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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Vol. 1023 No. 1

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív and Michael Fitzmaurice - the urgent need for the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 to be republished in view of the fact that this Bill was passed by the two Houses of the Oireachtas in 2019 subject to Seanad amendments being debated and approved or rejected by the Dáil; (2) Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - to discuss the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, following the opening of public consultation recently; (3) Deputy Brian Stanley - to ask the Minister for Health to discuss the future of the mental health facility Erkina House in Rathdowney, County Laois; (4) Deputy Colm Burke - to ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what action is being taken by his Department along with local authorities to ensure all applications under the local authority home loan scheme are processed in a timely manner and if he will carry out a full audit with local authorities to ascertain how long it is taking for these loans to be approved, and if he will make a statement on the matter; (5) Deputy Gary Gannon - details of the alternate sitting of leaving certificate exams 2022; (6) Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the need for the expansion of the homeless housing assistance payment scheme statewide; (7) Deputy Joe Carey - the need to rebalance national aviation policy by utilising space and capacity in Shannon Airport; (8) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the steps being taken to address the absence of any available emergency accommodation in Limerick city and if he will make a statement on the matter; (9) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - to ask the Minister for Health for an update on the expert team deployed to tackle crisis levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, UHL; (10) Deputy David Stanton - to ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to debate the need for more affordable housing units in County Cork, especially in east Cork, given the huge demand and small provision currently planned; (11) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the conditions for refugees, particularly from Ukraine, in the east Cork area; (12) Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss SET allocated hours being reduced; (13) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the shortage in special class places across the State; and (14) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the need to expand the An Bord Pleanála review to decisions made relating to a development at Millbourne estate, Ashbourne, County Meath.

The matters raised by Deputies Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Éamon Ó Cuív and Michael Fitzmaurice, Maurice Quinlivan, and Colm Burke have been selected for discussion.

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