Skip to main content
Normal View

Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2011

Vol. 730 No. 4

Adjournment Debate Matters

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae — the need to re-introduce the excise duty rebate in respect of diesel for coach operators; (2) Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty — the need to review the application of commercial taxation on vehicles that are used for purposes other than for work; (3) Deputy Paschal Donohoe — the need to preserve the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7; (4) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Social Protection to restore funding to Lough Ree development co-operative under the Pobal CSP scheme; (5) Deputy Joan Collins — the urgent need for the Minister to clarify the situation in regard to the promised allocation of 34 rooms for the treatment solely of cystic fibrosis patients in the proposed new unit at St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin; (6) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan — to review a decision of the HSE to close, on a temporary basis, a surgical ward and operating theatre at Croom Hospital, County Limerick; (7) Deputy Nicky McFadden — the matter of residential institutions and to seek the assurance of the Minister for Health and Children that medication is not being used to subdue patients who exhibit challenging behaviour; (8) Deputy Joe Costello — the need to grant residency to a person (details supplied); (9) Deputy Gerry Adams — the need to establish a full public inquiry into the practice of symphysiotomies in hospitals under the care of the State; (10) Deputy Tom Fleming — to ensure that the necessary funding is made available to allow Valentia community hospital serve the needs of the island and the Iveragh peninsula in the same magnificent way it has done for the past 140 years; (11) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the proposed closure of the Teagasc Research Centre at Kinsealy, County Dublin; (12) Deputy Mattie McGrath — the changes to the primary school transport scheme announced in budget 2011 and how these will affect families and local school communities; and (13) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett — the issue of the future of Dún Laoghaire harbour in light of the McCarthy report and current disputes between the workforce and management over rationalisation plans.

The matters raised by Deputies Paschal Donohoe; Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty; Joe Costello; and Gerry Adams have been selected for discussion.

Top
Share