I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given to me under Standing Order 20 (3) (a) and the name of the Member in each case:
(1) Deputy Charles Flanagan — The matter of a proposal for the designation of the Slieve Bloom mountain area as an environmentally sensitive area under EC Regulation 797/85.
(2) Deputy Bernard Allen — The use of debt collectors by health boards, more specifically the Southern Health Board, to collect hospital charges from medical card holders.
(3) Deputy Bill Cotter — The failure of insurance companies to carry out investigations into accidents and scams and the high cost of insurance.
(4) Deputy Pat McCartan — The unsatisfactory record of prosecutions of drink driving cases which cause deaths; and the need for the Minister for Justice to implement the demands of the Mothers Against Drink Driving.
(5) Deputy Proinsias De Rossa — The current peace initiatives in the Gulf War and the Government response to these moves; the possible imminence of a massive ground war which would cause appalling casualties; the need for the Government to publicly support the initiative, to encourage those involved to continue the search for peace, and to urge that all further military action be deferred pending the outcome of the talks.
(6) Deputy Therese Ahearn — The delay in the establishment of the sanctioned resource centre in Cashel.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by the following Deputies:
(1) Deputy Proinsias De Rossa.
(2) Deputy Charles Flanagan.
(3) Deputy Bernard Allen.