I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy David Stanton - to ask the Minister for Health to debate the urgent need to open the stroke unit in Cork University Hospital as provided for in the national stroke programme; (2) Deputy Joe McHugh - the mapping exercise for identifying areas of the country that are not serviced with comprehensive broadband connectivity; (4) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need for regulation in the use of sun beds; (5) Deputy Heather Humphreys - the need to regulate for the permitted height of hedges and trees in privately owned gardens; (6) Deputies Denis Naughten and Robert Troy - the steps being taken on foot of the publication of the HSE audit of neglect cases in Roscommon, Waterford and Dublin; (7) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Naas, County Kildare and the wider effect that cutbacks are having on critical ambulance services around the country; (8) Deputy Eoghan Murphy - the implementation of the Smarter Transport Bill 2012; (9) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need to review the policy pursued by the Courts Service which is resulting in centralisation of court services in rural counties like Mayo; (10) Deputies Dominic Hannigan and Gerald Nash - the need to review the catch and release salmon fishing policy on the Rivers Boyne, Dee and Glyde and the Castletown river in Louth; (11) Deputy Derek Keating - to report on the Private Residential Tenancy Board, including the responsibilities and powers of the PRTB; (12) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the shortage of beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; (13) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need for the Minister for Health to honour the programme for Government commitments on home helps; (14) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to discuss the increase in day case and inpatient waiting lists; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for Gaelscoil Chluain Meala to be considered for a major funding grant; (16) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the improvement in tourist statistics; (17) Deputy Barry Cowen - the need to discuss ongoing difficulties with rubbish collection in Dublin; (18) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to secure the future of Temple Bar as a unique cultural quarter of Dublin; (19) Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins, Clare Daly and John Halligan - the need to review local property tax penalties for the self-employed; and (20) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the DART fare anomaly which exists for Greystones commuters to be reviewed and rectified.
The matters raised by Deputies Catherine Murphy; Dominic Hannigan and Gerald Nash; Denis Naughten and Robert Troy; and Derek Keating have been selected for discussion.