I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — the possible closure of Garda stations; (2) Deputy Brian Stanley — the plans for the future status of Portlaoise hospital; (3) Deputy Noel Harrington — the need to connect to the new Hibernia express cable being laid from the United Kingdom to the USA; (4) Deputy Brendan Smith — the need to retain Dún Uí Néill Barracks, Cavan; (5) Deputy Denis Naughten — the need to reopen the Roscommon urgent care centre; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — the need to discuss the Health Service Executive's decision to impose a 5% cut in funding to drugs projects in Dublin mid-Leinster; (7) Deputy James Bannon — the need to designate Longford as the headquarters of the Longford-Westmeath amalgamated vocational education committees; (8) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan — the need to prioritise tackling childhood obesity; (9) Deputy Derek Keating — the need to discuss the salary of the new chief executive officer of Allied Irish Banks; (10) Deputy Mattie McGrath — the future of Kickham Barracks, Clonmel; (11) Deputy Dessie Ellis — the need to discuss plans to transfer the role of administering rent supplement; (12) Deputy Derek Nolan — the need to discuss the emergency department of University Hospital, Galway; (13) Deputy Tony McLoughlin — the need to stimulate job creation measures in the Carrick-on-Shannon area in view of the imminent shedding of jobs at Bank of America; (14) Deputy Seán Conlan — the proposed reduction of opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan General Hospital; (15) Deputy Pearse Doherty — the cost of the Anglo Irish Bank and the Irish Nationwide promissory note to the taxpayer; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace — the need to use NAMA-controlled housing units for the benefit of those on local authority housing lists; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett — the overcrowding problems in hospitals and the planned further downgrading of 24-hour accident and emergency departments; (18) Deputy Charles Flanagan — the need to introduce a range of measures as an alternative to custodial sentences in civil cases; (19) Deputy Catherine Murphy — the need to provide funding to prevent the proposed closure of Teach Téarmainn; and (20) Deputy Joan Collins — the need to guarantee funding in respect of refuges in County Kildare for those in need of protection from domestic violence.
The matters raised by Deputies Charles Flanagan, Noel Harrington, Michael Healy-Rae and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion.