Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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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 Costello — the need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to outline his plans to prevent flooding along the River Tolka and the Royal Canal; (2) Deputy Sherlock — the implications for labour relations and employment policy of the decision of Galtee Meats Limited in Mitchelstown to ask workers to cut their pay; (3) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the need to ascertain whether the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform proposes to continue to provide financial support for the Tír na nÓg child care facility in Ballydesmond, County Cork; (4) Deputy Kirk — the need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to state whether he will initiate a review of section 25(1) of the Church Temporalities Act 1869; (5) Deputy Keaveney — the need for a scheme of ongoing funding for playgrounds; (6) Deputy Pat Breen — the extent to which the recent guidelines issued to local authorities for sustainable rural housing extend to other bodies which may have a policy of objecting to one-off housing; (7) Deputy Ring — the need for the Minister of Education and Science to state whether discussions have taken place about the acquisition of a site for Gaelscoil na Cruaiche in Westport; (8) Deputy Seán Ryan — the need to provide a metro line to Dublin Airport, with an extension to Swords and a new station at Spencer Dock; (9) Deputy Cowley — the need for the Minister for Finance to intervene to correct an anomaly whereby older people are being included in a Revenue Commissioners trawl that goes back 25 years; (10) Deputy Connolly — the need for the extension of the rural transport initiative to serve north Monaghan; and (11) Deputy Neville — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to respond to a report, Perceptions of Ageism in Health and Social Services in Ireland.

The matters raised by Deputies Keaveney, Cowley, Sherlock and Ring have been selected for discussion.