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 James Bannon — to outline what, if any, plans are in place, for a cohesive policy to expedite the development of slurry generated electricity; (2) Deputy Ulick Burke — to indicate the reasons for the delay in publishing the conditions and guidelines for the implementation of the mid-Shannon tax incentive scheme which was announced in the budget of 2006; (3) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need to ensure that the regeneration of the Cork docklands area is facilitated through tax incentives; (4) Deputy Rory O'Hanlon — to discuss further the reply to parliamentary Questions Nos. 523 and 524 of Tuesday, 6 November; (5) Deputy Denis Naughten — a staffing grant for a child care group in County Roscommon; (6) Deputy Leo Varadkar — noting that the local electoral boundaries have not been reviewed since 1998 and noting the massive development that has occurred in many suburban areas and county towns in the interregnum, Dáil Éireann calls on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to appoint a boundary commission to redraw the local electoral boundaries in advance of the 2009 local elections; (7) Deputy Michael Lowry — the need to encourage industrialists and investors to locate in north Tipperary; (8) Deputy Joe Costello — to enact the Judicial Council Bill without delay; (9) Deputy Mary O'Rourke — if the Minister for Health and Children will outline fully all the arrangements which are being put in place for women from Longford-Westmeath who previously had been treated in Mullingar and who are now being told to present themselves to the Mater Hospital in Dublin; (10) Deputy Tom Hayes — whether the tax rebate system for diesel costs for scheduled bus services will be revoked as per a planned EU directive; if so, when this will occur; if an alternative system of funding will be set in place as happened in England earlier this year; if so, what form this funding will take; if the Minister is aware that 82% of school transport is privately contracted, and that these contractors agreed their contacts with the Government before they knew about the removal of this rebate; how long the Government has known about this EU directive; how the bus tour and the private rural transport industries are to cope with this 32 cent increase per litre of diesel in addition to rising diesel prices; and if the Minister for Finance can make a statement on forthcoming plans for this situation, covering the economic impact as well as the impact on small and large companies, rural transport and on school transport, as many companies may not be able to honour their contracts, detailing precisely what support CIE will get from the Government; (11) Deputy Timmy Dooley — in light of the recent fire at a commercial premises in Ennis, County Clare, concern has been raised at the lack of water pressure to deal with this and other emergency situations. I call on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to investigate the matter, and request him to consider such remedial works as are necessary to ensure an adequate supply and pressure of water to assist the fire service in dealing with any further fires in Ennis; (12) Deputy Joan Burton — the proposed VEC primary school for Diswellstown, Castleknock, Dublin 15; and (13) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — to provide additional beds, isolation units and single rooms to combat the continuing spread of MRSA and other very serious and potentially fatal infections in our hospitals in light of the report from Beaumont Hospital in Dublin that it is unable to isolate one third of patients with MRSA due to insufficient bed capacity.
The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Lowry, Burton and O'Hanlon have been selected for discussion.