Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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I have notice from Senator Finucane that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Education and Science to outline when she anticipates construction will commence at Kilfinane primary school, County Limerick and the current status of this project.

I have also received notice from Senator Coghlan of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to outline the situation regarding the aggressive plant disease phythophthora ramorum, known as sudden oak death, which has the potential to devastate Ireland's oldest remaining oak woods at Derrycunnihy and Tomies and which at Torc and Ross Island has already infected 25 Rhododendron Ponticum bushes.

Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)
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Amen.

Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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I have also received notice from Senator O'Toole of the following matter:

Recognising the importance of the Owenmore Fishery, Clahane, County Kerry, the need for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to offer his support and to make every possible effort to grant aid the development of fishing beats along the lakes and river and the need to buy out the fishing rights and return them to the care and ownership of the community.

I have also received notice from Senator Browne of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health and Children to indicate the steps that are being undertaken to honour her commitment made in July 2005 to provide additional capital funding to St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny.

I have also received notice from Senator Bannon of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to clarify the position on the funding of genealogical projects by the Irish Genealogical Project, as funding of projects, other than its own, seems not to be within the remit of the IGP, precluding all other projects and effecting a situation which is adverse to the advancement of Irish genealogy as a whole.

I have also received notice from Senator Morrissey of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Transport in light of the appalling conditions experienced daily by commuters, to indicate when the Irish Rail plan, which includes the Spencer Dock station, inter-connector and spur to Dunboyne, will be funded and commenced.

I have also received notice from Senator Bradford of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to prepare an all-party and inclusive approach for the planning of the centenary of the 1916 Rising.

I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment. I have selected those raised by Senators Finucane, Coghlan and O'Toole and they will be taken at the conclusion of business. Senators Browne, Bannon, Morrissey and Bradford may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise.