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 Jim Daly, Denis Naughten, Dara Calleary, Charlie McConalogue and Robert Troy — the need to provide assistance and funding for households and businesses across the country that have been severely affected by the recent flooding; (2) Deputy Michelle Mulherin — the need for the Minister to ensure Pobal provides additional funding to community service programme projects for 2016 to cover the increase in the minimum wage to €9.15 from 1 January 2016; (3) Deputies Michael McCarthy, Thomas Pringle, Pat Breen, Ciarán Cannon, Tom Fleming, Noel Harrington, Colm Keaveney, Michael P. Kitt, Jonathan O'Brien, Éamon Ó Cuív, Lucinda Creighton and Brian Stanley — the need to discuss the severe flooding caused by Storm Desmond, to implement storm-prevention measures and flood-relief plans, and to provide the necessary funding and resources on a nationwide basis; (4) Deputy David Stanton — to ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to discuss the strategic importance and future of Ireland's only oil refinery, in Whitegate in County Cork; (5) Deputy Mattie McGrath — the need to reinstate urgently ambulance services for respite care residents at Cluain Árann community nursing unit in County Tipperary; (6) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to direct the Road Safety Authority to compile and monitor statistics on the operation of the penalty points system, especially with regard to drink driving and dangerous driving; (7) Deputy Michael Colreavy — to discuss the planning of wind farm projects in light of the recent RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme; (8) Deputy Billy Timmins — the need to re-examine ethics legislation in light of the RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme on the failure of persons required to meet declaration requirements satisfactorily to do so; (9) Deputy Clare Daly — to discuss the serious dysfunctional and systemic problems in An Garda Síochána revealed in its latest inspectorate report; (10) Deputy Martin Ferris — the technical difficulties at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine preventing the processing of farm partnerships and access to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; (11) Deputy Mick Wallace — to discuss the latest Garda Síochána Inspectorate report; (12) Deputy John Browne — the need for the Minister for Health to prescribe the title "physical therapist" as a variant of the title "physiotherapist"; (13) Deputy Ruth Coppinger — the practices of county councillors shown in the RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme broadcast on 7 December 2015; (14) Deputy Paul Murphy — the need for a review of the tendering process for the award of State contracts in light of recent press reports on the senior alert scheme; and (15) Deputy Seamus Kirk — the need for the Minister for Justice and Equality to state when section 52 of the Child and Family Relationships Act will commence, and if she is aware that its non-commencement is preventing students from accessing grants.
The matters raised by Deputies Jim Daly, Denis Naughten, Dara Calleary, Charlie McConalogue and Robert Troy; and Michael McCarthy, Thomas Pringle, Pat Breen, Ciarán Cannon, Tom Fleming, Noel Harrington, Colm Keaveney, Michael P. Kitt, Jonathan O'Brien, Éamon Ó Cuív, Lucinda Creighton and Brian Stanley have been selected for discussion.