2026-02-17

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 Paul Nicholas Gogarty - To discuss preservation of the GAA pitch at St. Mary's Boys' National School, Lucan. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher - To discuss an application for port listing of Killybegs in line with new regulations. Deputy John Paul O'Shea - To discuss delays in waiting times for outpatient appointments with consultant orthopaedic surgeons in Cork. Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss the use of HVO fuel in private cars. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the review of the Garda vetting process and planned measures for simplification. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss funding for provision of community-based housing for adults with disabilities in Dublin Fingal West. Deputy Tom Brabazon - To discuss the principle of pay parity in Irish law. Deputy Barry Heneghan - To discuss the north city arterial water main works due to commence in north Dublin. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss the provision of school accommodation at St. Mochta's National School, Louth village. Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss funding for the breakfast club for St. Paul's SNS, Drogheda, County Louth. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the lack of a sexual assault trauma unit in the mid-west region. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the reduction of SNA numbers at various schools in Cork. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss the SNA review and SNA reallocations. Deputy Paul Murphy - To discuss the upcoming fixture between Ireland and Israel in the Nations League. Deputy Paula Butterly - To discuss ongoing inequities in pay for principals of special schools. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss Go Ahead services in Wicklow. Deputy Alan Kelly - To discuss the need for extra resources for An Garda Síochána in the mid-west. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan - To discuss funding to local councils to repair damage to roads surfaces. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss cuts to special needs assistant positions in schools. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman - To discuss the omission of projects for primary schools in Dublin 7 from the Department of education sectoral plan for 2026 and 2027. Deputy Ruth Coppinger - To discuss the calls on the FAI not to play Israel in upcoming Nations League fixtures. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - To discuss funding to local councils to repair damage to roads surfaces. Deputy Thomas Gould - To discuss the downgrading of need in Cork schools and the cuts to SNA provision. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the urgent critical expansion required at the Rotunda hospital. Deputies David Cullinane, Conor D. McGuinness - To discuss the allocation of special needs assistants in County Waterford. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - To discuss the reduction in SNAs in national schools, in particular in Kerry. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - To discuss the reduction of SNAs in schools in Dún Laoghaire and nationwide. The matters raised by Deputies Paul Nicholas Gogarty, Gary Gannon, Barry Ward, Tom Brabazon and Maurice Quinlivan have been selected for discussion.