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 Ardagh — the need to provide the funding and resources required for a young man (details supplied) who is in great need; (2) Deputy Twomey — the ongoing bed crisis in Wexford General Hospital which again sees trolleys on the corridors outside the accident and emergency department. The issue of extra beds for Wexford General Hospital is again critical. Wexford General Hospital, under the Department of Health casemix view, is the most efficient hospital in the south-east and the seventh most efficient hospital in the country; (3) Deputy Harkin — the proposed closing of Loughan House, Blacklion, County Cavan and the arrangements, if any, that have been put in place regarding the transfer of staff and the transfer of prisoners; (4) Deputy Ferris — recent job losses in County Kerry; (5) Deputy Deenihan — the serious decline in manufacturing employment in County Kerry following the announcement of 220 redundancies in two companies recently and the prospect of further job losses; (6) Deputy Fiona O'Malley — the implications of the recent Charleroi ruling by the European Commission on the future of balanced regional development in the EU; (7) Deputy Durkan — the circumstances whereby a prisoner serving a long-term sentence was shot while on temporary release, and whether there are any other prisoners serving similar sentences who are currently on temporary or other forms of release; (8) Deputy Ó Fearghaíl — the need to expedite the delivery of affordable housing at Magee Barracks, Kildare, in accordance with the Government's decision of July 2003 and having regard to the overall development of Kildare town and previous commitments on community gain made by the Minister for Defence; (9) Deputy Naughten — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to approve funding for an extension to Elphin community college, County Roscommon; (10) Deputy Cowley — the need to make immediate arrangements for an MRI scanner at Mayo General Hospital in view of the urgent need for such a facility, such as the recent case of a person (details supplied) (11) Deputy McManus — the deteriorating situation in accident and emergency units in a number of hospitals in the country which is causing hardship for patients and serious stress for staff; (12) Deputy Crawford — to ask the Minister for an explanation of how Castleblayney College, Ballybay College and the Collegiate School, Monaghan, failed to meet the criteria to benefit from the €30 million school building funding announced on 4 February.
The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Ardagh, Cowley and McManus have been selected for discussion.