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) Peter Fitzpatrick - the loss of 102 jobs in Vodafone in Dundalk; (2) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the cost of school books; (3) Deputy Brian Stanley - the need for details of the impact of the reconfiguration of services at the three midlands hospitals at Tullamore, Portlaoise and Mullingar and any proposed curtailment in services; (4) Deputy Jim Daly - the eligibility criteria of applicants for the position of supervisors in the new tús programme; (5) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need to continue to support, resource and recognise the contribution of the arts to society and the economy; (6) Deputy Pearse Doherty - as management at Letterkenny General Hospital announces the cancellation of outpatient clinics and patients on trolleys in accident and emergency, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to intervene immediately to resolve the ongoing debacle over the completion of the crucial extension to the hospital incorporating a new accident and emergency ward and modern designed wards on the floors above it; and the further need for the Minister to act to ensure that the subcontractors owed money for works carried out at the extension are fully compensated following the Letterkenny General Hospital extension main contractors, McNamara Construction, entering into receivership; (7) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the proposed closure of the Teagasc office at Scariff, County Clare; (8) Deputy Niall Collins - the non-payment of subcontractors on a school building project at Kilfinane, County Limerick; (9) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to protect children from child abuse, drug addiction, homelessness, prostitution and severe mental problems; (10) Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív and Noel Grealish - the need to provide OPEX funding to Galway Airport for the next three years; (11) Deputy James Bannon - the need to review the by-law which has banned eel fishing here; (12) Deputy Paudie Coffey - the establishment of a university of the south east; (13) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to approve an application made by Nicker national school, Pallasgreen, County Limerick under the devolved scheme for much needed improvement works at the school; (14) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the plans that the Government has to sell Coillte; (15) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the industrial projects being contemplated to compensate for job losses in the Dundalk area of County Louth; (16) Deputy Nicky McFadden - the provision of an extension to Baylin national school, Athlone, County Westmeath; (17) Deputy Martin Ferris - school transport in rural areas; (18) Deputy David Stanton - the need for the Minister for Education and Skills to debate the importance of improving the uptake of higher level mathematics at leaving certificate level; his plans to develop his Department's policy to promote higher level mathematics to second level students; and the need for him to make a statement on the matter; (19) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - as management at Letterkenny General Hospital announces the cancellation of outpatient clinics and patients on trolleys in accident and emergency, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to intervene immediately to resolve the ongoing debacle over the completion of the crucial extension to the hospital incorporating a new accident and emergency ward and modern designed wards on the floors above it; and the further need for the Minister to act to ensure that the subcontractors owed money for works carried out at the extension are fully compensated following the Letterkenny General Hospital extension main contractors, McNamara Construction, entering into receivership; (20) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need to set up a jobs taskforce immediately for County Kerry in view of the recent job losses in Castleisland and Caherciveen which is a continuation of dramatic job reductions in the county and that the people appointed on the task force would be named and made available to communicate with all interested bodies at an early date; (21) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the future plans for St. Michael's acute psychiatric unit at the Clonmel hospital; and (22) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the need to review procedures in the passport office to ensure the delivery of a fast, effective and efficient service.

The matters raised by Deputies Bernard J. Durkan, Martin Ferris, Jim Daly and Seamus Kirk have been selected for discussion.