Seán Barrett (Ceann Comhairle; Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle) I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly –
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly – the provision of funding for rehabilitative training placements in respect of young adults with intellectual disabilities who are due to start such placements in September; (2) Deputy Robert Troy – the future of Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; (3) Deputy Patrick Nulty – the planned merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; (4) Deputy Paschal Donohoe – the provision of funding in respect of the construction phase of the Dominick Street regeneration project, Dublin; (5) Deputy Tony McLoughlin – the need to consider alternative accommodation for polling stations; (6) Deputy Patrick O’Donovan – the need to establish a national strategy for the development of the horticulture industry; (7) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin – the need to maintain theatre activity at Cavan General Hospital; (8) Deputy Willie O’Dea – the announcement of job losses at Pfizer in Cork and possible job losses at Atlantic Homecare; (9) Deputy Pat Deering – Garda resources and equipment in east County Carlow; (10) Deputy Clare Daly – the conditions faced by republican prisoner Gerry McGeough at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim; (11) Deputy Jonathan O’Brien – the proposed closure of social welfare offices in Cork city; (12) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív – the need for CIE and Iarnród Éireann to protect their property rights and prevent encroachments onto their property; (13) Deputy Brian Stanley – the financial review of community employment schemes undertaken by the Department of Social Protection; (14) Deputies Maureen O’Sullivan and Kevin Humphreys – the future of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; (15) Deputy Paudie Coffey – following the NUI Maynooth report to the ESRI on the national spatial strategy, the need to address the lack of jobs created and foreign investment attracted to the cities of Limerick and Waterford; (16) Deputy Brendan Griffin – projections pertaining to the revised staffing schedules for small schools; (17) Deputy Dan Neville – the role of Irish overseas aid in education; (18) Deputy Seán Kyne – the need to intensify diplomatic efforts to help end the violence and bloodshed in Syria; (19) Deputy Tom Hayes – broadband speeds in rural areas; (20) Deputy Mattie McGrath – the need for driving lessons taken in the United Kingdom to be recognised in Ireland; (21) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan – the emerging preferred site options for the greater Dublin area drainage project; (22) Deputy Joan Collins – the future of the Rowan ward at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; and (23) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett – the new rent allowance limits, their effectiveness in reducing rents and the impact on the need for emergency housing.
The matters raised by Deputies Tony McLoughlin, Maureen O’Sullivan and Kevin Humphreys, Brian Stanley and Willie O’Dea have been selected for discussion.
