Topical Issue Matters

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 Mark Wall - To discuss the provision of an hourly train service for Athy. Deputy Paula Butterly - To discuss the rule preventing widows, widowers and surviving civil partners from receiving illness benefit. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghurs. Deputy David Cullinane - To discuss the development of a youth mental health centre for the south-east. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss the roll-out and funding of DEIS plus. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the need for an increase in funding for the LauraLynn children's hospice. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the national planning framework and the sustainable rural housing guidelines. The matters raised by Deputies Kenny, Butterly, Cahill, Wall and O'Sullivan have been selected for discussion