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 Brendan Griffin - the need to guarantee the progression of the Shannon LNG project; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need for a debate in regard to the offshore renewable energy development plan; (3) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to provide adequate funding to deal with the recent devastation caused on the western seaboard; (4) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the need to secure funding to repair the damage done by, and provide protection from, our seas; (5) Deputy John O'Mahony - the progress on the evaluation of damage by recent storms and the assistance to communities affected; (6) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to review the decision to close the acute psychiatric unit in Ballinasloe, County Galway; (7) Deputy Joe Higgins - the payment of €50 million by Irish Water to consultancy firms; (8) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to provide medical cards to children with Down's syndrome; (9) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need to provide emergency funding to Kerry County Council following the recent storms; (10) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need for a comprehensive package of measures to be put in place to deal with the aftermath of the recent storms; (11) Deputy Pat Breen - that emergency funding be sought from the EU to repair the damage done by recent storms; (12) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need to establish two separate schools on the one campus in Maynooth, County Kildare; (13) Deputy Michael McNamara - the need to address flood defences in the Shannon Estuary; (14) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the changes to the eligibility for new applications for housing adaptation grants and housing aid supports; (15) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need for a new primary care centre in Gort, County Galway; (16) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to provide additional funding to assist with the repairs required following the damage caused to the west and coastal areas by the recent storms; (17) Deputy Arthur Spring - the need to assist with the repair of the devastating costal damage caused by the recent storms in County Kerry; (18) Deputies Gerry Adams and Charlie McConalogue - the provision of ambulance services in the wake of recent events; (19) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to carry out a study as to the reasons behind the recent flooding in Foynes; (20) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to ring-fence beds in Cork University Hospital for patients with cystic fibrosis; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the media reports that autistic children are being locked in isolation rooms in schools and left unsupervised for hours at a time; (22) Deputy Willie Penrose - that appropriate steps be taken to secure alternative court facilities to enable the District Court to continue sitting in Mullingar, County Westmeath; (23) Deputy Dara Calleary - the need to suspend all farm inspections for a period in order to allow landowners and holders to restore their property following recent storms; (24) Deputy Derek Keating - the changes in the housing grants system; (25) Deputy Clare Daly - the need for funding for repair work following recent coastal erosion in Portrane; (26) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the recent transfer of responsibility for issuing of driver licences from local authorities to National Driver Licence Service centres; (27) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the cuts to the grants for people with disabilities and the elderly; (28) Deputy Dan Neville - recent serious flooding at Foynes, Ballysteen and Askeaton, County Limerick; (29) Deputy Joe Carey - that emergency financial assistance be immediately made available to Clare County Council in response to the preliminary storm damage report; (30) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the measures being taken to ease the plight of those subjected to recent flooding; (31) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the need to examine the application of the fair deal scheme in respect of farms and farming families; (32) Deputy Martin Ferris - aid to coastal communities damaged by recent storms; (33) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the potential risk to jobs at the Liebherr plant in Killarney, County Kerry; (34) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - national heritage areas and the lifting of the turf-cutting ban; (35) Deputy Ann Phelan - the position regarding a free water allowance for Irish Water customers; (36) Deputy Brendan Smith - the policy regarding raising human rights concerns while engaging in trade missions abroad; and (37) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to supply GPS-enabled beacons for sufferers of dementia and similar disorders.
The matters raised by Deputies Ann Phelan; Michael Moynihan; Paul J. Connaughton; and Gerry Adams and Charlie McConalogue have been selected for discussion.