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 Cowley — that the Minister address the crisis in Ballina, County Mayo where another 42 jobs have just been lost; (2) Deputy Healy — the need for the location of an emergency ambulance service in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; (3) Deputy Connolly — the need for a discussion on the recommendations in the report into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Mr. Pat Joe Walsh at Monaghan General Hospital; (4) Deputy Crawford — the need for the Minister to advise the Dáil on the personal involvement she has had with the management and staff of Monaghan General Hospital; (5) Deputy Connaughton — the matter of the backlog of applications submitted by elderly people for funding under the housing for the elderly scheme; (6) Deputy Cregan — the need for the Minister to address the issue of the closure of Castlemahon Food Products Limited, Castlemahon, County Limerick; (7) Deputy Neville — the closure of Castlemahon Food Products in County Limerick; (8) Deputy Walsh — the need for a debate on the immediate delay in commencing work on the affordable housing scheme at Clonakilty, County Cork; (9) Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — that the Minister address the crisis in hospital services in the north-east region in the wake of the Teamwork report and the report into the death of Mr. Patrick Joseph Walsh; (10) Deputy Enright — that the Minister take steps regarding the deteriorating medical condition of a person (details supplied) awaiting an operation on their spinal cord; (11) Deputy Allen — that the Minister take steps to ensure a full United Nations peacekeeping force is dispatched to the Darfur region of Sudan; and (12) Deputy Broughan — that the Minister review his directions to the energy regulator, CER, in the light of the looming energy price hikes for gas and electricity.
The matters raised by Deputies Allen, Cowley, Cregan and Neville have been selected for discussion.