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 Finneran — the need for the Minister to extend the rural renewal scheme to coincide with the period of Objective One status in that region; (2) Deputy Connaughton — the financial help the Government proposes to make available to groups who are struggling to help Irish emigrants abroad; (3) Deputy Durkan — the circumstances alleged in a Sunday newspaper (details supplied) article that a special deal was offered to a particular telecommunications service provider; (4) Deputy Pat Breen — that the Minister provide extra funding from the local government fund in 2005 to Clare County Council; (5) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister if he will consider reform of An Bord Pleanála; (6) Deputy O'Dowd — to ask the Minister to state his immediate response to the fact that BSE risk material may have unsuspectingly entered the national food chain through the pipes of a Drogheda company (details supplied); (7) Deputy Sherlock — the closure of the Nestlé Rowntree chocolate crumb factory in Mallow, County Cork and the consequences for the region; and (8) Deputy Fiona O'Malley — to discuss the destruction of Carrickgollogan Woods in County Dublin by the ESB and the inevitable abandonment of the SRUNA project.
The matters raised by Deputies Finneran, Connaughton, Sherlock and Cowley have been selected for discussion.