Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters Dail Éireann — 2024-01-17 ============================================================ Seán Ó Fearghaíl (CC), Kildare South I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Steven Matthews - To discuss the need to provide an extension to Temple Carrig school to accommodate the demand for secondary school places in the wider Greystones area. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - To discuss the need to improve train services between Galway and Dublin and Galway and Limerick. Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss the need for an increase in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in secondary schools in Laois. Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss the decision to cut day services from five days down to three at Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, formerly An Castan, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath. Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the HSE application to build a ten-bed residential home on the former Owenacurra mental health centre in Midleton. Deputy Chris Andrews - To discuss damage to the roof of the Enable Ireland school in Sandymount. Deputies Thomas Gould and Mick Barry - To discuss the plan to end discolouration of drinking water in Cork city. Deputy Frankie Feighan - To discuss the strategy for greenways and blueways developed and proposed for counties of Leitrim, Sligo, north Roscommon and south Donegal. Deputy David Stanton - To discuss the urgent need to progress the implementation of the Midleton flood relief scheme. Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty - To discuss the announced closure of counselling services in Donegal by Raphoe diocesan pastoral services. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the ongoing issues of capacity shortage and trolley numbers at University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Mattie McGrath - To discuss the situation in Roscrea following the decision to use the Racket Hall Hotel as an accommodation centre for international protection applicants. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - To discuss the delivery of social housing build targets in Mayo in 2023. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - To discuss reducing the rate of VAT to 9% for food items in the hospitality sector. Deputy Marian Harkin - To discuss the immediate need to put in place a rescue package for hospitality businesses. Deputy Martin Browne - To discuss the progress made on the development of a community nursing unit in Cashel. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss the need for Government intervention following the recent closure of many businesses in the hospitality sector in Cork City and across the State. Deputy Robert Troy - To discuss the need for additional measures to protect small businesses. The matters raised by Deputies Thomas Gould and Mick Barry, Brian Stanley, Mattie McGrath, Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-01-17/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:52:33+00:00 Sitting date: 2024-01-17