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) Deputy Joe McHugh - telecommunications infrastructure in Border regions; (2) Deputy Ann Phelan - engagement by NAMA with local authorities regarding unfinished estates; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the provision of support to Limerick County Council to restore water supply to the Shannon Estuary area of County Limerick; (4) Deputy Michael Lowry - State funding to Aiséirí treatment centres; (5) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the purchase of NAMA properties for use as social housing by local authorities and voluntary housing associations; (6) Deputy Patrick Nulty - cuts to community-based family therapy services in the mental health sector; (7) Deputy Simon Harris - the need to re-examine the system of issuing prescriptions; (8) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the potential closure of the psychiatric ward of St. Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; (9) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the need to re-organise the system of waste management in Dublin; (10) Deputy Martin Ferris - the impact on the rail network following the awarding of a contract to Balfour Beatty, given that company's safety record in the United Kingdom; (11) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to review the decision to cease funding of the two estate management projects in Tallaght, Dublin; (12) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to declare Ireland a fracking-free zone; (13) Deputy Seán Crowe - the need to intervene and reverse the 75% cut to funding imposed recently on the Fettercairn estate management projects in south-west Dublin; (14) Deputies Paudie Coffey and Ciara Conway - the need to review the Government mandate given to An Post; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for clarity in regard to the future of community employment schemes; (16) Deputy Michael Conaghan - the need to maintain mainstream funding for the STAR project in Ballyfermot, Dublin; (17) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to maintain the pupil-teacher ratio in schools with fewer than 86 pupils; (18) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the need for a public inquiry into the Providence Resources PLC foreshore application, which includes drilling 6 km off the coast in Dublin Bay; (19) Deputy Sandra McLellan - the Health Service Executive southern area's plans to deal with the impending staff exodus; (20) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need to ensure there is the capacity within the State for bread-making flour for plant bakeries to be produced; (21) Deputy Tom Hayes - the reason a not-for-profit organisation (details supplied) had its application for relief of taxes refused; and (22) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to reconsider the position in regard to section 23 relief, which in essence stands to be removed retrospectively, severely impacting on counties such as Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon, which have seen a disproportionate fall in the value of properties, a lack of demand for house purchase, poor available rents, a high level of unfinished housing estates and a still high demand for social housing.
The matters raised by Deputies Martin Ferris, Timmy Dooley, Joe McHugh, and Paudie Coffey and Ciara Conway have been selected for discussion.