I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Hayes – the need for the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to address the fact that over 80 per cent of landlords operating within the private rented sector have yet to register with their local authority; (2) Deputy Sheehan – the need to discuss the serious position whereby all EU payments, such as early retirement pensions, REP scheme payments and all other EU payments, are reduced by 5.055 per cent since 1 January last and the steps being taken to combat this serious situation appertaining to the farming community; (3) Deputy Deenihan – the need to discuss the inconvenience and hardship being experienced by many Kerry mothers who are forced to travel to hospitals outside of the county to give birth because of the lack of an adequate epidural service at Tralee General Hospital, County Kerry; (4) Deputy Upton – the need for the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to examine the reform of local government in Dublin, to include such aspects as an elected lord mayor and ward councils; (5) Deputy Naughten – the need for the Minister for Health and Children to initiate a public inquiry into the adverse reactions associated with the three-in-one vaccine; (6) Deputy Marian McGennis – the need for the Minister for Education and Science to investigate the reports that files relating to people placed into the industrial school system by the ISPCC, and its predecessor the NSPCC, may have been destroyed; (7) Deputy Theresa Ahearn – the need for a total renovation programme to be carried out in Clonmel Garda station; (8) Deputy O'Sullivan – the need to discuss the public concern surrounding the acceptance plea of manslaughter in the McCabe murder trial; (9) Deputy McManus – the steps the Minister for Health and Children is taking to avert strike action at Tallaght Hospital and rebuild his relationship with the staff and management of the hospital; (10) Deputy Sargent – the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to bring forward immediate legislation and regulations to ensure adequate safety standards for oil storage tanks and the transportation and storage at domestic residences and commercial property, having regard to the many spillages and fires that have involved such tanks, most recently in Cavan.
The matters raised by Deputies Sargent, Sheehan, Naughten and McManus have been selected for discussion.