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 Seán Kyne - that mountain and lowlands rescue teams are exempt from VAT for the purchase and procurement of equipment; (2) Deputy Noel Harrington - the implications of mackerel quotas for those operating in polyvalent and pelagic sectors of the fishing industry; (3) Deputy Finian McGrath - the funding crisis at the Darndale-Belcamp integrated child-care service, Dublin 17 and the urgent need to save 100 jobs; (4) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick - the closure of the Women's Aid refuge in Dundalk, County Louth; (5) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the need to ensure the continuation of the Bringing It All Back Home programme in the Inchicore area, Dublin; (6) Deputy Dominic Hannigan - the youth guarantee scheme for people under 25 in County Meath; (7) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to fund the "Monasteries of the Moy" greenway proposed to run from Ballina to Killala; (8) Deputy Dara Calleary - the recently introduced changes to regulations concerning the operation of community employment schemes in the west and their effect on local community services; (9) Deputy Pat Deering - the length of time it takes to process medical card applications; (10) Deputy Michael McNamara - the failure of Irish Water to provide answers to questions from elected representatives; (11) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to discuss the need to provide public artistic space in Ireland; (12) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the extra charging of families by some nursing homes for the provision of basic equipment and medical supplies; (13) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine; (14) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - to ask the Minister for Health to outline details of the current process for medical card applications, the length of time it takes to complete same and how frequently medical card reviews are undertaken; (15) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the urgent need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to ensure that the special amenity area status of Howth Peninsula is fully protected, including all of the historic walkways and rights of way on the peninsula and the wonderful amenity and wilderness areas of Howth and Sutton; and to examine local proposals to strengthen the protected status of these amenities in the near future; (16) Deputy Michael McGrath - to ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the administrative arrangements that local authorities must comply with, including any Revenue deadline, if they wish to vary the local property tax rate by 15% for the calendar year 2015; (17) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to discuss the wind energy strategy in Ireland; (18) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the need for the State to cast the vote of its shareholding against the bonus of the chief executive at the Aer Lingus AGM next week, as this payment was linked to resolution of the pension crisis which has not been resolved; (19) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine; (20) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss the increasing demand on mental health services at Connolly Hospital and the Dublin region generally; and (21) Deputy Martin Heydon - the time taken to process medical card applications.
The matters raised by Deputies Seán Kyne, Noel Harrington, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Dominic Hannigan have been selected for discussion.