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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014

Vol. 834 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 Peter Fitzpatrick - the development of the coastal walk way to prevent flooding in Dundalk and Blackrock, while bringing benefits to tourism, recreations, and tackling obesity; (2) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the need to provide a housing solution for persons forced into homelessness; (3) Deputies Michelle Mulherin, Barry Cowen and Joan Collins - the sale of Elverys Sports and the need to protect the 700 jobs in the company; (4) Deputy Seamus Kirk - unlicensed animal slaughter premises discovered recently and the need for co-ordinating efforts between his Department and the Garda Síochána; (5) Deputy Eoghan Murphy - the increase in demand for primary school places in September 2014 in Dublin South-East; (6) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the need for additional social and voluntary housing, with specific reference to the Ballinasloe SVP Building Project for the Elderly; (7) Deputy Charles Flanagan - the proposed intergovernmental agreement between Ireland and the UK on wind export; (8) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the derogation on load restrictions and the impact on transport of silage to farms in need; (9) Deputy John Browne - the need to restore funding to the meitheal leaders programme which is due to be cut from September 2014; (10) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need to address recent armed robberies against small businesses in County Galway; (11) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to reform the current knowledge-based assessment for hackney licences to reflect the area in which the hackneys will operate; (12) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the reported inadequate levels of midwife staffing at Cork University Maternity Hospital; (13) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the progress made in providing access to omalizumab, Xolair, for severe asthma to patients in Cork University Hospital; (14) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need to address concerns raised regarding reform of the junior cycle programme; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - concerns regarding reports of new contracts for Dublin clamp operators requiring 60,000 cars to be clamped in return for a bonus; (16) Deputy Bernard Durkan - the need to address concerns at lack of information forthcoming regarding recent parliamentary questions relating to long-term residency or eligibility for naturalisation; (17) Deputy Michael McGrath - his views on concerns expressed regarding the banking sector dealings with SME debt; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the ongoing dispute between Dublin City Council and Dublin Street Parking Services; (19) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the issue of public lighting being switched off in estates that have not been taken in charge by local authorities; (20) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the purchase by Hibernia REIT of New Century House in the IFSC and the dangers for the economy and the property sector of REITS; (21) Deputy Brendan Smith - the escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria; (22) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the non-payment of utilities by developers in control of unfinished estates such as Chambers Park and Abbeyfield, County Kildare, where the lights on the streets have been turned off; and (23) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the level of funding in County Kildare for youth services in comparison to other counties.

The matters raised by Deputies Eoghan Murphy, Michael Kitt, Jonathan O'Brien and Michelle Mulherin, Barry Cowen and Joan Collins have been selected for discussion.

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