John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)

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 Mary O'Rourke — the proposal to build a pipeline to extract water from Lough Ree to supply the Dublin area; (2) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to expedite payment to a person; (3) Deputy Joe McHugh — the delay in the provision of funding for an extension at a school in Buncrana, County Donegal; (4) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — to urgently address the concerns raised by the Dublin Well Woman Centre and others on the sending of Irish cervical smear tests for processing to US laboratories; (5) Deputy Mary Alexandra White — the need to conduct a feasibility study into making Carlow the first green energy town here in order to implement the targets set out in the National Bio-energy Action Plan; (6) Deputy David Stanton — the need to examine the situation pertaining in a primary school in County Cork; (7) Deputy Jack Wall — the need to resolve the dispute between a person (details supplied) and Teagasc; and (8) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the need to report to Dáil Éireann on the reasons Ireland failed to meet the 30 June EU deadline of Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006.

The matters raised by Deputies Joe McHugh, David Stanton, Mary O'Rourke and Mary Alexandra White have been selected for discussion.

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