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 McHugh — that the Minister provide adequate resources to the pain service department at University College Hospital, Galway (details supplied); (2) Deputy Ring — to ask the Minister when an application for funding for a school (details supplied) was first received and the current position on it; (3) Deputy Kirk — that the Minister bring forward hardship alleviation measures for the liquid milk production sector; (4) Deputy Deenihan — the need to advance stages 2 and 3 of the extension to a school (details supplied) to provide proper facilities for autistic children; (5) Deputy Ó Caoláin — the threat to the future of the chain of ESB retail outlets around the State and Finance Electric; (6) Deputy Kehoe — to ask the Minister when a Garda station (details supplied) will get a replacement Garda car; (7) Deputy Ó Snodaigh — if the Minister will provide ring-fenced supplementary estimates for 2005 and multi-annual funding from 2006 to ensure adequate financial support for front-line services for survivors of violence against women; (8) Deputy Lowry — to discuss the employment crisis in North Tipperary which has been losing out on inward investment in recent years; (9) Deputy Costello — that the Minister elaborate on his proposals for processing the applications of the non-national parents of Irish born children; and (10) Deputy Naughten — if the Minister will outline her plans to protect the public during the industrial action by ambulance drivers in the Western Health Board region.
The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Kirk, Kehoe and Costello have been selected for discussion.