Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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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 Michael Healy-Rae - the need to reintroduce the excise duty rebate in respect of diesel to coach operators; (2) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Social Protection to restore funding to the Lough Ree development co-operative under the Pobal CSP scheme; (3) Deputies Brendan Smith, Heather Humphreys, Joe O'Reilly, Frank Feighan and Seán Conlan - the need to protect employment in the Quinn Group; (4) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - to ask the Minister to provide a statement on the recent winding up order on the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin 7 and outline the steps the Government can take to preserve this cultural amenity; (5) Deputy Gerry Adams - the need for the Minister for Health and Children to establish a full public inquiry into the practice of symphysiotomies in hospitals under the care of the State; (6) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - to review a decision of the HSE to close, on a temporary basis, a surgical ward and operating theatre at Croom Hospital, County Limerick; (7) Deputy Tom Fleming - to immediately reverse the decision of the previous Government to abolish the three posts of the only DEIS rural teacher co-ordinators in County Kerry who cover a total of 15 schools in the county; (8) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to establish a task force to fully examine the pyrite problem affecting many homes throughout the country; and (9) Deputy Brian Stanley - the number of premises the State is renting or leasing as part of the decentralisation programme.

The matters raised by Deputies Brian Stanley; Brendan Smith, Heather Humphreys, Joe O'Reilly, Frank Feighan and Seán Conlan, and Brendan Ryan have been selected for discussion.