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 Byrne - the availability and improvement of respite services for intellectually and physically disabled people of County Meath and their families; (2) Deputy John O'Donoghue - the need to extend the season for licensed passenger boats carrying people to the Skelligs Rock; (3) Deputy John Cregan - the need to provide adequate drug prevention and drug treatment facilities in Newcastle West and Kilmallock, County Limerick; (4) Deputy Michael McGrath - the need for the HSE to address urgently the issue of orthopaedic waiting lists in Cork; (5) Deputy Pat Breen - the recent closure of respite facilities by the Brothers of Charity in Limerick, the implications of this decision for people with special needs and their families and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to provide immediate funding to have this facility reopened immediately; (6) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide a new community college for Kilbeggan, County Westmeath; (7) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to resolve the problems in the accident and emergency unit at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and (8) Deputy Joe McHugh - the livelihoods of salmon fishermen in Lough Foyle and the depletion of salmon stocks upstream in the rivers Mourne, Faughan, Roe and Finn.

The matters raised by Deputies John O'Donoghue, Joe Costello, John Cregan and Joe McHugh have been selected for discussion.