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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 4 Feb 2015

Vol. 866 No. 2

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 Peadar Tóibín - the need to discuss concerns raised by various Irish stakeholders regarding the investor State dispute settlements clause, potential job losses here and in the EU, and other related matters; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to address spiralling rental prices and need for rent regulation; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to amend the building regulations for one-off houses; (4) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for a fresh inquiry into the Stardust fire; (5) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - the need to address the cuts to the subsidy of group water schemes; (6) Deputy Peter Mathews - the need to provide additional classes for entry to primary schools in Dublin South to meet the increasing demand for school places; (7) Deputy Alan Shatter - the circumstances of Ibrahim Halawa who has been held in jail in Egypt since August 2013 and the securing of his release by the Egyptian authorities; (8) Deputies Joe Costello and Finian McGrath - the proposed offer for Aer Lingus; (9) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - to discuss the disciplinary processes for teachers and child protection matters in schools; (10) Deputy Michael Creed - the measures being taken to secure justice for the family of the late Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne; (11) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the need to address the high number of patients on trolleys and awaiting a bed at Letterkenny General Hospital; (12) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to expedite the follow-up to the national spatial strategy so as to ensure balanced, regional development; (13) Deputy Barry Cowen - the support and funding available to help Sligo County Council resolve its financial difficulties and conditions imposed on such financial support; (14) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the deteriorating tax environment for productive investment in small and medium-sized enterprises here; (15) Deputy Helen McEntee - the need to address the issue of offshore wind farms and their future connection to the national grid; (16) Deputy Dara Calleary - the threat to the future of group water schemes as a result of the proposed reduction in Government subsidies to the schemes; (17) Deputy Seán Conlan - the need to ensure the communities affected by the North-South interconnector are consulted by EirGrid about specific underground route options before he allows them make any fresh application to An Bord Pleanála; (18) Deputy Noel Harrington - the need for a compensation fund under the European Fisheries Fund for the mussel fishermen of west Cork and Kerry; (19) Deputy Brian Stanley - funding of domestic abuse services in Laois; (20) Deputy Clare Daly - the latest round of senior Garda appointments in the context of ongoing investigations regarding serious allegations of malpractice in a number of divisions; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the latest round of senior Garda appointments in the context of ongoing investigations regarding serious allegations of malpractice in a number of divisions; (22) Deputy Martin Heydon - the implications of the loss of Newbridge Credit Union, locally and nationally; (23) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the situation regarding funding for public library services; (24) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to address the long waiting times for children in need of MRI scans at Crumlin hospital; (25) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to adapt the home renovation incentive scheme; (26) Deputy Sean Fleming - the powers that the National Transport Authority has to accept, reject and amend applications by bus companies to curtail services on bus routes throughout the country; (27) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - the non-resumption of the Stena ferry service from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead; (28) Deputy Paul Murphy - the social impact assessment of budget 2015 which shows no significant change in the rate of people at risk of poverty; (29) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the need to address the changes to the one-parent family payment from budget 2012 which will come into effect in 2015 and will affect 40,000 parents; and (30) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - to need to ensure the release of hares currently in captivity as a result of the cancellation of the fourth day's coursing, so they are not kept in captivity for a further week.

The matters raised by Deputies Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Joe Costello and Finian McGrath, Michael Creed and Thomas P. Broughan have been selected for discussion.

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