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 Naughten – the future of peat generated electricity in light of the 1999 International Energy Agency report on Ireland; (2) Deputy Durkan – the serious housing crisis in County Kildare with particular reference to meeting the needs of first-time house buyers; (3) Deputy Sargent – the failure to include the construction of the northern Luas line in the national development plan; (4) Deputy Lawlor – the urgent need for full Exchequer funding for the continuation of the education project in disadvantaged areas of Clondalkin; (5) Deputy Sheehan – the need to postpone the introduction of the MOT test on motor vehicles until such time as the road system is brought up to European standards; (6) Deputy Neville – the need for the Minister for Health and Children to provide services for those suffering from Asperger's syndrome disability; (7) Deputy Flanagan – the need to investigate an outbreak of mycoplasma which has devastated a herd of cattle in County Laois; (8) Deputy Michael D. Higgins – the need for the Department of Health and Children to make capital provision for rape crisis centres; (9) Deputy Timmins – the failure of the Department of Education and Science to address the difficulties students have with dyslexia; (10) Deputy Fitzgerald – the crisis in the Irish Red Cross Society; (11) Deputy Allen – the imminent closure of the community women's education initiative in Cork because of the termination of NOW programme funding; (12) Deputy Wall – the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 23 November in relation to the Irish Red Cross Society; (13) Deputy Ring – the need for the widening of a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo and (14) Deputy Broughan – the ongoing difficulties endangering the future of up to 150 jobs (details supplied) in Dublin 5.
The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Fitzgerald, Wall and Sheehan have been selected for discussion.