Jack Wall (Kildare South, 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 John O'Mahony — the very worrying ongoing dispute between the IPU and the HSE and to ask the Minister what contingency plans she has to ensure the public have access to their medicines after 1 May; (2) Deputy Joe McHugh — to ask if the HSE has received notices of withdrawal from contracts from pharmacists, if the Minister will outline the details of the HSE's contingency plans to ensure patients get access to medicines, especially in rural areas, and if she will indicate what steps, if any, are being taken to try to resolve the dispute; (3) Deputy Dinny McGinley — the critical situation in Scoil Mhuire, Stranorlar, County Donegal, due to lack of space, inadequate facilities, overcrowding and the urgent need to replace the same school as soon as possible; (4) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan — the need to provide extra beds and community teams for child and adolescent psychiatry; (5) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the delay in appointing design team consultants for the proposed new school at Blennerville, Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); (6) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister to give the go-ahead for Ballymahon vocational school's refurbishment project to go to tender without further procrastination or reconsideration on her part and if she will make a statement on the matter; (7) Deputy Denis Naughten — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline her plans for the provision of acute medical and surgical care to the people of Roscommon, Galway, Westmeath, Longford, Leitrim and Offaly following the HSE decision to close the inpatient surgery and accident departments at Roscommon County Hospital and transfer them to Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, on an interim basis; (8) Deputy Dan Neville — funding for A Vision for Change; (9) Deputy Willie Penrose — the serious implications for employment and the general economy in the midlands of the appointment of a liquidator to Iralco Limited, Collinstown, and the consequent threat to 420 jobs and the urgent need for the Minister and the industrial development agencies to support all efforts being taken by the liquidator to ensure the continued operation of the plant as a going concern; (10) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the situation facing Monaghan General Hospital and Cavan General Hospital; (11) Deputy Chris Andrews — that the Minister should introduce the sale of flats scheme as a matter of urgency and give a timeframe for its introduction and outlines the reasons for its delay; (12) Deputy Joanna Tuffy — the need for the speech therapist's position at Ronanstown health centre, which fell vacant in October 2007 during the HSE recruitment embargo, to be filled as a matter or urgency; (13) Deputy Thomas Byrne — the need for improvements in maternity services in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; (14) Deputy Ulick Burke — the needs of the BOM, staff and pupils of Eglish national school, Ahascragh, County Galway, the immediate replacement of the school and in the interest of health and safety to provide temporary accommodation in the meantime (details supplied); (15) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — the urgent need for the Minister to address current anomalies in the regulation of public service vehicles, in particular limousines, and to publish the recent report on the matter by the Road Safety Authority; (16) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — the plans of the Minister for Health and Children to resolve the dispute with pharmacists to ensure the public can have access to medicines under all community drug schemes; and (17) Deputy Alan Shatter — the need to comply with the Children First guidelines as detailed in the final report of the review inquiry into the Doctor A case.

The matters raised by Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Thomas Byrne and Alan Shatter have been selected for discussion.