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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy David Stanton - to ask the Minister for Health to debate the urgent need to open the stroke unit in Cork University Hospital as provided for in the National Stroke Programme; (2) Deputy Joe McHugh - the mapping exercise for identifying areas of the country that are not serviced with comprehensive broadband connectivity; (4) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need for regulation in the use of sun beds; (5) Deputy Heather Humphreys - the need to regulate for the permitted height of hedges and trees in privately owned gardens; (6) Deputies Denis Naughten and Robert Troy - the steps being taken on foot of the publication of the HSE audit of neglect cases in Roscommon, Waterford and Dublin; (7) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Naas, County Kildare and the wider effect that cutbacks are having on critical ambulance services around the country; (8) Deputy Eoghan Murphy - the implementation of the Smarter Transport Bill 2012; (9) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need to review the policy pursued by the Courts Service which is resulting in centralisation of court services in rural counties like Mayo; (10) Deputies Dominic Hannigan and Gerald Nash - the need to review the catch and release salmon fishing policy on the Rivers Boyne, Dee and Glyde and the Castletown river in Louth; (11) Deputy Derek Keating - to report on the Private Residential Tenancy Board, including the responsibilities and powers of the PRTB; (12) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the shortage of beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; (13) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need for the Minister for Health to honour the programme for Government commitments on home helps; (14) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to discuss the increase in day case and inpatient waiting lists; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for Gaelscoil Chluain Meala to be considered for a major funding grant; (16) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the improvement in tourist statistics; (17) Deputy Barry Cowen - the need to discuss ongoing difficulties with rubbish collection in Dublin; (18) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to secure the future of Temple Bar as a unique cultural quarter of Dublin; (19) Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins, Clare Daly and John Halligan - the need to review local property tax penalties for the self-employed; and (20) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the DART fare anomaly which exists for Greystones commuters to be reviewed and rectified.

The matters raised by Deputies Catherine Murphy, Dominic Hannigan and Gerald Nash, Denis Naughten and Robert Troy, and Derek Keating have been selected for discussion.