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 Ferris — the urgent need to discuss recent job losses in County Kerry; (2) Deputy Deenihan — the need for the Minister to take immediate action to arrest 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; (3) 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; (4) 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; (5) 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; (6) Deputy Crawford — to ask the Minister for an explanation of how Castleblayney College, Ballybay College or the Collegiate School, Monaghan, failed to meet the criteria to benefit from the €30 million in funding for school building announced on 4 February; (7) Deputy Harkin — the proposed closure of Loughan House, Blacklion, County Cavan, and what, if any, arrangements have been put in place regarding the transfer of staff and the transfer of prisoners; (8) Deputy Twomey — the ongoing bed crisis in Wexford General Hospital; (9) Deputy Finian McGrath — the drugs crisis on the north side of Dublin and the need for urgent action; (10) Deputy Gormley — the announcement by the Sisters of the Holy Faith that St. Mary's Girls' School, Haddington Road, is to close, the effect this will have on the Dublin South-East constituency, which has a growing population and yet insufficient girls' secondary schools, and the need now for the Department of Education and Science to take all necessary steps to ensure the school remains open; (11) Deputy Healy — in view of the announcement on Friday last of 66 job losses at SRAM Ireland Limited, Carrick-on-Suir, the urgent need for the Tánaiste to prioritise job creation and investment for the town and the urgent need for the Minister for Finance to allocate approximately 300 IT jobs for decentralisation to Carrick-on-Suir; (12) Deputy Stanton — the need to make funding available immediately to prevent sewage contaminated water flooding the grounds of Kilcredan national school in east Cork (details supplied); (13) Deputy Hayes — the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to address the growing concerns about further job losses in County Tipperary given the 66 jobs to be lost at SRAM Ireland in Carrick-on-Suir and 50 job losses at Continental Promotions in Tipperary town, the urgent need to attract industry to both areas and the need for the Minister to address this very significant job loss for the people of south Tipperary; (14) Deputy Neville — mental illness in older people; (15) Deputy McCormack — the report of the interdepartmental review group on the disabled drivers' and disabled passengers' tax concessions scheme; and (16) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the introduction by FÁS of a cap on workers that were employed on Community Employment schemes between 2000 and 2003.
The matters raised by Deputies McCormack, Stanton, Twomey and Fiona O'Malley have been selected for discussion.