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 Sherlock — that, in view of the heavy traffic in the Bridge Street and Spa Glen areas in Mallow, County Cork, funds be made available to construct the northern relief road to relieve the situation; (2) Deputy Timmins — to ask the Minister the progress achieved in dealing with the issue of illegal dumping in County Wicklow; (3) Deputies O'Sullivan and Noonan — the need for the Minister to sanction the continued employment of jobs initiative workers in Limerick; (4) Deputy Michael Moynihan — calling on the Minister to further enhance the attractiveness of the CLÁR region as a centre of enterprise development by offering greater incentives for setting up businesses there; (5) Deputies Pat Breen and James Breen — to ask the Minister to immediately provide emergency funding for the provision of temporary accommodation for additional teaching staff at Ennis national school, County Clare; (6) Deputy Deenihan — the urgent need to provide facilities for autistic children at Nano Nagle school, Listowel, County Kerry; (7) Deputy Fiona O'Malley — to discuss the importance to the Irish economy of developing an indigenous biofuels industry; (8) Deputy Michael Higgins — the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, the need for the Government to press through the EU and the UN for an end to Israeli military action, the issue of the number and conditions of prisoners being held in Iraq and the initiatives that the Government proposes to take in this regard; (9) Deputy Morgan — the necessity for the Minister to address the absence of maternity services at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; (10) Deputy Twomey — what role the Minister has taken in the continuous monitoring of medications available in Ireland and if she is aware of any more ongoing concerns regarding this or other medication; (11) Deputy Neville — the review of the care and treatment of a person (details supplied) at the Mid Western Regional Hospital; (12) Deputy McHugh — the need for the Minister to approve the submission from the Western Health Board of the planning brief for Tuam Hospital which was forwarded to her Department on 8 October 2002; (13) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister if he will give the same financial consideration to Knock Airport as he gives to the international airports at Shannon, Dublin and Cork; (14) Deputy Upton — that the Minister outline the responsibilities of local authorities under section 247(5) of the Planning and Development Act 2000; (15) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — the urgent need for the Minister to immediately require the Dublin city manager to lift the blockade of Dunsink Lane in Finglas which is home to 800 people and whose access to schools, work, health facilities and shops is being denied in this act of collective community punishment by the management of Dublin City Council; (16) Deputy Stanton — if the Minister will examine why her Department has requested school principals not to contact them by telephone in order to discuss the needs of pupils with special educational needs and if she will allocate more resources and staff to this section of her Department in order to allow the Department to respond speedily to principals across the country; (17) Deputy Gogarty — the need for an investigation to be carried out as to the reason why a person (details supplied) was not told by health board officials that he had a sister (details supplied) in foster care and why an investigation into alleged abuse at a residential institution being carried out by a member of an Garda Síochána (details supplied) was not proceeded with despite the evidence available; (18) Deputy Broughan — the urgent need to ensure that An Post pensioners are paid their due pension increase under the national pay agreement; and (19) Deputy Cuffe — to discuss the future and possible closure of Sion Hill Catering College, Blackrock, County Dublin, as Sion Hill College is one of only two home economics teacher training colleges in Ireland.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael Higgins, Fiona O'Malley, Cowley and Timmins have been selected for discussion.