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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2012

Vol. 773 No. 1

Topical Issue Matters

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 Michael Healy-Rae - the impact of recent bad weather on farming; (2) Deputy Jim Daly - the need for an emergency fund for uninsured business victims of the recent flooding at Clonakilty, County Cork; (3) Deputies Finian McGrath and Denis Naughten - the recent cuts to the education and service provisions for school leavers with disabilities; (4) Deputy Regina Doherty - continuing reports of the theft of power and telecommunications cables; (5) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide funding for St. Christopher's Services, Longford; (6) Deputy Ciara Conway - the report on IDA Ireland's job creation figures and its implications for balanced regional development; (7) Deputy Alan Farrell - the forthcoming publication, findings and implications of the Pyrite panel report; (8) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for the establishment of a national strategy for the development of the horticulture industry; (9) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the role of crime prevention officers in fighting crime; (10) Deputy Martin Ferris - Comreg's legal action against An Post; (11) Deputy Seán Crowe - the loss of teaching posts at schools for children with special needs and the need to review the DES-NSCE definition of "multiple disability" governing the pupil-teacher ratio at such schools; (12) Deputy Michael Lowry - the failure to reopen a number of short-stay beds at the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary; (13) Deputy Noel Harrington - the status of the proposed Clonakilty flood relief scheme; (14) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the proposals for funding of €250 million in respect of priority new build projects and the need to extend the applications deadline to allow Labre Park redevelopment plans by Dublin City Council to be included; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - fire safety issues in Martello estate in Balbriggan, County Dublin; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the figures highlighted yesterday by Social Justice Ireland which show that, in a single year, the disposable income of the poorest households fell by 18.6%, while the income of the richest rose by 4.1%; (17) Deputy Joan Collins - the proposals for funding of €250 million in respect of priority new build projects and the need to extend the applications deadline to allow Labre Park redevelopment plans by Dublin City Council to be included; (18) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the decision of the Law Society of Ireland to prohibit solicitors acting for more than one party in all cases involving the transfer of property; (19) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the report of the National Suicide Research Foundation which has found that alcohol abuse is among the mental health risk factors associated with suicide; (20) Deputy Tom Hayes - the need to allow low-income families apply for the back-to-school allowance; (21) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the measures to be taken to alleviate the hardship caused to householders in Douglas and other parts of Cork by the recent flooding; (22) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the problems faced by residents of Dublin North-West whose homes are contaminated with pyrite, particularly the 140 homes which were part of the Ballymun regeneration project; (23) Deputy Niall Collins - the need for funds to renovate Nicker national school, County Limerick; (24) Deputy Michael Conaghan - the need for a new housing scheme for residents of Labre Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin; and (25) Deputy Tom Fleming - the secondment of corporals and sergeants from the Defence Forces to assist the Garda Síochána.

The matters raised by Deputies Patrick O'Donovan, Ciara Conway, Billy Kelleher, and Finian McGrath and Denis Naughten have been selected for discussion.

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