I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 20 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Batt O'Keeffe — the need to reimburse the Southern Health Board for the introduction of a new waste plan; and the implications of the cost of the plan, which is in excess of £1 million, for the provision of essential hospital services; (2) Deputy Ellis — the delay in granting approvals under the farm building schemes; (3) Deputy Shortall — the need for a high-level co-ordinated response to the drug problem in Dublin; (4) Deputy Eric Byrne — the urgent need to provide access to a methadone maintenance programme in all prisons and to enable drug abusers to continue the programme in the community following their release from prison; (5) Deputy Lynch — the need for school principals to be required to notify school attendance officers on a monthly basis of any suspensions or expulsions made and to expand the school attendance service nationally; (6) Deputy Ó Cuív — an gá atá ann go ceapfar múinteoir feabhais do na bunscoileanna ar Oileáin Árann; (7) Deputy Deasy — the need for urgent measures to prevent the destruction of wildlife habitats, in particular, those of nesting birds, many of which are being destroyed by hedge cutting and burning of undergrowth and heather; (8) Deputy Quill — the need to clarify the position in relation to the rights of emergency vehicles in view of the decision of the District Court last week; (9) Deputy O'Malley — the possible loss of up to 700 jobs at Shannon Aerospace Limited, Shannon, County Clare and (10) Deputy O'Dea — the need for immediate improvements in the treatment of cancer patients to prevent needless deaths.
The matters raised by Deputies O'Dea, Quill, O'Malley and Ellis have been selected for discussion.