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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 17 Jan 2013

Vol. 788 No. 2

Topical Issue Matters

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 Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - the issue of a tax rebate for the purchase of fuel for those in the coach hire business; (2) Deputies Derek Keating, Joe Higgins and Gerald Nash - the decision of HMV to cease trading; (3) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the restriction of speech and language therapy services provided by Beechpark Services due to the HSE recruitment embargo, affecting students attending Scoil Chiaráin CBS, Donnycarney, Dublin; (4) Deputy Finian McGrath - the new drug, kalydeco, for cystic fibrosis patients; (5) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the introduction of a healthy eating flag scheme for schools as part of a national campaign to address childhood obesity; (6) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need to intervene to put a stay on the relocation of residents of Toghermore House, County Galway; (7) Deputies Thomas Pringle, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty - the need to address the spate of robberies on the elderly in County Donegal; (8) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the need to finalise student grant applications; (9) Deputy Robert Dowds - the need for Ireland to lead European efforts to halt the melting of the Arctic ice cap as part of our Presidency of the European Council; (10) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide an update on the remedial works being carried out at Glenn Riada estate in County Longford; (11) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to clarify if HSE support is being withdrawn for child minder advisory officers, CMAOs, within city and county child care committees; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the centralisation of community welfare offices in Drimnagh, Crumlin and Walkinstown to Parnell Road and Bishop Square, Dublin; (13) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the making redundant of 83 staff at Johnson Brothers, Ballymount, Dublin; (14) Deputy John Deasy - the formulation of the investment aid guidelines post 2013; (15) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the decision of the Health Service Executive to recruit 1,000 nursing graduates on lower terms of employment than existing staff; (16) Deputy Clare Daly - the safety of the Irish citizen involved in kidnapping in Algeria; (17) Deputy Mick Wallace - the safety of the Irish citizen who is among a group of oil workers taken hostage by militants in Algeria; (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the risk posed to senior citizens from hypothermia in the current cold conditions; (19) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the scheme to recruit up to 1,000 nurses and midwives at a reduced rate of pay; and (20) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the need for an investigation into the death of a special needs child in respite care in Carmona Services, Glenageary, County Dublin.

The matters raised by Deputies Derek Keating, Joe Higgins and Gerald Nash; John Deasy; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin; and Thomas Pringle, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty have been selected for discussion.

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