2025-03-20

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 the need for a multidenominational school for Dublin 8. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the lack of school places for children with additional needs in the north inner city. Deputy William Aird - To discuss development of a new courthouse in Portlaoise. Deputy Alan Kelly - To discuss the requirement for a new hackney licence to operate in rural Ireland. Deputy Dessie Ellis - To discuss the need for a permanent building for Gaelscoil Cholmcille, Coolock, Dublin 17. Deputy Mark Wall - To discuss the need to re-open the Allenwood day care centre in County Kildare. Deputy James Geoghegan - To discuss the extension of the red line Luas to Poolbeg. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty - To discuss the need to ensure that The Wombles preschool can continue to operate from Scoil Mhuire National School, Airlie Heights, Lucan. Deputy Aidan Farrelly - To discuss new mechanisms for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland. Deputy Shane Moynihan - To discuss safety concerns around the use of signage-only zebra crossings as permitted under Department of Transport guidelines, updated in February 2024. Deputy Marie Sherlock - To discuss the exclusion of mainstream classes in Holy Child preschool on Sean MacDermott Street, Dublin 1, from special educational needs support. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the staffing issues and the opening of a wing in the West Kerry Community Hospital. Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss the advancement of a new fire station. Deputies Cian O'Callaghan, Denise Mitchell, Tom Brabazon, Naoise Ó Muirí and Barry Heneghan - To discuss accommodating a new special school on the Belmayne Educate Together secondary school site. The matters raised by Deputies Jen Cummins, Mark Wall, Brian Stanley and Michael Cahill have been selected for discussion.