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 Cowley — to ask the Minister the reason the HSA is not investigating the circumstances of a fatal accident in which a person (details supplied) was killed on 22 December 2004 in County Mayo; (2) Deputy Breeda Moynihan-Cronin — the need for funding to provide child care centres in Ballyferriter, Lispole and Ventry in County Kerry; (3) Deputy Boyle — the need for the Minister to address the crisis in the provision of health services in the Cork region caused by the second resignation of a consultant from Cork City Hospital; (4) Deputy McGuinness — the urgent need to discuss the MRSA crisis; (5) Deputy Finian McGrath — the victimisation of the staff employed by the company GMV; (6) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the lack of progress on the acquisition of a site from the Department of Defence for a school (details supplied) and the reasons for this delay; (7) Deputy Seán Ryan — the need for resources to be made available in a school (details supplied) to provide a language class in September; (8) Deputy Cooper-Flynn — to discuss the reduction by Iarnród Éireann of its freight container business and the implications for the development of industry in the BMW region; (9) Deputy Morgan — that the Minister make a statement on reports of discoveries of asbestos in housing built here in the 1970s and early 1980s; and (10) Deputy Eamon Ryan — if the Minister will outline whether his Department has entered discussions with Iarnród Éireann on the future of rail freight in Ireland.

The matters raised by Deputies McGuinness, Breeda Moynihan-Cronin, Seán Ryan and Morgan have been selected for discussion.