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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 12 Mar 2015

Vol. 871 No. 3

Topical Issues

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 Terence Flanagan - the need for measures to be introduced to reduce the burden of child care costs; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to allocate funding to address the waiting list for disability extensions for citizens with a disability and high medical priority; (3) Deputy Gabrielle McFadden - the need to secure the future of services for those with neurological conditions under the scheme to support national organisations; (4) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need to develop a comprehensive service of autistic spectrum disorder classes for children with autism at post-primary level to meet demand; (5) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the future of funding for organisations under the scheme to support national organisations; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to upgrade the N22 Kerry to Cork road; (7) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the cut in funding for the development companies on non-Gaeltact islands for 2015; (8) Deputy Noel Harrington - concerns regarding the introduction of the new penalty points scheme for fishermen; (9) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to ensure that the escrow account arrangements provided by Aer Lingus to deferred pensioners are similarly provided by the Dublin Airport Authority; (10) Deputy Pat Breen - the need to support the GAA in seeking UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status for hurling; (11) Deputies Clare Daly and Mick Wallace - the worsening Syrian crisis on the fourth anniversary of the conflict; (12) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the need to accommodate exceptional circumstances requiring exceptional needs payments in the cases of two persons (details supplied); (13) Deputy Derek Keating - the shortage of secondary school places in the Lucan area; (14) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the absence of any Irish university from the top 100 ranking of the recently published Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings survey; (15) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - initiatives needed to aid the retention of newly qualified doctors in the health service; (16) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to implement the plan to abolish mobile phone roaming charges; and (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the lack of availability of inpatient beds for children with mental health difficulties.

The matters raised by Deputies Eamonn Maloney, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace, Anthony Lawlor and Brendan Smith have been selected for discussion.

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