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 Naughten — the need for the Minister to outline her plans for the future utilisation of lands previously used to grow sugar beet and the procedures to distribute the sugar compensation package; (2) Deputy Healy — the need to fund rape crisis centres and women's refuges properly and remove the funding cap on these services; (3) Deputy O'Dowd — that the Minister outline the action he intends to take to tackle rising crime in Drogheda, Ardee and Dundalk; (4) Deputy Cooper-Flynn — the need for the Minister to revise the terms of the water services pricing policy; (5) Deputy Curran — that the Minister offer every assistance to a person (details supplied) to have his two children returned to him from Australia; (6) Deputy Cowley — that the Minister explain the failure to offer a proper deal to drift net and draft net fishermen in view of the efforts made by them to conserve salmon stocks; (7) Deputy Breeda Moynihan-Cronin — the need for the Minister to explain the reasons for the delay in the publication of the holiday homes to rent Cork and Kerry Tourism self-catering guide 2006; (8) Deputy O'Shea — the need for a school (details supplied) to maintain its disadvantaged status and concessionary teacher post; (9) Deputy Burton — that the Minister make a statement on the future of the National Aquatic Centre following the recent court judgment; (10) Deputy Neville — the supporting of the growth of Miscanthus in Ireland; (11) Deputy Lynch — that the Minister explain the reason so few people from Cork have been treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception in 2002; (12) Deputy Michael D. Higgins — the need for funding to enable the Galway rape crisis centre to continue to provide its services; (13) Deputy Deenihan — the need to postpone the implementation of the taxi regulations commission action plan 2006-07 for at least six months; and (14) Deputy Hayes — that the Minister outline what he proposes to do about the large numbers of people over the age of 55 who have recently lost their places on community employment schemes.
The matters raised by Deputies Healy, Michael D. Higgins, O'Dowd and Cooper-Flynn have been selected for discussion.