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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 5 Mar 2013

Vol. 795 No. 1

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 Simon Harris - DART fares to Greystones; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to approve funding in respect of the Howth Sutton Community Council drugs and alcohol prevention and education project; (3) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the difficulties for farmers posed by the deadline for gorse burning; (4) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need for close liaisons between the Office of Public Works and local communities in order to maximise the potential and usage of OPW national heritage sites; (5) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need to make provision for two intermediate care teams for north and south Mayo to allow for better use of acute hospital resources in the county; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the negative effects of the funding cuts to youth projects in Dublin city which are being imposed by the City of Dublin Youth Services Board; (7) Deputies Sean Fleming and Robert Troy - the funding allocation for housing adaptation grants, housing aid for older people and mobility aids grant scheme to Laois County Council for 2013; (8) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the need to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report on fee-charging schools and analysis of fee income; (9) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to ensure a viable future for the miscanthus industry by fully implementing the REFIT scheme; (10) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - funding for community and residential mental health services since implementation of A Vision for Change; (11) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to act on the recommendations of the report published yesterday by the Irish Hospice Foundation and Children's Sunshine Home on respite services for children with life-limiting conditions and their families; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the imminent closure of St. Catherine's Foyer CARA project in Dublin 8; (13) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the status of plans to construct a bypass for Slane, County Meath; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the plight of the nursery/ horticulture industry in south Tipperary and throughout the country; (15) Deputy Mick Wallace - the report published today into the discretionary income available to fee-charging schools; (16) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to publish the scientific research, as well as responses by BIM, to queries regarding the EIS on the environmental impact of the proposed salmon fish farm in Galway Bay off the coast of Aran and to address all concerns; (17) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the report on the fee-paying sector and the need for the Department of Education and skills to radically review its relationship with these schools; (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need for measures to deal with street harassment particularly of a sexual or threatening nature levelled at women in public as highlighted by the global Hollaback movement; and (19) Deputy Clare Daly - the report on private second level schools. The matters raised by the Deputies Seán Kyne; Sean Fleming and Robert Troy; Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Michelle Mulherin have been selected for discussion.

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