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 Mary O'Rourke — the future of Loughloe House, Athlone, County Westmeath; (2) Deputy Pat Breen — the need to ensure that the home help service is adequately resourced; (3) Deputy Pádraic McCormack — the future of St. Francis nursing home, Newcastle, Galway city; (4) Deputy James Bannon — the provision of a new community college for Kilbeggan, County Westmeath; (5) Deputies Michael McGrath and Deirdre Clune — the need to reconsider the recently imposed cuts to the medical card dental scheme; (6) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Finance, in light of the now signalled loss of 900 jobs at Quinn Insurance and the devastating consequences thereof, to explain why the Financial Regulator decided to ban Quinn Insurance Limited trading in the Six Counties and in Britain hours before he sought the appointment of provisional administrators; why it has taken so many weeks to restore even partial access to these markets and what efforts the Government has employed to ensure that all decisions of the Financial Regulator have been justified given the serious consequences for this company's reputation and viability in all markets and the serious loss of jobs now consequential on the regulator's actions; (7) Deputy Tom Sheahan — the rezoning of land and the amendment of local area plans; (8) Deputy Leo Varadkar — the plans of the HSE to establish a methadone clinic in the Coolmine Industrial Estate, Dublin 15; (9) Deputy John Browne — the need to promote indigenous crops, such as malting barley, for use in domestic manufacturing; (10) Deputy Ulick Burke — the rehabilitation of the Tynagh Mines site, Loughrea, County Galway; (11) Deputy Olwyn Enright — the need to provide additional post-leaving certificate places in County Offaly; (12) Deputy Jimmy Devins — the actions being taken to eliminate abuse of the social welfare payments system; (13) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd — the opening of the new accident and emergency unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; (14) Deputy Seán Sherlock — the budgetary position regarding home care packages and home help for older persons; (15) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Taoiseach to brief the Dáil prior to attending European Council meetings; and (16) Deputy Frank Feighan — the appointment of a clinical nurse manager at the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael McGrath and Deirdre Clune, Fergus O'Dowd, Jimmy Devins and John Browne have been selected for discussion.