I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - the policy on provision of convalescent beds in Galway; (2) Deputies Louise O'Reilly and Clare Daly - National Maternity Hospital ownership; (3) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - neglect by the Government of rural Ireland; (4) Deputy Sean Fleming - allocation of resources under the new special education teaching resource model; (5) Deputy Bobby Aylward - safety works at the Tower Road-Piltown junction on the N24; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - health and safety concerns at Casement Aerodrome; (7) Deputy Imelda Munster - regular closures of the assessment unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; (8) Deputy Niamh Smyth - the position with the Holy Family School in Cootehill; (9) Deputy Thomas Byrne - occupational therapy services in County Meath; (10) Deputy David Cullinane - development on the north quays in Waterford; (11) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - inaction on insurance in the motor industry; (12) Deputies Mary Butler and Mattie McGrath - bed capacity in St. Patrick's, Cashel, and Sacred Heart, Dungarvan; (13) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - increased crime rates in Kerry; (14) Deputy Brian Stanley - review of areas of natural constraint; (15) Deputy Pat Deering - respite care for children in Carlow; (16) Deputy Gino Kenny - hunger strikes in Israeli prisons; (17) Deputy Bríd Smith - Department of Social Protection welfare fraud campaign; (18) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - funding for access to an Xolair clinic in Kildare; (19) Deputies Eugene Murphy and Dara Calleary - job losses at the ECMI plant in Ballaghaderreen; (20) Deputy Michael Collins - harvesting of kelp forests in Bantry Bay; (21) Deputy Mick Wallace - the Dublin to Rosslare rail service; and (22) Deputy Pat Buckley - stigma surrounding mental health issues.
The matters raised by Deputies Anne Rabbitte, Pat Deering, Michael Fitzmaurice and Brian Stanley have been selected for discussion.