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 name of the Member in each case:
(1) Deputy Ted Nealon — The unfit condition of accommodation in St. Edward's national school, Sligo, and the threat by parents to withdraw pupils from the school in protest against the delay on starting work on a new school.
(2) Deputy Nora Owen — If the Minister for Finance will instruct the Commissioner for Valuation to reconsider the manner in which he currently assesses rateable valuation on commercial properties in County Dublin.
(3) Deputy Charles Flanagan — The need to review the system of means testing for small farmers dole in the light of ever declining farm incomes.
(4) Deputy John Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)— The medical standards required by the Civil Service Commission in relation to eye sight and if the same standards apply to semi-State companies.
(5) Deputy Dinny McGinley — The serious situation that has developed in Glenties comprehensive school, County Donegal, where industrial action is planned from Wednesday, 20 March which threatens the closure of the school, and the steps the Minister intends to take to defuse the situation.
(6) Deputy Roger Garland — The recent reports that European Court proceedings are imminent against this country for non-compliance with an EC Directive on the protection of wild birds.
(7) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — The deplorable condition of county roads in Kerry and the failure of the Minister for the Environment to provide extra funding for roads in Kerry for 1991.
(8) Deputy Richard Bruton — The Minister for Health's plans to compensate the 103 haemophiliacs who have been infected with the HIV virus through blood transfusion.
(9) Deputy Jim Kemmy — The high rate of vandalism to Limerick Corporation houses at Glenagross Park, Moyross, County Limerick, resulting in the boarding up of 38 dwellings.
(10) Deputy Michael Finucane — The ongoing delay in the provision of two extra classrooms for Kilcarnan primary school at County Limerick and also the necessity to refurbish the existing school.
(11) Deputy Eric Byrne — The failure to roster public service vehicle inspectors for duty at weekends and the effects of this in hampering the Garda actions in improving road safety standards.
(12) Deputy Pat McCartan — The restoration of walkie talkie radios to mobile patrol members of An Gharda Síochána while on duty in the Dublin area.
(13) Deputy Eamon Gilmore — The failure of the Minister for the Environment to notify local authorities of their 1991 housing allocations.
(14) Deputy Joe Sherlock — The reduction in the hours of the care attendance scheme operated by the Irish Wheelchair Association for handicapped and disabled people and their families due to funding cutbacks by the Southern Health Board.
(15) Deputy Proinsias De Rossa — The failure of the Minister for the Environment to carry out an environmental impact study on the effects on the people of Collins Avenue-Ballymun-Glasnevin areas of Dublin, of the Sillogue interchange on the northern cross route, Dublin.
(16) Deputy John Browne (Wexford)— The serious escalation of crime and robberies in the Bunclody area of County Wexford over the past six months, and the urgent need to have a Garda sergeant re-appointed in Bunclody.
(17) Deputy Bernard Allen — The 5 per cent increase in the number of people drawing unemployment assistance in February 1991 over the figures for February 1990 in the Cork city area and the Government's failure to deal with the problem.
(18) Deputy Toddy O'Sullivan — Subject matter of Question No. 104 of 12 March 1991 regarding a waiting list in excess of one year for out-patient orthopaedic appointments at Cork Regional Hospital.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by the following Deputies: (1) Deputy Proinsias De Rossa, (2) Deputy Richard Bruton and (3) Deputy Toddy O'Sullivan.
