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 Thomas P. Broughan - the need to protect aviation industry jobs in north and west Dublin and in the mid-west; (2) Deputy Eamon Scanlon - the proposed closure of the Stiefel plant in Sligo; (3) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the payment of the Christmas bonus to recipients of social welfare payments; (4) Deputy Martin Ferris - the loss of jobs at the BERU plant, Tralee, County Kerry; (5) Deputy Róisín Shortall - with the ongoing public concern about the levels of crime, its impact on local communities and the leniency of some sentencing, the urgent need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, as promised in the programme for Government, to provide in law for the long-promised judicial sentencing commission and ensure it is established without further delay; (6) Deputy Mary Alexandra White - the methodology to replace the culling of badgers as part of the bovine TB eradication programme; (7) Deputy Chris Andrews - the planned incinerator at Poolbeg, Dublin.

The matters raised by Deputies Thomas P. Broughan, Eamon Scanlon, Chris Andrews and Mary Alexandra White have been selected for discussion.