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 Michael Colreavy - the funding of Cregg House, Sligo; (2) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the problems being caused by deer to farm and woodland in counties Galway and Wicklow; (3) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need to establish an advisory task force to examine the problems discovered in multi-unit developments; (4) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the proposed increases in harbour fees; (5) Deputies Paschal Donohoe and Catherine Murphy - the need to speed up the processing of applications in respect of carer's allowance and carer's benefit; (6) Deputy Jim Daly - the difficulty in accessing Saorview in large areas of west Cork; (7) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the development of the Gort to Tuam motorway in County Galway; (8) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the provision of a new school building for Clifden Community School, County Galway; (9) Deputy Alex White - the need to introduce legislation in respect of periodic payment orders; (10) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the proposed increases in harbour fees at Castletownbere, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs, Rossaveal and Dingle; (11) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the need to introduce autism-specific legislation or a national autism strategy; (12) Deputy Brian Stanley - the review of community employment schemes and of labour activation mechanisms; (13) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the changes to the community alert seniors alert scheme; (14) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to put adequate services in place in respect of the treatment of eating disorders; (15) Deputy Joan Collins - the transfer of Vodafone jobs away from Dublin and Dundalk, County Louth; (16) Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Dessie Ellis - deaths in the workplace, the need for the introduction of corporate manslaughter legislation and the recognition of workers' memorial day; (17) Deputy John McGuinness - the way that the Minister will protect the status of the employee who was named in recent news reports for trying to highlight difficulties in the Irish property market in 2007 and 2008; (18) Deputy Willie O'Dea - job losses in the banking sector; (19) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the long-term investment plan to prevent flooding in the Dublin area; (20) Deputy Seamus Healy - the provision of a new school in respect of Gael Scoil Cluain Meala, County Tipperary; (21) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the proposed increase in clamping charges; (22) Deputy Niall Collins - the need for the banks to participate in the resolution process for the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin; (23) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the proposed strike action by Vodafone workers in Dundalk, County Louth and in Dublin; (24) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the provision of adequate levels of staffing at the offices of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Raphoe, County Donegal; (25) Deputy Joe McHugh - the decision by RTE to close its bureau in London; (26) Deputy Brendan Smith - the review of allowances for public servants and the potential impact on the Croke Park agreement; (27) Deputy Mick Wallace - the way in which appointments are made to An Bord Pleanála in view of the report of the Institute of Directors in Ireland on appointments to State boards; and (28) Deputy Derek Keating - whether the deaths of seven patients in a private nursing home in County Donegal could have been prevented.
The matters raised by Deputies Pascal Donohoe and Catherine Murphy, Jim Daly, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Jonathan O'Brien and Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion.