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 arrangements needed to allow employees of Alienware, Athlone, County Westmeath, to avail of the European globalisation fund; (2) Deputy James Reilly — the call by the Vision Impaired Service Providers Alliance for the Government to implement immediately a vision strategy for Ireland as current projections show that within 25 years the incidence of blindness within this country will increase by 170%, yet there is no Government strategy to prevent this occurring where it is preventable or alleviate the harm done to those who will lose their sight; whether the Minister for Health and Children can outline how and when she intends to deliver on her promise to implement a national vision strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter; (3) Deputy Michael Kennedy — to ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to sanction immediately the funding required for replacement of the sewer pipes along Channel Road and Sandy Road, Rush, bearing in mind that these works are part of the forward planning of the sewer network for the town of Rush and that the contractors for the Eirgrid Limited east-west interconnector will be laying their cables at this location and minimising the disruption to local residents could be avoided by two sets of works being completed at the same time; and if he will make a statement on the matter; (4) Deputy Michael Ring — the need to maintain fully the home help service; (5) Deputy Dan Neville — the need to award a development grant to Herbertstown School, County Limerick; (6) Deputy Frank Feighan — the report of the committee on the cessation of turf cutting on bogs in view of the legal plight confronting families in the current vacuum and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter; (7) Deputy Bernard Allen — the transfer of orthopaedic services and surgery from St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Gurranabraher, Cork, to the South Infirmary Hospital, which effectively rules out the possibility of St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital as a location for the proposed regional rehabilitation centre which has been promised for many years by the Government; (8) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Taoiseach to ensure that Justice for the Forgotten is adequately funded so that it can continue its work on behalf of the victims of the Troubles; (9) Deputy Willie Penrose — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to instruct the HSE to defer plans to close Loughloe House nursing home in Athlone, to publish the findings of the HIQA report into the facility, and to provide adequate resources so that the facility can be upgraded to meet all relevant standards; (10) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a new community college for Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, or to facilitate the operation of a public private partnership for this project; (11) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — to ask the Minister for Transport what communication has taken place between the Minister and Cork County Council regarding the development of an inner relief road for the town of Carrigaline, County Cork, what financial consideration or undertaking has been given by him and on what timescale with regard to the commencement of works in relation to this matter; (12) Deputy Leo Varadkar — the plans of the HSE to establish a methadone clinic in the Coolmine industrial estate, Dublin 15; and (13) Deputy Alan Shatter — the need to establish an independent public inquiry into the manner in which the HSE provided for the care of Daniel McAnaspie.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael Ring, Alan Shatter, Mary O'Rourke and Dan Neville have been selected for discussion.