I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gerard Reynolds – the loss of 40 jobs at the Drumshanbo plant of Leitrim Foods Company Limited, County Leitrim; (2) Deputy O'Sullivan – the need for the Minister for Health and Children to support the efforts of the Mid-Western Health Board to open the new paediatric unit at the Limerick Regional Hospital without further delay; (3) Deputy Broughan – the sale of essential school property at Scoil Eoin, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5; (4) Deputy Ellis – the forthcoming redundancies at Leitrim Foods in Drumshanbo; (5) Deputy Kirk – the need to consider changing the legislation on the insurance sector to bring motor insurance costs more into line with other member states of the EU; (6) Deputy Creed – the loss of a teacher from 1 September 1999 at Scoil Naisiúnta Baile Mhuirne, and the continuing disadvantage of Gaeltacht national schools relative to Gaelscoileanna with regard to pupil-teacher ratio; (7) Deputy Coveney – the announcement by Novartis pharmaceutical company that it will not go ahead with a European Shared Service Centre that would have created 96 jobs in Cork. The matters raised by Deputies Kirk, Gerry Reynolds, O'Sullivan and Creed have been selected for discussion.
