Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Enright — to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to explain the reason a patient is still being refused a bed in a nursing unit (details supplied); (2) Deputy Lynch — the need for the Minister to explain the lack of facilities for people with intellectual disabilities despite Government spending; (3) Deputy Crawford — the need for the Minister to intercede with the health executive in the north east to have Monaghan General Hospital brought back on call for surgical purposes; (4) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the progress on the proposed amalgamation of the national schools in Kanturk, County Cork; (5) Deputy Morgan — the necessity for the Minister to make a statement regarding his plans to address the fact that competition law is being mischievously used to attack the rights of certain workers; (6) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister the reason she has failed to deliver on a promise made in reply to a parliamentary question given to this Deputy on 14 June 2005; (7) Deputy Neville —"A better future now", the position statement on psychiatric services for children and adolescents in Ireland by the Irish College of Psychiatrists; and (8) Deputy Ring — to ask the Minister her plans to provide a permanent site for a school in County Mayo and the progress made on this matter.

The matters raised by Deputies Lynch, Crawford, Cowley and Michael Moynihan have been selected for discussion.

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