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 Allen – the Taoiseach's intervention in a planning enforcement matter in Roscommon County Council by writing a letter to the council asking that the proceedings be stopped; (2) Deputy Durkan – the failure to provide the urgently needed facilities at Maynooth post-primary school, County Kildare; (3) Deputy Broughan – the urgent need to reform the planning laws to better regulate the all-night and 24 hours a day, seven days a week opening of shopping centres, as at Donaghmede, Dublin 13, and Artane, Dublin 5, which are closely adjacent to residential estates.
The matters raised by Deputies Allen and Durkan have been selected for discussion and will be taken now.