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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 29 Nov 2012

Vol. 784 No. 4

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 Maureen O'Sullivan - the threatened closure of Barnardos, Buckingham Street Family Support Project, Dublin 1; (2) Deputy John O'Mahony - the suspension of grants by North East Leader Company to community groups in County Mayo and when the payment of grants will resume; (3) Deputy Tom Hayes - the need to attract multinational investment to provide jobs in rural Ireland, particularly the need to replace jobs lost in County Tipperary; (4) Deputy James Bannon - the potential national fall-out of the loss of approximately 100 jobs at Ericsson, Athlone, County Westmeath; (5) Deputy Joan Collins - the need for the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that the current system of the management of cystic fibrosis rooms at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, is reviewed; (6) Deputy Gerald Nash - the future of the charitable lotteries scheme; (7) Deputy Alan Farrell - the funding of primary schools; (8) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need for clarification of the way that it is expected that all airports, including Ireland West, Knock, will operate in a competitive environment following the separation of Shannon from Dublin Airport; (9) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - the need to discourage people from availing of the services of moneylenders; (10) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to ensure that key teacher and learning resources in DEIS schools and other schools in areas of disadvantage generally will be maintained in budget 2013 and specifically that educational resources will be protected in the parishes of Darndale, Belcamp, Priorswood and Bonnybrook in Coolock, Dublin 17; (11) Deputy Brian Stanley - the recently published report into the risks to Ireland from incidents at Sellafield; (12) Deputy Joanna Tuffy - the current position regarding the reason for non-payment to third year DIT biomedical students (details supplied) of the monthly training allowance payable to student medical scientists while on placement in public health service laboratories; (13) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to bring forward a package of supports for those children and adolescents suffering with narcolepsy and additional medical complications following vaccination with pandemrix; (14) Deputy Derek Keating - the increased incidences of tuberculosis throughout Dublin city and county; (15) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need to discuss childhood obesity following the publication of the report Growing Up in Ireland; (16) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to reverse the cuts in home help hours; (17) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the future of the subsidy to Aer Arann services to the Aran islands; (18) Deputy Joe Higgins - the dismissal by Chartered Accountants Ireland of nine staff and the replacement of them by persons on JobBridge; and (19) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the provision of hospice facilities in County Wicklow and the current situation relating to the plans for same.

The matters raised by Deputies John O'Mahony, Michelle Mulherin, Joanna Tuffy and Seán Ó Fearghaíl have been selected for discussion.

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