I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters:
Senator Garret Ahearn - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the framework for the future delivery of water services and the impact it will have on businesses in rural towns such as Clonmel, County Tipperary.
Senator Mary Seery Kearney - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of a consultant for post-transplant cystic fibrosis care for people who have post-transplant double lungs, in the Mater Hospital in Dublin.
Senator Paul Gavan - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the divergence of figures between the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation for the admitted patients on trolleys, with particular reference to University Hospital Limerick.
Senator Martin Conway - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on his plans to appoint a chief pharmaceutical officer in his Department. Senator Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to include a disability accessibility adaption grant for farming families, under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 3. Senator Tim Lombard - The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on the provision of a special school in west Cork to provide appropriate education for pupils with specific needs, which cannot be met in mainstream schools.
Of the matters raised by the Senators suitable for discussion, I have selected Senators Ahearn, Seery Kearney, Gavan and Conway and they will be taken now. The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters that they wish to raise.