Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I welcome to the Public Gallery students and teachers from the Star of the Sea school, who are guests of Deputy Bacik. I thank them for coming to Seanad Éireann. As is the protocol when pupils visits the House, they will have no homework for the rest of the week. They can thank all the Senators for that very good and positive idea.

Victor Boyhan (Independent)
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It is a decree.

Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters:

Senator Mark Duffy – The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to expand the eligibility for the tenant in situ scheme to enable local authorities to include recipients of social welfare rent supplement as well as the housing assistance payment, HAP, and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS.

Senator Victor Boyhan – The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give additional powers to the Agri-Food Regulator to compel accurate price and market information.

Senator Cathal Byrne - The need for the Minister for Health to introduce a national paediatric screening programme for coeliac disease in children aged one to 17 years.

Senator Margaret Murphy O'Mahony - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a comprehensive national genomic and genetic testing service in Ireland.

Senator Seán Kyne - The need for the Minister for Education and Youth to make a progress statement on a new school building for Scoil Chaitríona junior and senior schools, Renmore, Galway city.

Senator Joanne Collins – The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to make a statement on the measures being taken to address the lack of staffing and resources in the disability sector, particularly for summer services.

Senator Nessa Cosgrove - The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce a minimum wage for all workers.

Senator Robbie Gallagher - The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on securing an end user for the vacant IDA advanced technology building at Knockaconny, County Monaghan.

Senator Mike Kennelly - The need for the Minister for Health to immediately reinstate the SouthDoc out-of-hours services in Listowel, County Kerry.

Senator Chris Andrews - The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to make a statement on the acquisition of Airbus H145M helicopters.

The matters raised by the Senators are suitable for discussion. I have selected Senators Mark Duffy, Victor Boyhan, Cathal Byrne, Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Seán Kyne, Joanne Collins, Nessa Cosgrove and Robbie Gallagher and they will be taken now. The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise.