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 Connolly — to discuss the most efficient use of the recently upgraded cardiac facilities at Monaghan General Hospital; (2) Deputy Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to ensure equality of access to education, including physical accessibility of schools, for all pupils with disabilities and the need for the Minister to take steps to ensure accessibility where such obstacles to disabled pupils exist; (3) Deputy Ferris — the crisis in housing provision in Tralee where 900 people have applied for social housing and where there is an urgent need for funding to be made available from central Government to ensure that the council has the capacity to meet this demand; (4) Deputies Pat Breen and O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister to visit the Shannon region as a matter of priority to discuss with local interests and representatives the future of Shannon Airport; (5) Deputy Neville — adolescent psychiatric services; (6) Deputy Ó Snodaigh — the urgent need for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to complete its mid-term review of funding for child care provision in Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard; (7) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister what steps he is taking to sort out the situation at Mayo General Hospital where 21 people are at present on trolleys at the accident and emergency department because of the lack of beds; (8) Deputy Morgan — the necessity for the Minister to address the serious situation which has arisen at Louth County Hospital where patients are required to spend up to five days on trolleys and benches.
The matters raised by Deputies Connolly, Neville, Pat Breen and O'Sullivan and Ó Snodaigh have been selected for discussion.