Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to review sentencing in view of the case earlier this week of the man who pleaded guilty to rape; (2) Deputies Stephen S. Donnelly and Arthur Spring - the need to address the parameters of the Central Bank of Ireland's code of conduct on mortgage arrears; (3) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need to count periods spent on carer's allowance towards meeting the eligibility criteria for the Momentum scheme; (4) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the matter of appointing three permanent members of the Judiciary to the Court of Criminal Appeal to allow for consistency in sentencing laws; (5) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the introduction of a healthy eating flag scheme for schools, as part of a national campaign to address childhood obesity; (6) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the decision of the Health Service Executive to recruit 1,000 nursing graduates on lower terms of employment than existing staff; (7) Deputy Ann Phelan - the need to revisit the case of the murder of Father Niall Molloy; (8) Deputy Joan Collins - the withdrawal by the HSE of funding in respect of childminder advisers; (9) Deputy Thomas Broughan - the need to revise the decision to introduce parking charges in Howth Harbour, County Dublin; (10) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the need to discuss the progress of the final report of the interdepartmental committee on Magdalene Laundries; (11) Deputy Denis Naughten - the up-to-date position on tests into the source of equine contamination in processed beef; (12) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the withdrawal by the HSE of funding in respect of childminder advisers; (13) Deputy Clare Daly - the withdrawal by the HSE of funding in respect of childminder advisers; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to introduce sentencing guidelines for judges in cases of rape and sexual assault; (15) Deputy Dara Calleary - the impact of the cuts in the household benefits allowances on older people; and (16) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the delays in completing school accommodation works at St. Anne's national school, Ardclough, County Kildare.

The matters raised by Deputies Gerald Nash, Dara Calleary, Patrick O'Donovan and Thomas Broughan have been selected for discussion