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 Paschal Donohoe — the Government's plans to sell Coillte; (2) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy — the need to provide adequate funding for the arts to sustain our existing cultural infrastructure; (3) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív — an gá atá ann tuilleadh airgid a cheadú do Scoil Bhaile Nua, Maigh Cuilinn, Contae na Gaillimhe; (4) Deputy Luke ‘Ming' Flanagan — the need to maintain adequate services at Roscommon County Hospital; (5) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick — staffing levels at Ballapousta national school, Ardee, County Louth; (6) Deputy James Bannon — the need to provide adequate resources for St. Brigid's school, Mullingar, County Westmeath; (7) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae — the cost of school books; (8) Deputy Simon Harris — the need to prioritise the establishment of the EU hotline for missing children; (9) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — the need to address waiting lists for orthopaedic treatment at Cork University Hospital; (10) Deputy Dara Calleary — the need for the national ambulance service of the HSE to reconsider its decision to withdraw patient transport services for dialysis and cancer care services within the western region from 1 July; (11) Deputy Michelle Mulherin — the plans for wind resource assessment at different heights on the west coast; (12) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan — the implementation of section 28 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010; (13) Deputy John Browne — the need to reverse the decision to withdraw six special needs assistant posts from St. Senan's primary school, Enniscorthy, County Wexford; (14) Deputy Eoghan Murphy — the plans to introduce a new immigration scheme in respect of entrepreneurship and investment; (15) Deputy Robert Dowds — the extension of the catchment area of the drug treatment court programme; (16) Deputy Dominic Hannigan — the need to clarify the position on the GMS contract and the provision of free blood tests for medical card patients and GP visit card holders; and (17) Deputy Brendan Griffin — the need for a new approach in the treatment of acquired brain injury and the need to maintain funding for the Castleisland unit and all centres throughout the country.
The matters raised by Deputies Michelle Mulherin, Eoghan Murphy and Dara Calleary have been selected for discussion.