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 Robert Dowds - the need to raise the level of excise on diesel to discourage its use and combat its negative effects on both the environment and human health; (2) Deputy Billy Kelleher - concerns regarding the apology issued by the Coombe Hospital in Dublin 8 to a couple (details supplied), whose daughter died while in the care of the hospital in 1992; (3) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to protect public health in light of the increasing level of antibiotic resistance; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the plans to progress medically supervised injecting rooms; (5) Deputy Joe Costello - the plans to progress medically supervised injecting rooms; (6) Deputy Regina Doherty - the redundancies at the C&C Group; (7) Deputy Noel Coonan - the need to promote the rural practice allowance to encourage general practitioners to fill available posts in rural areas in County Tipperary and nationwide; (8) Deputy Andrew Doyle - traffic congestion and pedestrian safety at parts of the N11 where the M50 and N11 merge; (9) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need for capital funding for the dredging of Howth Harbour in early 2016; (10) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the need to address the stalled works at the town centre development in Naas, County Kildare; (11) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - concerns regarding the pending industrial action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in hospital emergency departments; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - the outcome of the recent meeting with Respond regarding the threatened closure of Cuan Álainn women's refuge centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24; (13) Deputy Dara Calleary - the need for the Health Service Executive to extend funding to continue the ongoing work of the Community Action on Dementia project in County Mayo, whose pilot funding will cease on 18 December 2015; (14) Deputy Clare Daly - the need for urgent action following the publication of a report by the Environmental Protection Agency stating that untreated sewage is being pumped into watercourses countrywide; (15) Deputy Michael Lowry - concerns regarding the availability of therapy services at Scoil Aonghusa, Cashel, County Tipperary, as a result of the refusal by the Health Service Executive to approve the service due to funding issues, which is causing unwarranted hardship and inconvenience for this school; (16) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to postpone the introduction of the producer responsibility initiative for the tyre wholesaler and retail sector; (17) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to address the disparity in income thresholds for social housing across all local authorities; and (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the EPA report on waste water treatment.
The matters raised by Deputies Robert Dowds, Regina Doherty, Dara Calleary and Michael Lowry have been selected for discussion.