Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters
Five topical issues were selected: Garda vetting, paramedics’ contracts, driving test delays, local link buses in Wicklow, and Waterford Crystal pension issues.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case:
Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - To discuss the situation in Iran, and implications for Ireland.
Deputy Joe Cooney - To discuss the regular reporting of the defective concrete block appeals board.
Deputy Albert Dolan - To discuss battery energy storage systems and solar planning guidelines in rural Ireland.
Deputy Tom Brabazon - To discuss the NCAM works in north Dublin.
Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the need for a full-time Garda station in Rush.
Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss waiting lists at the Deansgrange driving test centre.
Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss the HSE's failure to offer 76 newly qualified paramedics full-time jobs upon graduation.
Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss amending the national planning framework and sustainable rural housing guidelines.
Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the review of the Garda vetting process.
Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss delivery of a new school building at Dunboyne junior and senior national schools.
Deputy Michael Murphy - To discuss the crisis in public dental and orthodontic services in south Tipperary.
Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss funding for the breakfast club for St. Paul's SNS, Drogheda.
Deputy Shane Moynihan - To discuss adequate classroom provision for Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin.
Deputy Roderic O'Gorman - To discuss the demolition and rebuild project for three primary schools on the Navan Road, Dublin 7.
Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss delivery of a permanent school building for Owenabue ETNS, Carrigaline, Cork.
Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the new school campus for Gaelscoil Riada and Coláiste an Eachréidh in Athenry, County Galway.
Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss local link buses in Wicklow.
Deputies David Cullinane and Conor D. McGuinness - To discuss pension issues concerning former Waterford Crystal workers.
Deputy Thomas Gould - To discuss rising transport costs in Cork.
Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss public health nursing in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12.
The matters raised by Deputies Malcolm Byrne, Ruairí Ó Murchú, Barry Ward, Jennifer Whitmore and David Cullinane and Conor D. McGuinness have been selected for discussion.