Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-16
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Mattie McGrath (CC), Tipperary

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 Alan Dillon - to discuss Government's role under the Broadcasting Act 2009 in protecting our national cultural and sporting events.
Deputy Thomas Pringle - to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the Brandon report.
Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss when the new elective hospital in Cork will go to tender and when construction will begin.
Deputy Mick Barry - to discuss the situation facing a group of nurses, mainly from India, working as healthcare assistants under a work permit scheme.
Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the funding allocation for west Cork national, regional and local roads.
Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss the need for secondary legislation to enable local authorities to implement CCTV surveillance of illegal dumping.
Deputy Marc MacSharry - to discuss the need to address delays in the processing of passports.
Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - to discuss issues with the new agri-climate rural environmental scheme, ACRES, including the impact of turf cutting on eligibility and payments for farmers.
Deputy Mattie McGrath - to discuss funding for an independent walkway at Ardfinnan Bridge, Tipperary.
Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss the eligibility criteria for the pandemic bonus payment, and the reasons some sectors working on the front line have been unable to access the payment.
Deputy Gary Gannon - to discuss the need for a state-of-the-art sports facility in Alfie Byrne Park.
Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the failure to bring forward promised proposals to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service.
Deputy Paul Donnelly - to discuss the rights and entitlements of migrant nurses working and living in Ireland, and those hoping to do so.
Deputy David Stanton - to discuss the need to provide a second-level school transport service for next September for at least 50 children travelling from Cobh to Carrigtwohill, County Cork.
Deputy Jackie Cahill - to discuss EU proposals on land restoration and re-wetting and its potential impact on Irish farmers.
Deputy Joan Collins - to discuss the situation facing a group of nurses, mainly from India, working as healthcare assistants under a work permit scheme.
Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss the declining numbers of dentists partaking in the dental treatment service scheme.
Deputy Pa Daly - to discuss the ongoing review of the rural social scheme.
Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss the closure of Owenacurra mental health unit.
Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss the situation facing residents at Beaumont Residential Care.
Deputy Robert Troy - to discuss staffing of the new MRI unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar.
Deputy Pauline Tully - to discuss the publication date for the implementation plan of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People.
The matters raised by Deputies Robert Troy; Thomas Pringle; David Stanton; and Rose Conway-Walsh have been selected for discussion.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-16