I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 20 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Eric Byrne — the need for the necessary resources to be made available to obviate the need for water throttling and the necessity for an adequate and reliable water supply for all areas of Dublin; (2) Deputy Shortall — the need to extend the preferential terms for the Telecom Phonewatch Medi System to pensioners in urban areas: (3) Deputy Lawlor — the serious situation existing at the Carline Project in North Clondalkin, Dublin 22, in view of the referral there of large numbers of persons under 15 years of age and the need to provide adequate funding for the project; (4) Deputy Ned O'Keeffe — the need to lift the public service embargo on Teagasc; (5) Deputy O'Dea — the newspaper report of 24 March 1996 regarding the theft of a Revenue Commission file on an individual; (6) Deputy Batt O'Keeffe — the reason for the withdrawal of a letter to Cork Corporation sanctioning a tender for the construction of a swimming pool complex and its replacement with a further letter of sanction from which a condition relating to site access had been deleted; (7) Deputy Ring — the need to withdraw any plans to extend prospecting licences in West County Mayo; (8) Deputy Deasy — the need to carry out an assessment of the severe sheep losses during the week ending 6 March 1996 in the Comeragh Mountains and in the Nire Valley in particular, and the proposals, if any, which the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, has for compensatory measures; (9) Deputy Michael P. Kitt — the need to intervene in the removal of the ACC Bank regional area office from Tuam to Mullingar; (10) Deputy Kirk — the need for all health boards to review security at hospitals in view of an attempted robbery at a hospital in County Louth; (11) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)— the difficulties being experienced by concrete producers in this State because of unfair competition from their counterparts in Northern Ireland who receive grants and subsidies; (12) Deputy Cowen — the consequences for the Irish beef trade of the BSE scare in Britain; (13) Deputy Leonard — the need to co-ordinate the housing schemes for the elderly.
The matters raised by Deputies O'Dea, Kirk, Leonard and Lawlor have been selected for discussion.