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 Noel Harrington - the need for funding to address flood damage caused in areas of west Cork in recent weeks; (2) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the need to incentivise the building industry, in view of the challenges it is facing, by providing grant aid for the installation of renewable energy products; (3) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to identify alternative accommodation for a Health Service Executive-operated training centre for people with disabilities at the Cleary centre, Donegal town; (4) Deputy Brian Stanley - the need to support an extension of the ban on smoky coal; (5) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to clarify the measures being taken to combat the theft of scrap and precious metals; (6) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for a modern definition of what constitutes public service broadcasting in the context of the distribution of the TV licence; (7) Deputy Barry Cowen - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to explain why the financial position of Sligo County Council has not been addressed by central government and to address the fact that residents of the local authority area are being deprived of core services due to the financial constraints in the county executive; (8) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss the Saudi bombing of a wedding in Yemen yesterday and the need for the Government to condemn this at European level; (9) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - to discuss the urgent matter of whistleblower claims that learning support hours designated for special needs in schools are being redeployed to general management duties; (10) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need for the Minister for Health to ensure an increase in the number of personal assistant hours for people with disabilities; (11) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the increased Saudi aggression in Yemen and the need for the Government to highlight and take action on this issue in the European Union; (12) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for the Minister for Health to improve working conditions for home helps; and (13) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to ensure a postal service is maintained in the event of possible industrial action this week at An Post.
The matters raised by Deputies Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Michael Moynihan, Brian Stanley and Mattie McGrath have been selected for discussion.