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 Andrews – to use the occasion of Ireland's Presidency of the European Union to renegotiate the "UK rebate" element of our contribution to the EU budget; (2) Deputy McGuinness – the urgent need to establish a trained unit and introduce legislation and protocol in line with best practice internationally to deal with the issue of missing people; (3) Deputy Crawford – the need for the Minister to intervene with the North-Eastern Health Board where one third of the subvention beds were removed in January 2003; (4) Deputy O'Shea – the need for the Minister to control excessive prices for alcohol, soft drinks and food being charged by some pubs, clubs and restaurants; (5) Deputy Wall – the implications of the plans by the Minister to make changes to the prisons structure for the staff and prisoners of the Curragh Prison in County Kildare; (6) Deputy Michael Moynihan – to ask the Minister for Transport when the National Roads Authority will make a decision on the proposed route for the N20 bypass of Charleville town, County Cork; (7) Deputy Burton – the circumstances in which allocations of State funds to Punchestown Agricultural and Equestrian Event Centre were approved; and (8) Deputy Sargent – that an investigation under the auspices of the Oireachtas be undertaken to uncover all the facts relating to the bogslide at Derrybrien near Gort, County Galway, to ensure that all relevant lessons are taken on board on how to apply for permission for a wind energy development, that the precautionary principle be applied in determining the future for developments such as the quarrying and erection of 71 wind turbines now halted by Hibernian Wind Power, and that future growth of the sector be predicated on community involvement and a dividend for the community arising from wind power developments.
The matters raised by Deputies Andrews, Burton, Crawford and Wall have been selected for discussion.