I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the development of public transport and park and ride facilities in north County Kildare, including bus services to Dublin city, interconnection services within the area and to Blanchardstown hospital in Dublin 7 and rail fares and services from Kilcock to Dublin city; (2) Deputy Martin Ferris - the implications of a British withdrawal from the European Union for farming and fishing communities in Ireland; (3) Deputy Brendan Smith - the job losses at Liberty Insurance in counties Cavan and Dublin and the need to retain the maximum level of employment in the company; (4) Deputy Peter Burke - the need to find a future sustainable use for the former Columb Barracks site in Mullingar, County Westmeath; (5) Deputy Eugene Murphy - the level of insurance quotations for wheelchair-accessible taxis, despite the existence of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grants scheme; (6) Deputies John Brassil, Catherine Murphy and Pat Buckley - the status of Console which provides services for people in suicidal crisis and those bereaved through suicide; (7) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - the ongoing crisis in the emergency department at Limerick University Hospital, including the number of patients on trolleys, and the need to prioritise the opening of a new department at the hospital; (8) Deputy John Brady - the implementation of the 12-month price freeze on bin charges and whether the use of plastic bags will remain in place for households; (9) Deputy Colm Brophy - the establishment of a fixed date in the calendar year for the National Day of Famine Commemoration; (10) Deputy Jackie Cahill - the provision of an emergency funding package to repair local roads, given their dangerous condition following the reduction in funding for local authorities in recent years; (11) Deputy Mary Butler - school transport in County Waterford; (12) Deputies Bríd Smith and Gino Kenny - the trial of an Irish citizen, Mr. Ibrahim Halawa, in Egypt; (13) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - the shortage of primary school places for children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders; (14) Deputy Imelda Munster - the funding of a seven-classroom extension for Scoil Naomh Fheichín in Termonfeckin, County Louth, in the context of an earlier commitment to begin construction in 2016; (15) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need for a reappraisal of the ban on the rent supplement scheme in Ballymun, Dublin 9, owing to the regeneration project which is nearing completion; (16) Deputies Clare Daly and Mick Wallace - the spike in the use of Shannon Airport in County Clare by the US military and whether this is connected to NATO's military exercises in Poland; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - today's protest outside Leinster House concerning the ending of the contract of the locum consultant with a special interest in sarcoma at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin 4 on 30 June 2016; (18) Deputies Anne Rabbitte and Eamon Scanlon - the inefficiencies in the provision of the school transport scheme; (19) Deputy Martin Heydon - the retention by Rathangan boys national school, County Kildare, of its tenth teacher in the 2016-17 school year; (20) Deputy Declan Breathnach - the measures the European Union could take in co-operation with the United Kingdom to establish a compromise position that would avoid a British exit from the Union; (21) Deputy Mick Barry - the public discontent expressed by employees of Deliveroo at the company's switch from paying an hourly rate to an extreme form of "if and when" contracts, resulting in effective pay rates that fall below the minimum wage; (22) Deputy Paul Murphy - the proposed provisional application of a comprehensive economic and trade agreement between the European Union and Canada; (23) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need for a sheep support scheme; and (24) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the possible sanctions against members of the ASTI for not complying with the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement.
The matters raised by Deputies John Brassil, Catherine Murphy and Pat Buckley; Brendan Smith; and Martin Heydon have been selected for discussion.