Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

 

1:45 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas Byrne - to discuss the boil water notice affecting 600,000 Irish Water customers in three counties; (2) Deputy Aindrias Moynihan - to discuss the difficulties with general practitioner service availability in the Macroom area; (3) Deputy James Browne - to discuss appointing a neuro-nurse to the south-eastern region from a base in University Hospital Waterford; (4) Deputy John McGuinness - to discuss the terms of reference relative to the death of Shane O'Farrell; (5) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - to address concerns regarding the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht allowing coursers to capture hares from a hare population already infected with the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2, RHDV2; (6) Deputy Mary Butler - to discuss the Mental Health Commission report into conditions at the department of psychiatry, University Hospital Waterford; (7) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the urgent need for additional funding for drug support services in Cavan and Monaghan; (8) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the status of the beef task force; (9) Deputy Brian Stanley - to raise with the Minister for Health the urgently-needed resources for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, including regional services; (10) Deputy Joan Collins - the proposed national transport training centre by the National Transport Authority, NTA, and the fact that disability groups were not consulted or discussed, as per letter from the NTA on 15 July 2019, with the result that disability groups, including the Irish Wheelchair Association, Headway and the Disability Thematic Group, are seriously concerned with this proposal; and (11) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what action he can take to support requests for additional Garda resources for the Dublin South-Central area.

The matters raised by Deputies Thomas Byrne, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Brian Stanley and Aindrias Moynihan have been selected for discussion.