I wish to advise the House that the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 were received by the Ceann Comhairle and following is a list of the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Deenihan – the lack of services for autistic children in County Kerry and the need to provide extra resources; (2) Deputy Perry – the announcement of the national ban on coal and PET coke resulting in fuel shortages, higher prices and hardship to consumers; (3) Deputy Michael D. Higgins – the Minister's policy in relation to broadcasting in the Irish language and in particular to such provision as might meet the communication rights of those in the Gaeltacht and those in the Irish language speaking communities outside it; (4) Deputy Timmins – the illegal dumping in Wicklow; (5) Deputy Fitzgerald – the closure and threatened closure of local post offices in Dublin; (6) Deputy Gormley – the need to ensure that post offices are retained in villages as an essential service; (7) Deputy Gerard Reynolds – the reason the casualty department at Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, has been closed, and the need to reinstate the service as a matter of urgency; (8) Deputy Spring – the current situation at the Institute of Technology, Tralee; (9) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) – the threat to employment in farming and industry in Carlow because of the ongoing dispute between Greencore and the farmers; (10) Deputy Upton – the need for urgent measures to control and regulate the area of cloning; (11) Deputy Ó Caoláin – the need to ensure that difficulties with delays in payments of child, dental, optical and other benefits are resolved and outstanding payments made immediately; (12) Deputy Clune – the need to ensure the future development of Cork Airport; (13) Deputy Tom Hayes – when funding will be provided to commence extensions to Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel.
The matters raised by Deputies Spring, Clune, Gerard Reynolds and Ó Caoláin have been selected for discussion.