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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017

Vol. 955 No. 3

Topical Issue Matters

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the names of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick - the proposed hazardous waste transfer station at Warrenpoint docks; (2) Deputy Thomas Byrne - the plans to upgrade the N2 from Kilmoon to Ashbourne in County Meath; (3) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the distress being caused by a medical card review of a terminally ill patient; (4) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the anti-social behaviour, street drug dealing and violence in a provincial town; (5) Deputy Imelda Munster - funding for housing adaptation grants for County Louth; (6) Deputies Sean Fleming and Brian Stanley - construction of an electricity substation at Coolnabacca, County Laois; (7) Deputy Peter Burke - the progress on the rebranding of a midlands tourism strategy; (8) Deputy Niall Collins - the need to review the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; (9) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the need for the HSE to review its home care package; (10) Deputy James Browne - the need for the Minister for Health to ensure that a Wexford couple married for 63 years can both avail of the fair deal scheme and not be separated in their last years; (11) Deputy Martin Ferris - weekend home help hours; (12) Deputy Bríd Smith - the national mitigation plan to deal with climate change; (13) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to take urgent action to tackle inordinate insurance premiums being charged of livestock mart owners; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the urgent need to address the increased incidences of cruelty to horses and associated animal welfare issues; (15) Deputy Jackie Cahill - whether the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will comment on the banks using the agriculture cashflow loan support scheme for stocking loans to farmers in 2017; (16) Deputy Gino Kenny - access to Eculizumab for the treatment of Degos disease; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the ongoing uncertainty and possible legal action regarding the proposed sale of Clonkeen schools playing fields by the Christian Brothers; (18) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for the Minister for Health to outline what action he plans to take over additional nursing home charges under the fair deal scheme; (19) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss why the planned emergency reception and orientation centre for Syrian refugees at Rosslare Strand is no longer going ahead; (20) Deputy Mary Butler - the financial situation of St. Carthage's rest home, Lismore, County Waterford, with 37 residents; (21) Deputy Pat Buckley - distances patients are having to travel for mental health care; (22) Deputy James Lawless - the finding by the Nevin Economic Research Institute that underspending on research will have long-term detrimental impacts on our economy; and (23) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the implications of the cessation of rent support for a person (details supplied).

The matters raised by Deputies Peter Fitzpatrick, Sean Fleming and Brian Stanley, Bernard J. Durkan and Pat Buckley have been selected for discussion.

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