Brendan Howlin (Wexford, 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 Joe Costello — the need to update the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to ensure multiple sclerosis patients can avail of the best treatment under medical prescription; (2) 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 of the people of counties 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; (3) Deputy Willie Penrose — the need to ensure progress on the new school building for Athlone community college; (4) Deputy Pat Breen — the exclusion of the air navigation transport pre-clearance Bill from the Government's legislative programme for the summer session 2008 and the urgent need for the Minister for Transport to have the heads of the Bill approved by Government as the delay in proceeding with this project is placing Shannon Airport at a serious disadvantage; (5) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd — to discuss the OECD report in relation to the health reform plan for hospitals in the north east; (6) Deputies Martin Ferris and P. J. Sheehan — the scale of illegal fishing by non-Irish vessels in Irish waters; (7) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — the construction of a new national school at Ballygarvan, County Cork; (8) Deputy Olwyn Enright — the need to provide permanent school accommodation for a Gaelscoil in Portlaoise; and (9) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the closure of Tralee refugee support services drop-in centre, 7 Ashe Street, Tralee, County Kerry, because of the failure of the Office of the Minister for Integration to approve the necessary funding to continue the very essential services provided by the centre, mostly on a voluntary basis.

The matters raised by Deputies Martin Ferris and P. J. Sheehan, Willie Penrose, Ciarán Lynch and Olwyn Enright have been selected for discussion.