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 Jonathan O'Brien - the need for funding for the Cork local drugs task force; (2) Deputies Simon Harris, Andrew Doyle and Terence Flanagan - the reduction in capacity of the DART service; (3) Deputy Jim Daly - the options available to persons contractually obliged to retire after January 2014; (4) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need for emergency funding to be provided to the St. Nicholas of Myra centre; (5) Deputy Paudie Coffey - the need to resource the senior alert scheme adequately; (6) Deputy Charles Flanagan - the need to resource the senior alert scheme adequately; (7) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the current update of the Walsh report on symphysiotomy; (8) Deputies Sean Fleming and Michelle Mulherin - the reduced planning development contributions in respect of wind turbines which are not supplying electricity to the national grid; (9) Deputy John Deasy - modifications to the rates refund system for vacant commercial properties as proposed in the Local Government Bill 2013; (10) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - that Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann be given an enhanced role in the scrutiny of EU legislation and policy; (11) Deputy Clare Daly - the need to emphasise this country's neutrality in relation to an international campaign against the use of drones; (12) Deputy Martin Ferris - an incident involving an infant in Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, last month; (13) Deputy Barry Cowen - the impact of changes to the one-parent tax credit, in particular the significant financial loss that will result to many families; (14) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to review the decision to close the acute psychiatric unit in Ballinasloe, County Galway; (15) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to issue a medical card automatically to protect children receiving palliative care; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to emphasise this country's neutrality in relation to an international campaign against the use of drones; (17) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to address a proposed EirGrid grid link project and its possible impact on communities of south Tipperary; and (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to supply GPS enabled beacons for sufferers of dementia and similar disorders for their own safety.
The matters raised by Deputies Jonathan O'Brien, Seamus Kirk, Simon Harris, Andrew Doyle and Terence Flanagan, and Sean Fleming and Michelle Mulherin have been selected for discussion.