I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given to me under Standing Order 20 (3) (a) and the names of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Boylan — the announcement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Brooke, that he intends closing the jointly manned crossing points on the Fermanagh-Cavan Border during the hours of darkness; (2) Deputy Therese Ahearn — the deplorable conditions under which the gardaí are operating at Carrick-on-Suir Garda Station; (3) Deputy Ferris — the continuing crisis in the services for persons with a mental handicap, including the urgent need for the placement of persons in need, and the underfunding of existing services; (4) Deputy McGahon — the reason permission was refused to a prisoner in Portlaoise prison to attend his mother's funeral; (5) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)— the failure of the Minister for Agriculture and Food to implement the regulations covering the Abattoirs Act, as promised in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 17 May 1990, thus depriving county councils of the legal powers to collect fees for the work of veterinary inspectors; (6) Deputy McCartan — the Darndale refurbishment scheme, with particular reference to the delay in its programme and the serious undermining of the project as a result of that delay; (7) Deputy Nealon — the difficulties facing 20 civil servants working with the Land Commisison throughout the country who have now been ordered to take up new duties in Dublin in the next two weeks; (8) Deputy Garland — the need for the immediate publication of the Report on Mental Handicap; (9) Deputy G. Reynolds — the progress that has been made throught the Anglo-Irish Agreement for the opening of cross-Border roads between Leitrim and Northern Ireland; (1) Deputy Cullimore — if the Minister for Industry and Commerce will inform the House of the findings of the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trade following his investigation into the way in which the leading supermarkets funded the recent voucher schemes; (11) Deputy Ryan — the sanctioning by the Minister for the Environment of the necessary finance to construct a 30 family halting site at Mulhuddart, County Dublin, given the opposition of the local residents, local Catholic deanery and the jailing of three residents who were opposing the proposal; and (12) Deputy Gilmore — the Government plans to reduce the long waiting lists for local authority housing.
I wish to inform the House that I have selected for discussion the matters raised by the following Deputies: Deputies Boylan, Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) and McCartan.