Brendan Howlin (Wexford, 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 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to provide funding for the restoration of Kilbixy church, County Westmeath, through the Heritage Council and other heritage available grants for this essential heritage project; (2) Deputy Seymour Crawford - the urgent need for the Minister to devise a support package for the pig industry in light of the fact that feed prices have increased dramatically yet product prices have decreased significantly, putting significant pressure on the profit and above all the cashflow of the industry, and the urgent need to sort out the long promised banking structure for the sector; (3) Deputy Pádraic McCormack - the need to protect subcontractors when main contractors go into examinership; (4) Deputy Simon Coveney - to need for the Minister for Finance to outline the rationale behind ending the tax incentive on patent royalties which has encouraged spending on research and development in the Irish economy and to explain the decision to backdate that change for several weeks; (5) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - to need for the Minister for Finance to debate the reduction or suspension in the disbursal of national lottery funds in light of the continued popularity of the scheme and fact that sales have increased by 20% during the past three years; (6) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim - the need to investigate mortgage systems; (7) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the need to address waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment in Cork; (8) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need to address the planned move of the ambulance control centre from County Mayo; (9) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to ensure that the ESB and Bord Gáis stop hounding people with whom they have agreements to pay arrears; and (10) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to house the 100,000 people on social housing waiting lists.

The matters raised by Deputies Pádraic McCormack, Thomas McEllistrim, Deirdre Clune and John O'Mahony have been selected for discussion.