2026-01-15

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 Jen Cummins - To discuss core funding for Ballyfermot Youth Service. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the development of equine therapy facilities at the Toghermore Campus in Tuam, County Galway. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - To discuss funding for a nurture room at St. Brendan's College, Belmullet. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the ongoing use and misuse of e-scooter vehicles in urban areas. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss drug-related intimidation and associated violence. Deputy Sean Fleming - To discuss the need for womens' refuge accommodation in Portlaoise. Deputy Tom Brabazon - To discuss section 39 arrangements for healthcare assistants. Deputy Dessie Ellis - To discuss funding for the breakfast club for St. Malachy's MNS, Finglas south, Dublin 11. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the labour market conditions faced by young people. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue - To discuss waiting times for children awaiting speech and language therapy assessments in CHO 9. Deputies Joanna Byrne, Conor D. McGuinness - To discuss losses of connectivity for vulnerable people using a health monitoring or pendant alarm. The matters raised by Deputies Gary Gannon, Louise O'Reilly, Joanna Byrne and Conor D. McGuinness, and Rose Conway-Walsh and Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion