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 Costello — the need for the Minister to provide the necessary resources and personnel to deal with the large increase in prostitution in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin city; (2) Deputy O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister to fulfil the commitment to build a new school at Aghina, Macroom, County Cork, in view of its listing under proceed to construction in the 2003 school building programme and the cost savings achieved in accordance with the conditions of approval; (3) Deputy Burton — the proposed probation and welfare service at the old Allied Irish Bank building, Main Street, Blanchardstown, the cost of the building and refurbishment and the availability of more appropriate locations for such services at the Blanchardstown Town Centre; (4) Deputy Durkan — the failure of the Minister to provide sufficient funding to facilitate the employment of adequate staff at Naas General Hospital at a time of acute shortage of accident and emergency and general hospital services and facilities, and the need for the Minister to ensure that the newly constructed hospital is fully staffed and fully operational forthwith; (5) Deputy Morgan — the implications for the partnership process of the statement by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment that she will collapse the coalition Government if the break up of CIE and the privatisation of transport services does not go ahead; (6) Deputy Healy — the urgent need for the Minister to approve funding for the equipping and opening of the newly built facilities at South Tipperary General Hospital for general surgery and accident and emergency; and (7) Deputy Stanton — to ask the Minister to reconsider his decision to decentralise the complete staffing cadre of Dept of Agriculture and Food from the present location in the South Mall in Cork to Macroom, and if he will consider opening an office in east Cork to serve farmers in north and east Cork.
The matters raised by Deputies Stanton, Healy, Costello and Burton have been selected for discussion.