Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters
Selected topical issues concern givinostat access for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, school places and SEN facilities, summer programme staffing, and mid-west industrial development and employment, with those five matters chosen for discussion.
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 Joe Cooney - To discuss industrial development and employment opportunities in the mid-west region.
Deputy Robert O'Donoghue - To discuss provision of a permanent two-classroom SEN facility and PE hall for Balscadden National School.
Deputies Sorca Clarke and Martin Kenny - To discuss the Peterhead Ten.
Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss the status of the assessment for the drug givinostat for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - To discuss emergency winter funding for rural roads in Wicklow and Wexford.
Deputy Shane Moynihan - To discuss delays in reimbursement under the cross-border healthcare directive.
Deputy Pa Daly - To discuss funding for a building to include an autism unit in a Kerry school (details supplied).
Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss access to, and staffing for, the summer programme for 2026.
Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the national child poverty target.
Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss an application for an interim ancillary grant by a national school in Mitchelstown.
Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the development of Bunclody Community College, County Wexford.
Deputy Michael Murphy - To discuss the recruitment of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary.
Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the proposed reforms of the criminal legal aid system.
Deputy Paul Murphy - To discuss the decision of South Dublin County Council to increase council, HAP and homeless HAP rents from July.
Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss funding for the roll-out of BusConnects in Limerick city.
Deputy Barry Heneghan - To discuss the proposed relocation of An Post's Harmonstown sorting office and the impact on local postal services.
Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss the timeline to progress the Cork southern distributor link multimodal route.
Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss appropriate school places for children with challenging needs in County Louth.
The matters raised by Deputies Barry Ward, Ruairí Ó Murchú, Darren O'Rourke, Robert O'Donoghue and Joe Cooney have been selected for discussion.