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 Arthur Spring - the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe; (2) Deputy Tom Hayes - the need to allow applicants who were self-employed to be permitted enter the Momentum programme; (3) Deputies Michael McNamara and Thomas P. Broughan - proposals for the alignment of local government and local development; (4) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the restructuring of the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes; (5) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need for cash-for-gold outlets to specify that customers bringing in second-hand gold items be requested to provide evidence of photo ID and other forms of ownership; (6) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the delays in completing school accommodation works at St. Anne's national school, Ardclough, County Kildare; (7) Deputy John Paul Phelan - the need for the Health Service Executive to alter its recruitment policy in respect of psychologists to allow for the recruitment of both educational and counselling psychologists; (8) Deputy Joe McHugh - deployment issues that are arising because of high mileage on Garda cars including Garda cars in County Donegal; (9) Deputy Brian Stanley - the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government report issued on the threat posed by Sellafield; (10) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to continue funding and support for childminder advisory officers within city and county child care committees; (11) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to develop a national wind energy policy recognising all stakeholders and the need to retain the value of the resource at local and national level; (12) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need for more direct action to combat obesity; (13) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to ensure the HSE is enforcing the EU working time directive for non-consultant hospital doctors; and (14) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to discuss the case of a person (details supplied in County Monaghan) diagnosed with autism.
The matters raised by Deputies Tom Hayes; Pearse Doherty; Ciara Conway; and Michael McNamara and Thomas P. Broughan have been selected for discussion.