Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Simon Harris and Andrew Doyle - the need for an engineering and maintenance review of the N11; (2) Deputy Robert Dowds - the need to use the local property tax as a planning tool to encourage good development; (3) Deputies Jim Daly, Éamon Ó Cuív and Michael Moynihan - the need to assist farmers with the current fodder shortage crisis; (4) Deputy Pat Deering - the implications of proposed cuts to Carlow regional youth work services; (5) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for more beds to be opened at West Kerry Community Hospital; (6) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the implications of the decision not to appeal the Northern Ireland High Court's decision to quash the A5 and the future of the project; (7) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the increased level of detention in the United States of undocumented Irish citizens; (8) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need for the dangers posed by liquid detergent capsules to be clearly identified and redressed; (9) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the introduction of parking charges at Howth Harbour, Dublin; (10) Deputy Michael McNamara - hunger strikes in Guantanamo and the ongoing detention of prisoners cleared for release; (11) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need for parallel youth fora to be incorporated into the existing JPC structure; (12) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need for protections for rent supplement and rental accommodation scheme tenants who face eviction due to the financial difficulties of their landlords; (13) Deputy Mick Wallace - the unease between Government and the Judiciary which is a matter of national importance; (14) Deputy Clare Daly - the relationship between the Government and the Judiciary; (15) Deputy Barry Cowen - the delay in construction of new accommodation for Scoil Bhríde, Edenderry and Gaelscoil Eadon Doire, County Offaly; (16) Deputy Billy Kelleher - delays in breast cancer surgery at Cork University Hospital; (17) Deputy Seamus Kirk - payment facilities for owners of multiple properties to pay the property tax; (18) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the widely reported comments over the past number of days by a prominent member of the Judiciary on judicial independence in the country; and (19) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the need for improved guidance and information for home-owners to assist them in valuing their properties for the purposes of the local property tax.

The matters raised by Deputies Jim Daly, Éamon Ó Cuív and Michael Moynihan, Deputy Ciara Conway, Deputies Simon Harris and Andrew Doyle, and Deputy Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion.