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 Education and Science to provide an update on the new school building for Loughegar national school, County Westmeath — the original building dates back to 1872 — which has been delayed without any explanation being issued from his Department, and the school now faces the prospect of having to go back to tender regarding this urgent matter, due to the risk of losing the builder, whose tender has been accepted; (2) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — the need for the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, in light of ongoing concerns and uncertainty with Dell in Limerick and other multinationals in Ireland, to urgently arrange an immediate meeting with the CEOs of Dell and other leading multinational companies to listen to their concerns to ensure the security of the 3,000 direct jobs in Dell Limerick and of the other 150,000 plus direct jobs and the thousands of other jobs linked to the overall multinational sector; (3) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to fund the Irish Family Planning Association adequately so that it is able to provide a full range of services; (4) Deputy Joe McHugh — the need to ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the Wildlife Act 1997 and the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, given that those Acts focus exclusively on scientific requirements and do not take into account the 1992 EU habitats directive's commitment to "economic, social, cultural, and regional requirements"; (5) Deputy Dan Neville — the flooding of Newcastle West and surrounding areas on 1 August 2008; (6) Deputy Simon Coveney — the debt and ongoing operation of Cork Airport; (7) Deputy Alan Shatter — the provision of a permanent school building for Holy Trinity national school, Glencairn, Leopardstown, Dublin 18; (8) Deputy Paul Connaughton — the designation of boglands under the EU habitats directive and the cessation of turf cutting on those bogs; (9) Deputy Lucinda Creighton — the delay in local authority implementation of tenant purchase schemes and in particular the lack of any scheme for the sale of council flats which discriminates between the tenants of council houses and council flats; and (10) Deputy Mary Upton — the need for reform of the law so that planning enforcement by local authorities can be executed promptly and proportionately where breaches occur with particular reference to the recent District Court decision to impose a fine of €1,000 for demolition of a building — Presentation Convent, Terenure — purchased for approximately €15 million.
The matters raised by Deputies Neville, Coveney, Connaughton and Shatter have been selected for discussion.