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 — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to provide an urgent update on her plans for a realistic transport service for cancer patients in rural areas who have not been adequately provided for in terms of travelling to Dublin or other centres of excellence for treatment, despite the Minister's assurance that such provision would be made, but in effect these patients are falling between health clinics and the HSE and failing to get funding or compensation for such expenses, not to mention the exhaustion caused by inadequate transport provision; (2) Deputy Ulick Burke — the provision of a new community school in Glenamaddy, County Galway; (3) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure there is full consultation with the organisations representing the elderly on the proposed "Fair Deal" legislation; (4) Deputy Denis Naughten — the need to address the home help crisis in County Roscommon; (5) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan — the review of a case wherein a person in County Cork has been refused disability allowance (details supplied); (6) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — the need to reinstate the child care allowance scheme for the full duration of education or training courses; (7) Deputy P. J. Sheehan — to state the up-to-date position as regards the proposed new post primary community school in Skibbereen, County Cork, which was promised in 2002; (8) Deputy Timmy Dooley — to address the flooding on the rail line at Ballycar, County Clare, which has cut off the rail service between Ennis and Limerick; (9) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — the need to address the adequacy of the gynaecological service provided by Cork University Maternity Hospital; and (10) Deputy Joe Carey — the application of Barefield national school, Ennis, County Clare, for a major extension to the school and that the Minister of Education and Science would allow the project move to tender stage.
The matters raised by Deputies Naughten, Ciarán Lynch, O'Donnell and Burke have been selected for discussion.