Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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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 Tom Hayes - the need to address the pollution of the River Suir; (2) Deputy Cyprian Brady - the need to maintain services provided by the Daughters of Charity, Navan Road, Dublin; (3) Deputy James Bannon - the need to maintain the existing school transport service to a person in County Longford; (4) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to provide adequate resources to maintain respite services for persons with a disability; (5) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the Milltown and Claregalway sewerage schemes, County Galway; (6) Deputy Pat Breen - the future of the newly refurbished dementia unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare and the need to lift the moratorium on employment to allow for the filling of the positions so that this facility can open immediately; (7) Deputies Noel J. Coonan and Paul Connaughton - the need to implement a flood relief scheme in respect of The Mall, Templemore town, County Tipperary and on the River Dunkellin, County Galway; (8) Deputy Joe Costello - the reason so many applications for renewal of medical cards are being refused under the new system and particularly in the constituency of Dublin Central; (9) Deputy Seán Sherlock - the need to ensure that the capacity to deliver acute services at Mallow General Hospital, County Cork, is not undermined under the reconfiguration process; (10) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to provide capital funding in order to assist the northside swimming pool, Coolock, Dublin 17 to remain open; (11) Deputy Shane McEntee - the withdrawal of the planning application by Eirgrid and its dramatic impact on the oral public hearing process having spent almost €20 million preparing it over a three year period; (12) Deputy Mary Upton - the need to maintain services in the Laurel Ward, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; and (13) Deputy Ulick Burke - that all retail commercial valuations be reduced by at least 25% nationally by local authorities for the next four to five years in order to give struggling business a chance to survive the current economic situation and prevent further job losses.

The matters raised by Deputies Coonan and Connaughton, Naughten, Upton, and Bannonhave been selected for discussion.