Brendan Howlin (Wexford, 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 Jimmy Deenihan — the delay in sending a technical team by the Department of Education and Science to commence planning for an eight-classroom school to replace an existing defective building, which was approved in January 2006 and highlighted by the commission on school accommodation in November 2006; (2) Deputy Chris Andrews — the need for the Minister to offer assurance, given the chronic shortage of step-down facilities in the Dublin south east area, that St. Luke's Hospital in Rathgar will eventually become a step-down health care facility; (3) Deputy Willie Penrose — the refusal of an application for funding under the summer works scheme 2007; (4) Deputy Brian O'Shea — the need for the Minister to provide funding in his Department's capital works programme 2007 towards the Tallow fire station project; (5) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need to increase services for those suffering from eating disorders; (6) Deputy Tom Hayes — the timescale for the provision of new accommodation for a school; (7) Deputy Pat Breen — the reports that the Minister for Transport is to intervene to safeguard Heathrow slots for Cork and Dublin Airports; (8) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan — the need to address the concerns of community pharmacists and to engage in discussions with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union in advance of the implementation of proposals contained in a letter sent to pharmacists on 17 September 2007 which would reduce the wholesale mark-up on medicines; (9) Deputy Martin Ferris — the cutbacks by the HSE for carers.

The matters raised by Deputies Pat Breen, Willie Penrose and Tom Hayes have been selected for discussion.

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