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 Mattie McGrath - the discriminatory practice by property insurers of withholding cover to landlords willing to accept tenants in receipt of rent allowance; (2) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - concerns regarding both breast cancer and urology services at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; (3) Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - the funding requirement for fabrication operators to comply with more compliance; (4) Deputy Pat Rabbitte - the need to allocate responsibility for the national drugs strategy to an existing Minister of State; (5) Deputy Martin Ferris - structural and design changes in the new forestry programme; (6) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need to develop a comprehensive service of autistic spectrum disorder classes for children with autism at post primary level to meet demand; (7) Deputies Terence Flanagan, Thomas P. Broughan, Seán Kenny and Finian McGrath - job losses at the Cadbury's factory in Coolock, Dublin; (8) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - increasing the powers of HIQA to investigate complaints so that it might prevent vulnerable people being put at risk; (9) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need to accommodate people due to finish on community employment schemes who are nearing retirement age; (10) Deputy Seán Conlan - the importance of retaining the Department of Social Protection offices in Ballybay; (11) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the increasing number of house repossessions in County Meath; (12) Deputy David Stanton - the need to develop marine tourism in Youghal, County Cork; (13) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - Pobal's decision to discontinue the funding of €200,000 for sports centres at St. Michael's, Inchicore and Clogher Road, Crumlin resulting in job losses; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to extend the terms of reference of the Fennelly commission in light of allegations of unauthorised bugging of witnesses; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - the need to extend the terms of reference of the Fennelly Commission in light of allegations of unauthorised bugging of witnesses; (16) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the proposal to submerge the Dublin fire brigade ambulance service under HSE ambulance service; (17) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the proposed takeover of the Dublin fire brigade ambulance service by the HSE; (18) Deputy Brendan Smith - the assassination of former Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Boris Nemtsov; (19) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the overcrowding crisis in emergency departments which is compromising patients' dignity; (20) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to upgrade the N22 Kerry to Cork road; (21) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the need to ring-fence funding for the school completion programme; (22) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to bring rent certainty to the private residential rental market; (23) Deputy Niall Collins - the need to address the dramatic rise in repossession orders before the courts; (24) Deputy Dan Neville - the need to address the issue of Lyme disease; (25) Deputy Robert Troy - the plans to reform the system of guardian ad litem; (26) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the sale of the State's shares in Aer Lingus; (27) Deputy Joe Higgins - the sale of the State's shares in Aer Lingus; and (28) Deputy Paul Murphy - the sale of the State's shares in Aer Lingus.
The matters raised by Deputies Martin Ferris, Dan Neville, Colm Keaveney, and Terence Flanagan, Thomas P. Broughan, Seán Kenny and Finian McGrath have been selected for discussion.