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 Michael Moynihan — the refusal of Eircom to move poles in Lismire Village — considerable work has been ongoing by Cork County Council and the local community for the past four years approximately and despite numerous approaches and commitments Eircom has still not attended to this matter; (2) Deputy Haughey — the recent decree issued by President Lukashenko of Belarus regarding children travelling abroad for medical treatment and for rest and recuperation, and the response of the Minister to this; (3) Deputy O'Dowd — the Minister's 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); (4) Deputy Neville — the issue of the primary care strategy, Mid Western Health Board, and the implementation project, Cois Abhainn in west Limerick; (5) Deputy Connolly — the recent closure of Barford Meats Limited, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, with the loss of 82 jobs and the consequences for the local economy; (6) Deputy McGinley — the urgent necessity to take action in regard to the Nuvotem industry, Donegal, where 43 workers have been suspended without work for 11 weeks; (7) Deputy Burton — the spate of recent shootings in west Dublin and the need for community policing in the west Dublin area; (8) Deputy Lynch — the urgent need for Aer Lingus to resume its cargo and courier operations due to the devastating effect the suspension of these services has on Irish businesses who have to resort to purchasing seats on planes for staff to transport goods to clients; (9) Deputy O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister to use his influence to ensure that children from the Chernobyl area of Belarus can continue to come to Ireland and other countries for medical treatment and recuperation; and (10) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister if the recruitment embargo in the Western Health Board on the hiring of nurses can be lifted.
The matters raised by Deputies Cowley, Connolly, McGinley and O'Dowd have been selected for discussion.