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 Jim Daly - the need to review the traffic flow arrangements at Owenahincha junction on the N71 at Rosscarbery, County Cork; (2) Deputy Michael McNamara - the need for Irish Water to develop a communications strategy; (3) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need to ensure the north Galway Free Legal Advice Centre receives sufficient funding to enable it to re-open; (4) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need for funding for the school meals local projects scheme for Scoil Bhríde, Portlaoise, County Laois; (5) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to have the current valuation process leading to the calculation of commercial rates in Limerick city and county addressed; (6) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need to amend the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2006; (7) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need to provide direct funding to various voluntary groups such as Muintir na Tíre, Traveller groups and the National Women's Community Network; (8) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to provide immediate emergency funding for Muintir na Tíre; (9) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to engage with the European Commission to have current failures in the Common Market surrounding the export of live cattle to Northern Ireland and Britain addressed; (10) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need for the Minister for Health to urgently review the new authorisation procedure for the conduct of veterinary clinical trials being operated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, pursuant to the transposition of EU Directive 2010/63 into Irish law, which is having a severe adverse effect on the ability of indigenous companies to compete for such business internationally; (11) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for Irish Water to ensure water meters are fully accessible to those with disabilities; (12) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - to discuss the matter of Quality and Qualifications Ireland fees being charged to community education providers; (13) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the Israeli assault on Gaza; (14) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide funding for flood damage repairs in County Clare; (15) Deputy Noel Harrington - the delays in developing a primary care centre in Bantry, County Cork; (16) Deputy Derek Nolan - the urgent need to discuss and formally condemn the unnecessary and appalling acts of violence witnessed in the Gaza Strip in the past week; (17) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the need to discuss Bank of Ireland's ban on trade with Cuba after the US ruling; (18) Deputy Michael Colreavy - to discuss the level of emergency fire and ambulance services being made available for the week of the all-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Sligo from 10 to 17 August 2014; (19) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need for single parents to be able to participate in the JobsPlus programme; (20) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the provisions that are being put in place to provide solutions for horse owners who do not have proper documentation for their animals and who are unable to dispose of them; (21) Deputy Billy Timmins - the steps the Minister can take to assist in obtaining a ceasefire in Gaza; (22) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the plans the Minister has for the remainder of 2014 to deal with the chronic shortage of social housing provision, particularly in Dublin city, including Dublin Bay North where there are well in excess of 4,000 families and individuals on the housing list, and to address the ongoing problems raised as a result of the collapse of the rental accommodation scheme; (23) Deputy Joan Collins - to raise the serious issue that all the neurological charities under the umbrella of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, including the NAI, have had their application for funding turned down, impacting on 70,000 people; (24) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the crisis in Gaza; (25) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the wrong done to the women victims of symphysiotomy, the need for full acknowledgement and an apology, and the right of the survivors to be heard and to be appropriately compensated; (26) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss Israel's ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip; (27) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for the Government to outline what action it can and will take to reduce the cost of clinical indemnity for hospital consultants; (28) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to encourage EU action in seeking peace in the Middle East; (29) Deputy Dessie Ellis - to discuss the ongoing crisis in Palestine; (30) Deputy John Browne - the need to reinstate funding to the 26 disability and caring-focused organisations that saw their funding revoked in the allocations for the 2014 to 2016 round of the scheme to support national organisations; (31) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to discuss the winding-up of Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge; (32) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the Israeli Defence Force's Operation Protective Edge and the current political and military situation in Israel and Palestine; (33) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need to suspend junior certificate reform for one year to find a resolution to the issues surrounding its implementation; (34) Deputy Barry Cowen - to ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss Irish Water's data gathering; (35) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the high cost of phone rental and standing charges for senior citizens; (36) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the importance of the retention of the 9% rate of VAT for tourism; (37) Deputy Helen McEntee - to ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider examining the manner in which primary schools are allocated their teachers; and (38) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - if the Government could actively pursue a ban on settler product from the West Bank coming into the EU.
The matters raised by Deputies Jonathan O'Brien, Charlie McConalogue, Michelle Mulherin and Ciara Conway have been selected for discussion.