the new elective hospital in Cork will go to tender and when construction will begin.

Deputy Mick Barry - to discuss the situation facing a group of nurses, mainly from India, working as healthcare assistants under a work permit scheme.

Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss the need for secondary legislation to enable local authorities to implement CCTV for surveillance of illegal dumping.

Deputy Mattie McGrath - to discuss funding for an independent walkway at Ardfinnan Bridge, Tipperary.

Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss the eligibility criteria for the pandemic bonus payment and the reasons some sectors working on the front line have been unable to access the payment.

Deputy Gary Gannon - to discuss the need for a state-of-the-art sports facility in Alfie Byrne Park.

Deputy Marc MacSharry - to discuss the need to address delays in the processing of passports.

Deputy Pauline Tully - to discuss the publication date for the implementation plan of the national housing strategy for disabled people.

Deputy Jackie Cahill - to discuss EU proposals on land restoration and rewetting and its potential impact on Irish farmers.

Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss the declining numbers of dentists partaking in the dental treatment service scheme.

Deputy Pa Daly - to discuss the ongoing review of the rural social scheme.

Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the closure of the Owenacurra mental health unit.

Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the situation facing residents at Beaumont Residential Care.

Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the failure to bring forward promised proposals to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service.

The matters raised by Deputies Pauline Tully, Sean Sherlock and Colm Burke have been selected for discussion.