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 Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the delays businesses and potential employees experience while applying for work permits. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss issues with public transport in Wicklow. Deputy Frankie Feighan - To discuss wheelchair accessible transport for cancer patients based in the north west. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the national planning framework and the sustainable rural housing guidelines. Deputy John Connolly - To discuss the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close the Cong Salmon Hatchery at Lough Corrib. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue - To discuss waiting lists for speech and language therapy in CHO 9. Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss the expansion of access to Irish-language medium primary and secondary schools. Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the closure of the local training initiative in Youghal, County Cork. Deputy Sinéad Gibney - To discuss funding challenges for LauraLynn and the lack of children's palliative care nationally. Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss the new guidelines for SNA reviews 2025-26. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss capacity issues at University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the need for outdoor sports facilities in Dublin 1. Deputy Cathy Bennett - To discuss the rising cost of third level education. Deputy Pa Daly - To discuss the reopening of Rattoo round tower. Deputies Louis O'Hara and Claire Kerrane - To discuss maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss recent fish kill on the Blackwater river in County Cork. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss the issues in Mahon, Cork regarding the sewerage system. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - To discuss the promised restoration of the 9% VAT rate along with the need for targeted supports for rural pubs and the proposal by the VFI for a 40% reduction of excise duty on draft products for rural pubs. The matters raised by Deputies Frankie Feighan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Eoghan Kenny and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire have been selected for discussion.