Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)
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I have received notice from Senator Kieran O’Donnell that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for the provision of two new secondary schools at Castletroy and Mungret in Limerick.

I have also received notice from Senator Frank Feighan of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Social Protection to establish how many Arigna miners, who suffered work-related illness, have received compensation to date and how many of those who applied have yet to receive compensation.

I have also received notice from Senator Paul Daly of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to examine the grounds by which a patient suffering from Degos disease can access the drug Soliris, or eculizumab, through a compassionate access scheme, when the patient's doctor has recommended the treatment.

I have also received notice from Senator Lynn Ruane of the following matter:

The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people to indicate if she is aware of concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission in its 2015 annual report, that people with severe mental health difficulties are living in HSE-run 24-hour staffed community residences around the country which, in effect, do not qualify as community care as they are institutional in nature; to advise how many of these residences exist; if she will extend the remit of the Mental Health Commission to empower it to regulate community-based services, as recommended by the review of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will require the Inspector of Mental Health Services to conduct annual inspections of all 24-hour staffed community residences.

I have also received notice from Senator Colm Burke of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to introduce an independent appeals process under the fair deal scheme to allow a right of appeal to nursing home providers who are unhappy with the fee proposed by the National Treatment Purchase Fund.

I have also received notice from Senator Máire Devine of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to the grave concerns over the proposed 50% cut in night nursing staff at Cloverhill Remand Prison.

I have also received notice from Senator Robbie Gallagher of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the primary care centre for Monaghan town.

I have also received notice from Senator Paddy Burke of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review Government policy regarding the Road Safety Authority tender process for driving licence applications to allow post offices to act as agents in processing and co-ordinating applications.

I have also received notice from Senator Neale Richmond of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to urgently seek to implement a system of identity validation for names submitted to the Companies Registration Office for directorships of companies in light of the potential deliberate misleading of this State office by some companies.

I have also received notice from Senator Gabrielle McFadden of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to provide assurances regarding the future of St. Vincent's Care Centre, Athlone.

I have also received notice from Senator Maura Hopkins of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline what the Government is doing to support farmers in their need to access low-cost credit.

I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion. I have selected the matters raised by Senators O’Donnell, Feighan, Paul Daly and Ruane and they will be taken now.

Senators Colm Burke, Devine, Gallagher, Paddy Burke, Richmond, McFadden and Hopkins may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise.