2026-05-06

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 Pat Buckley - To discuss the failure to follow through on a Labour Court recommendation. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss the establishment of a national radiation therapy equipment replacement programme. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the planned new Courtown coastguard building. Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss the status of the Cork Life Centre. Deputy Pa Daly - To discuss funding for youth service in Kerry. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the refurbishment of school buildings across County Kerry, Deputy Séamus McGrath - To discuss the recruitment process for the Defence Forces. Deputy Michael Murphy - To discuss the local democracy task force report. Deputy Mark Ward - To discuss waiting times for occupational services in Dublin Mid-West. Deputy Eamon Scanlon - To discuss reducing capital gains tax for families passing homes to their children. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil - To discuss social infrastructure provision in Kildare North. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss proposals for the use of the old prison site at Rathmore Road, Cork city. Deputies Ged Nash and Joanna Byrne - To discuss the exclusion of schools in disadvantaged areas of Drogheda from the DEIS plus scheme. Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss overcrowding in the Midlands and Portlaoise Prison. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss expanding the communications allowance to include broadband and mobile data. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss supports for those with frontotemporal dementia. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss the armed assault by Israeli naval forces on the Global Sumud Flotilla. The matters raised by Deputies Eamon Scanlon, Pat Buckley, Mark Ward, Michael Cahill, Ged Nash and Joanna Byrne have been selected for discussion.