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) Deputies Helen McEntee and Kieran O'Donnell - the need to extend BreastCheck to 65 to 69-year old women; (2) Deputy Gerald Nash - the number and variety of training courses offered by SOLAS in Drogheda; (3) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for Irish Water to ensure that water meters are fully accessible to those with disabilities; (4) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the Minister for Health to give consideration for new treatments for children with spina bifida, including the Lokomat walking machine; (5) Deputy Noel Harrington - the present status of job creation projects in the West Cork region and the recently published NESC report on employment in households; (6) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the up-to-date position of the much-needed Galway city outer by-pass; (7) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss the escalating crisis in the Middle East; (8) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Skills to address recent allegations of illegal activity among some companies working under contracts awarded under the schools building programme, particularly the lack of compliance by some contractors with employment and tax laws; (9) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need for the Government to progress the commissioning of a monument to commemorate Irish men and women who served in peacekeeping missions of the United Nations; (10) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to maintain a motor tax office in the Ballymun area; (11) Deputy Robert Troy - the need for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to make a statement on the report by the Children's Ombudsman on the removal of two children from their home by the Garda and the action the Government intends to take on foot of the report; (12) Deputy Jerry Buttimer - the need for clarification on where civil marriages and civil partnerships can be solemnised; (13) Deputy Seán Crowe - the delays wheelchair users are facing when getting their wheelchairs repaired; (14) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the redress scheme for victims of symphysiotomy; (15) Deputies John Browne and Maureen O'Sullivan - the recent withdrawal of funding to the national deaf advocacy service of the Irish Deaf Society; (16) Deputy Brian Stanley - the services for autistic children in County Laois; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the ongoing industrial dispute at Cement Roadstone Holdings over proposed paycuts; (18) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the report of the Children's Ombudsman on the taking of two Roma children from their families; and (19) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the response to the Social Justice Ireland report that children represent one quarter of Ireland’s poor.
The issues raised by Deputies Helen McEntee and Kieran O'Donnell; Gerald Nash; Jerry Buttimer; and John Browne and Maureen O'Sullivan have been selected for discussion.