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 Ulick Burke — the delay in publishing the conditions and guidelines for the implementation of the mid-Shannon tax incentive scheme; (2) Deputy Leo Varadkar — noting that the local electoral boundaries have not been reviewed since 1998 and noting the massive development that has occurred in many suburban areas and county towns in the interregnum, calls on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to appoint a boundary commission to redraw the local electoral boundaries in advance of the 2009 local elections; (3) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need to ensure the regeneration of the Cork docklands area is facilitated through tax incentives; (4) Deputy John Perry — to ask the Minister to take up the issue of cross-Border co-operation in the provision of the full range of cancer care services covering all the midland and Border counties and, in particular, to fully explore the provision of specialist cancer care services from Sligo General Hospital to patients from County Fermanagh; (5) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — when the Minister for Education and Science intends to appoint a design team for the construction of a new national school in Cork (details supplied), an area of rapid population growth and will she indicate a completion date; is she aware that nine families from the parish could not be offered junior infant places for 2008; that junior infant places are greatly over-subscribed for 2009 and 2010; is she also aware that a suitable site has been donated which has been adjudged by the planning and building unit of the Department of Education and Science as being suitable for a new 12 classroom school and will she make a statement on the matter; (6) Deputy Joe McHugh — the Government's commitment to decentralisation throughout rural Ireland; (7) Deputy Olivia Mitchell — the need to proceed with the construction of a school; (8) Deputy Willie Penrose — the delays in commencing work on a number of long promised primary school projects in County Westmeath, including those at Clonmellon, Louighahar and Gainstown; (9) Deputy Seán Sherlock — the proposals for the provision of a new prison in Kilworth, County Cork; (10) Deputy Martin Ferris — the loss of 50 jobs at a factory (details supplied) in Tralee; (11) Deputy Joe Costello — to support the EU directive on temporary agency work; and (12) Deputy Catherine Byrne — the serious drug problem in our towns and cities.
The matters raised by Deputies Catherine Byrne, McHugh, Mitchell and Sherlock have been selected for discussion.