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) Deputy Pauline Tully - to discuss adding spinal muscular atrophy to the medical conditions tested for in the newborn heel prick test; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss an update on infrastructure works in Castlemagner, County Cork; (3) Deputy Colm Burke - to discuss action to assist health staff who suffer from long Covid and have had State support withdrawn; (4) Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss challenges facing the scallop fishing sector; (5) Deputies Mark Ward and Pat Buckley - to discuss the 2022 report from the Mental Health Commission; (6) Deputy Michael Ring - to discuss funding for four new consultant anaesthesiology posts in Mayo University Hospital; (7) Deputy David Stanton - to discuss a system to accommodate Irish students training on foreign-registered cruise liners; (8) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss recruitment challenges in the health service; (9) Deputy Neale Richmond - to discuss the allocation of public health nurses in Dublin 18; (10) Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - to discuss funding to deal with the provision of section 39 services by the Kerry Parents and Friends Association; (11) Deputy Seán Crowe - the need for an additional driving test centre in south Dublin; (12) Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins - to discuss the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups worldwide; (13) Deputy Kathleen Funchion - to discuss the decision to refuse DEIS 1 status to Scoil Mhuire gan Smál in Carlow town; (14) Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the delivery of affordable housing in Cork city; (15) Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - to discuss the anomaly whereby taxi drivers with Northern driving licences and living in the North cannot get licensed to drive PSVs or taxis in the South; (16) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss with the Minister of State with responsibility for sport the urgent need to secure playing pitches for Stamullen Football Club, Stamullen, County Meath; (17) Deputy Brendan Griffin - to raise the need for further funding for local improvement scheme roads; and (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss concerns about proposals by the NCT test centre in Ballymun to replace existing highly skilled staff.
The matters raised by Deputies Funchion, Tully, O'Sullivan and Stanton have been selected for discussion.