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 McGuinness – the urgent need for an independent inquiry into the construction of the Piltown-Fiddown bypass; (2) Deputy Durkan – the serious consequences for children and young adults attending St. Raphael's Celbridge, County Kildare, and similar institutions arising from recent financial cutbacks; (3) Deputy Gregory – the emergence of a heroin problem in locations outside of the Dublin and the need to focus Garda resources on those supplying heroin; (4) Deputy Johnny Brady – the loss of 50 jobs in Complex Tooling and Moulding Limited, which will cease operations at its Kells facility at the end of June; (5) Deputy Connaughton – the matter of funding for the initial stages of the new community hospital in Tuam, County Galway, and to seek clarification from the Minister for Health and Children as to whether sufficient funding is available for the hospital to reopen in the near future; (6) Deputy Ring – the progress which has been made to date in resolving the IMPACT dispute at FDS offices and will the Minister personally intervene in the matter for the sake of the farmers awaiting REPS payments; (7) Deputy Jim Higgins – the forced closure of Aghamore national school, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, because of rat infestation; (8) Deputy Dukes – the issue of progress on the N9-N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme; (9) Deputy Keaveney – the loss of a further 18 jobs and the introduction of a three day week in a textile factory in Inishowen; (10) Deputy Rabbitte – the publication of the report of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board after three years of inaction by the Government and the urgent need for the Government to spell out its reaction to the recommendations in the report, having regard to the crippling costs facing young motorists seeking motor insurance; (11) Deputy Deenihan – the urgent need to provide a rehabilitation hospital for the Munster region; (12) Deputy Tom Hayes – in view of the delay in the commencement of phase one of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, to state when the works will commence; (13) Deputy Flanagan – the need for the Government to protect the future of Ballyfin College in County Laois to ensure ongoing second level education in the area; (14) Deputy Joe Higgins – the concern over the suspension of the principal of Scoil Thulach na nÓg in Dunboyne, County Meath, for adopting a policy of refusing to segregate children on religious lines; and (15) Deputy Enright – the decision to close Ballyfin College, Ballyfin, County Laois, which is an excellent educational college with in excess of 500 pupils.
The matters raised by Deputies Keaveney, Rabbitte, Flanagan and Enright and Joe Higgins have been selected for discussion.