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 Wall — to ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans her Department has to overcome the problems encountered by people (details supplied) in regard to maternity leave and the problems recent changes in legislation are having on such persons in seeking to provide for their families; (2) Deputy Cowley — the reason a girl (details supplied) assessed as having moderate Down's syndrome has been refused entry to St. Dymphna's Special School, Ballina, because of cutbacks; (3) Deputy McGuinness — the urgent need to provide a 24 hour on-call CAT scan service at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, and to evaluate a proposal from a private company to provide an MRI service; (4) Deputy Deenihan — the urgent need to provide adequate and appropriate accommodation for the pupils of Dromclough national school, Listowel, County Kerry; (5) Deputy Twomey — to ask the Minister for Education and Science to discuss the issue regarding the stay in school retention initiative for New Ross vocational college and why this college is not included in the school completion programme when New Ross is considered a RAPID town and the needs that existed in 2000 are the same if not greater today; (6) Deputy Harkin — to ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to rescind her decision to cut the half benefits available to those on widow's-widower's pension; (7) Deputy Durkan — the reply to Question No. 258 of 2 March 2004; (8) Deputy Hayes — the need for the Minister to discuss the issue of labelling regulations following the review announced by the European Commission; the fact that it is of paramount importance that the country of origin of foodstuffs is clearly labelled so that consumers can make informed choices about what they are buying and eating; the concern that, while it is proposed to include beef served in the catering and service industries, in the case of own-brand products, the labels do not provide country of origin information; the widespread concern that Brazilian beef is being sold as Irish; and, in light of the fact that these forthcoming labelling requirements will apply only to beef, the necessity that the requirements should apply to all meat products sold by the catering industry such as poultry, lamb or pork; (9) — Deputy Ring — to ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food to provide funding to farmers-householders in Pullathomas, Ballina, County Mayo, to repair lands and replace stock lost in the landslides of September 2003; (10) Deputy O'Dowd — to debate the decision of the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta to sell 13 holiday homes at Eanach Mheáin to the lowest of three tenders placed before the board with the consequent loss of €500,000 to the State and its choice to disregard also another proposal from Gael Linn to develop the complex for Irish language educational purposes which was €55,000 higher than the successful bid; (11) Deputy Ó Caoláin — the recommendation of Comhairle na nOspidéal for all three consultant dermatology posts in the North Eastern Health Board region to be based in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, despite the previous decision of the board to base posts in both Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Monaghan General Hospital; and (12) Deputy Neville — the proposed closure of the national specialist referral centre for tuberculosis at Peamount Hospital.
The matters raised by Deputies McGuinness, Neville, Wall and Harkin have been selected for discussion.