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 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the need to assign a clinical paediatric diabetes nurse to Letterkenny General Hospital; (2) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to assign a clinical paediatric diabetes nurse to Letterkenny General Hospital; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to reform the current knowledge-based assessment for hackney licences; (4) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the provision of rehabilitation consultants for neurological disorders; (5) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need to address concerns raised regarding reform of the junior cycle programme; (6) Deputy Michael McGrath - the concerns expressed regarding the banking sector dealings with small and medium enterprise debt; (7) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the need to provide a housing solution for people forced into homelessness; (8) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the position regarding recent responses to parliamentary questions; (9) Deputy Gerald Nash - the situation in the accident and emergency ward in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; (10) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick - the development of the coastal walkway to prevent flooding in Dundalk and Blackrock, County Louth; (11) Deputy Michael Moynihan - access to medication for severe asthma to patients in Cork University Hospital; (12) Deputy Brendan Smith - the escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria; (13) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the application process for the disability allowance; (14) Deputy Clare Daly - the alleged requirement for 60,000 cars to be clamped in return for a bonus; (15) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to ensure that wheelchair-users do not have to pay tax on specially modified vehicles; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the ongoing dispute between Dublin City Council and Dublin Street Parking Services; (17) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to include representation for the deferred members of the Irish aviation superannuation scheme on the expert panel; (18) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the recent spate of violent robberies in County Galway; (19) Deputy John Browne - the need to restore funding to the Meitheal leaders programme; (20) Deputy Dara Calleary - the need for reform of the inquest process; (21) Deputy Robert Troy - the regulation of the child-minding sector; (22) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the continuation of HSE funding for the Rape Crisis Network Ireland; (23) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the level of funding in County Kildare for youth services in comparison to other counties; and (24) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the proposed changes to the ambulance service in County Tipperary.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael McGrath, Gerald Nash and Mattie McGrath have been selected for discussion.