Debates / 15 October 2026

Thursday 15 October 2026

Topical Issue Matters

1 contribution, as the Official Report records them.

Verona Murphy

Independent recorded as An Ceann Comhairle In the chair Link to this
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 Rory Hearne - to discuss funding and support for Finglas West Family Resource Centre. Deputy Sorca Clarke - to discuss overcrowding issues for local transport services for students. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to discuss the location of electric vehicle, EV, charging infrastructure in developments. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - to discuss the differential rent scheme and a national differential rent framework. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness - to discuss access to primary care in County Waterford. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman - to discuss the refusal of student visas for students from Palestine seeking to study in Irish universities this semester. Deputy Barry Ward - to discuss the need to support families with children in childcare centres that are not part of the core funding model. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin - to discuss recent data on premature deaths of people experiencing homelessness and action to address this. Deputy William Aird - to discuss the progress on a new courthouse for Portlaoise, County Laois. Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss ongoing staffing concerns within Midleton Community Hospital. Deputy Michael Cahill - to discuss funding to carry out significant improvement works to older schools in County Kerry. Deputy Emer Currie - to discuss reforming the national childcare scheme to ensure that parents are not financially penalised. Deputy Colm Burke - to discuss opening a stem cell transplant unit at Cork University Hospital. Deputy Micheál Carrigy - to discuss issues in healthcare services in counties Longford and Westmeath. Deputy Shane Moynihan - to discuss progress on the publication of an emerging preferred route for the Luas for Lucan and overall project delivery timelines. Deputy Seán Kyne - to discuss budget 2027 provision of funding to increase capacity and frequency on Galway commuter bus routes. Deputy Donna McGettigan - to discuss why there is no 24-7 sexual assault treatment unit in the HSE Mid West region. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss the pending closure of the CCTV monitoring station in Moyross, Limerick. Deputy Pa Daly - to discuss a water outage in Kilmoyley, Ballyheigue and Causeway areas of Kerry. Deputy Paul Donnelly - to discuss the continued waiting time for children to have early intervention from children's disability network teams, CDNTs, and the freeze on recruitment of occupational therapists, OTs, within the HSE. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss local bus issues in Wicklow. Deputy Paul Murphy - to discuss the public sector workers strike. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss the proposed closure of the dementia unit at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, Cork. Deputy Thomas Gould - to discuss the growing traffic gridlock in Cork city and the need for urgent plans to remedy this. Deputy Mark Wall - to discuss the provision of additional school transport in County Kildare. Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Murphy - to discuss the Ardfinnan water supply in south Tipperary and the issuance of a "do not consume" notice to over 11,000 households. The matters raised by Deputies Rory Hearne, Emer Currie, Eoin Ó Broin, Pa Daly and William Aird have been selected for discussion.

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