Dáil debates

Tuesday, 12 October 2004

4:00 pm

Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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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 Deasy — the need for the Minister to consider the inconvenience and unnecessary hardship that the new security measures certified by his Department are having on fishermen in Passage East, County Waterford; (2) Deputy McHugh — the need for the Minister to approve the submission from the Western Health Board of the planning brief for Tuam Hospital which was forwarded to her Department on 8 October 2002; (3) Deputy Upton — the need for the Minister expand on his comments on "Today with Pat Kenny" on Monday, 11 October and if he agrees that the illegal dump at Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 8 needs urgent attention; (4) Deputy Hogan — the need for the Minister to indicate when the necessary approval will be given for construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; (5) Deputy Cuffe — the need to discuss the future and possible closure of a college (details supplied) in County Dublin as this college is one of only two such teacher training colleges in Ireland; (6) Deputy Twomey — the need to discuss what role the Minister has taken in the continuous monitoring of medications available in Ireland and if she is aware of any more ongoing concerns regarding this or other medication; (7) Deputy Ring — the need to ask the Minister to provide the funding for a project in County Mayo considering that the facility has planning approval; (8) Deputies O'Sullivan and Noonan — the need for the Minister to sanction the continued employment of jobs initiative workers in Limerick; (9) Deputy Neville — the need to review the care and treatment of a person (details supplied) at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital; (10) Deputy Rabbitte — the need to discuss the implications for the safety of up to 2,000 households in the Dublin 24 and 6W areas of the warning from NTL that their telephone connections may be a fire hazard; (11) Deputy Crowe — the need for the Minister to report on the conditions under which NTL is withdrawing its services from many areas of the Dublin South West constituency; and (12) Deputy Healy — the need to commence the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme as announced by the Minister of State in April of this year.

The matters raised by Deputies O'Sullivan and Noonan, Hogan, McHugh and Rabbitte have been selected for discussion.