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 Helen McEntee - the need to secure accommodation for Dunboyne college, County Meath, which was recently awarded independent status; (2) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the need to examine the capital acquisitions tax and the issues surrounding the inheritance tax trap; (3) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the recent HIQA inspection reports into services for persons with disabilities and the actions that will be taken; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the unresolved issues surrounding medical issues for survivors of the Magdalen laundries, particularly those living outside Ireland; (5) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the measures to be taken to reduce the misuse of drugs; (6) Deputy Frank Feighan - the delays in implementing an ambulance base in Loughglynn, County Roscommon; (7) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the concerns regarding time scales for nurse registration and its impact on nurse recruitment, nationally and internationally; (8) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the concerns arising from the reassignment from surgical duties of the Hardwicke ward in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; (9) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the action required to tackle the avoidance of penalty points by motorists; (10) Deputy Jim Daly - the need for the Central Bank of Ireland to clarify the number of distressed mortgages that were converted from tracker to variable rate as part of solutions offered to borrowers; (11) Deputy Bobby Aylward - planned action to reduce waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford; (12) Deputy Brendan Smith - the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict; (13) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the implications of the closure of the swimming pool at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth; (14) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to provide support and funding to St. Michael’s House for appropriate premises; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the plans to address areas and counties with low take up of the under-six free GP care plan; (16) Deputy Clare Daly - the report of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights relating to Ireland; (17) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the introduction of a recreational bluefin tuna fishery here; (18) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the implications of the closure of the swimming pool at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth; (19) Deputy Mick Wallace - the implications of the Supreme Court ruling in relation to freedom of information and NAMA; (20) Deputy Dessie Ellis - concerns regarding the closure of taxi ranks at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; (21) Deputy Gerry Adams - the need to provide additional funding for Connecting for Life, the new suicide prevention strategy for 2015 to 2020; (22) Deputy Paul Murphy - the implications of the closure of a number of businesses in Tallaght that were under the control of NAMA; (23) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the concerns regarding the code of conduct for mortgage lenders in relation to mortgage arrears; and (24) Deputy Niall Collins - the impact of the cut of funding to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland.
The matters raised by Deputies Helen McEntee, Ruth Coppinger, Paul J. Connaughton and Bobby Aylward have been selected for discussion.