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 Dan Neville — the flooding of Newcastle West and surrounding areas on 1 August 2008; (2) Deputy Simon Coveney — the debt and ongoing operation of Cork Airport; (3) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the recent sinking of the Asgard II and the possibility of replacing it as the national sail training ship with the Jeanie Johnston; (4) Deputy Alan Shatter — the provision of a permanent school building for Holy Trinity national school, Glencairn, Leopardstown, Dublin 18; 5) Deputy Paul Connaughton — the designation of boglands under the EU habitats directive and the cessation of turf cutting on those bogs; (6) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to provide an update on the new school building for Loughegar national school, County Westmeath — the original building dates back to 1872 — which has been delayed without any explanation being issued from his Department, and the school now faces the prospect of having to go back to tender on this urgent matter due to the risk of losing the builder, whose tender has been accepted; (7) Deputy Pádraic McCormack — the matter of the contamination of parts of Galway city water supply; and (8) Deputy Kieran O’Donnell — in light of ongoing concerns and uncertainty with Dell in Limerick and other multinationals in Ireland, I ask the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to urgently arrange an immediate meeting with the CEOs of Dell and other leading multinational companies in Ireland to listen to their concerns to ensure the security of the 3,000 direct jobs in Dell Limerick and of the other 150,000 plus direct jobs and the thousands of other jobs linked to the overall multinational sector.
The matters raised by Deputies Neville, Coveney, Connaughton and Shatter have been selected for discussion.