Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

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 Peter Fitzpatrick - the number of patients on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; (2) Deputy Gerald Nash - the depositing of bottom ash at the Whiteriver landfill site, County Louth; (3) Deputy Dan Neville - the increase in persons presenting to hospital due to self-harm; (4) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to rehouse residents of Priory Hall, Dublin and to repair fully the Priory Hall complex; (5) Deputy Shane Ross - the proposed closure of the motor tax office at Nutgrove shopping centre, Dublin; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for a new school building at Milltown Presentation secondary school, County Kerry; (7) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the need for a fairer distribution of resources to west Cork under the local and community development programme; (8) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the initiation of legislation dealing with a proposed levy on online gaming in the context of sports funding; (9) Deputy John O'Mahony - the plans in place for teachers retiring during the school term; (10) Deputy Niall Collins - the need to address the evacuation situation in the Priory Hall complex, Dublin and to provide help for the affected residents there; (11) Deputy Seán Kenny - the need to provide suitable accommodation for the families who were forced to vacate their homes in Priory Hall, Dublin; (12) Deputy Dara Murphy - the need to provide funding in respect of facilities for cystic fibrosis sufferers in Munster; (13) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to support residents of Priory Hall, Dublin; (14) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the transfer of orthopaedic services from St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital to the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital, Cork and the subsequent transfer of the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital accident and emergency services to Cork University Hospital; (15) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the problem of overcrowding at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick; (16) Deputy Micheál Martin - the issuing of passport and travel documents for children born outside of the State whose parents are Irish; (17) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to change the manner in which workmanship on buildings is regulated; (18) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to appoint a new dedicated national co-ordinator for the leaving certificate applied programme following the recent retirement of the national co-ordinator; (19) Deputy Joe Costello - the provision of funding in respect of Foróige for its programme of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland; and (20) Deputy Barry Cowen - the need to address the growing problems in pensions here.

The matters raised by Deputies Martin, Dara Murphy, Fitzpatrick and Nash have been selected for discussion.

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