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 Michael Healy-Rae — the position whereby self-employed persons are ineligible for social welfare benefits; (2) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline his policy in relation to agency nurses; (3) Deputy Tom Fleming — the need to introduce a fair loan scheme to allow tenants of local authority houses to purchase their own homes under the terms and conditions of the tenant purchase scheme; (4) Deputy Frank Feighan — the need to realise the potential of the Lough Allen gas field; and (5) Deputy Olivia Mitchell — the need to find a countrywide approach to both short-term and long-term solutions for the negative impact of section 48 and section 49 planning levies.
The matters raised by Deputies Frank Feighan, Tom Fleming, Olivia Mitchell and James Bannon have been selected for discussion.