I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 20 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Crowley — the need to assign additional staff to the Land Registry to alleviate major delays in the transfer of property which are causing problems in both the commercial and private sectors; (2) Deputy Crawford — the provision of funding for a water supply to Monaghan town, either by north Monaghan deep well systems or from the existing Kilkitt scheme in Mid-Monaghan, and when this scheme will begin; (3) Deputy F. Fitzgerald — the failure to enforce the Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act, 1988 in respect of the sale of cigarettes to underage children; (4) Deputy Carey — the delay in publishing the Shannon Task Force report having regard to the fact that the task force was set up in 1992 to promote the airport and despite the completion of a number of feasibility studies; (5) Deputy Noonan (Limerick East)— the steps being taken to ensure the safety of a person who is at present working with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Gorazde; (6) Deputy Deasy — the need to take steps to improve the present unsatisfactory level of community welfare service in Dungarvan, County Waterford; (7) Deputy Yates — the Government's proposals for a new domestic charge involving a merger between residential property tax and local service charges, arising out of comments made by the Taoiseach at a recent Irish Management Institute Conference in Killarney and subsequent confirmation that work on this proposal is underway in the Department of Finance; (8) Deputy Quill — the urgent necessity for the free availability of screening for breast cancer; (9) Deputy Deenihan — the difficulty experienced by a number of US citizens who have applied for naturalisation here having lived here for some time and whose applications have been rejected by the Department of Justice and (10) Deputy Gilmore — the need for the Government to make representations to the US Authorities regarding the difficulties encountered by young Irish people in obtaining non-immigrant visas to visit the United States. The matters raised by Deputies Crowley, Carey, Frances Fitzgerald and Quill have been selected for discussion.
