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 Ulick Burke — the need to provide humanitarian support and that provided to date to property owners and householders three months after the major flooding of 2009; (2) Deputy Mattie McGrath — the awarding of printing contracts from the OPW to companies abroad; (3) Deputy Pádraic McCormack — HSE proposals for the future of St. Francis Nursing Home, Newcastle, Galway; (4) Deputy Pat Rabbitte — the special report of the Ombudman relating to the Lost at Sea scheme; (5) Deputy Michael D'Arcy — the establishment of a methadone clinic by the HSE at Civic Square, the Avenue, Gorey, County Wexford; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to make a statement detailing her Department's plans for the delivery of its obligations in relation to the national drugs strategy; (7) Deputy Frank Feighan — turf-cutting in designated bogs; (8) Deputy Timmy Dooley — the need to introduce legislation to allow for mandatory sentencing in respect of aggravated burglary in the retail sector; (9) Deputy Pat Breen — Ryanair services from Shannon Airport; (10) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the urgent need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, to initiate a commission of investigation into all aspects of the planning and building of the north fringe new urban district in Dublin North East; (11) Deputy Terence Flanagan — the need for the Minister for Finance to protect homeowners who signed contracts and are now unable to honour these contracts; (12) Deputy Róisín Shortall — the negative implications for school children in disadvantaged areas of the proposed abolition of the supply panel; (13) Deputy Joe Costello — the publication of the reports on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the action he will take on foot of these reports; and (14) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the decision to withdraw troops from Chad.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael D'Arcy, Jimmy Deenihan, Frank Feighan and Joe Costello have been selected for discussion.