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 F. McGrath – the plight of the Palestinian people and the urgent need for more international attention; (2) Deputy Gogarty – the need to re-open or re-assess the findings of the Scott investigation into approximately 350 incidences of alleged abuse in what is now known as St. David's in Artane and send some of the files to the DPP; (3) Deputy Donal Moynihan – the need to discuss the extreme hardship caused to pupils and staff of St. Colman's boys' national school, Macroom, County Cork, roll no. 15597W, and St. Joseph's primary school, Macroom, County Cork, roll no. 10047I, due to the decision of the Department to terminate posts allocated under the Giving Children an Even Break scheme; the applications made by these two schools under this disadvantaged programme; to outline the process of appeal; to ascertain if the up-to-date information supplied by these two schools was reviewed by the ERC; to provide details of the scoring system used, the method of calculation of the points for inclusion and the cut-off points for inclusion in the scheme; (4) Deputy Ó Caoláin – the need for the relevant State agencies to act immediately in response to the closure of the CPV plant in Clones, County Monaghan, with the loss of 85 jobs; (5) Deputy Costello – the need for the Minister for Health and Children to explain why he has failed to ensure there is sufficient funding to the Mater Hospital to maintain its full bed capacity and to prevent the proposed closure of 115 beds; (6) Deputy Naughten – the need to rescind the decision to introduce a double penalty on special beef premium applications of over 50 animals; (7) Deputy Murphy – in view of the Minister's statement in the Dáil of today, Tuesday, 1 April, stating the SPA for hen harriers should not interfere with the granting of planning permissions, whether the Government will consider extending the time limit for Aer VI in view of the fact that certain planning permissions have been held up; (8) Deputy Morgan – the need for the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to address the findings contained in the report of the Health Research Board into adverse effects of landfill and incineration that found, first, the lack of compliance of existing incinerators with current emission regulations; second, that the EPA does not have facilities to monitor emissions and, third, the appalling record of incinerator operators who completely fail to maintain dioxin emission levels within permitted limits and the need to prohibit the development of this dirty industry in Ireland; (9) Deputy Crowe – the need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to urgently address the legitimate concerns of human rights activists at the prejudicial statements made by senior Colombian military, judicial and political figures relating to the trial of three Irishmen, Niall Connolly, James Monaghan and Martin McCauley in Colombia, and the need to clarify if the Minister agrees that these statements make it very difficult for these three Irish citizens to receive a fair trial; (10) Deputy Crawford – the urgent need to restore the CPV plant or an alternative in Clones so that the 140 workers who have now lost their jobs will have an opportunity to work in their own area; (11) Deputy Deenihan – the importance of keeping The Rice House (The Old Presbytery) in Dingle, County Kerry, in public ownership in view of its historical significance.
The matters raised by Deputies Ó Caoláin, Crawford, Naughten and F. McGrath have been selected for discussion and will be taken at the conclusion of business.