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 Bill Cotter — the danger of pollution in Monalty Lake, Carrickmacross, the water source for a group water scheme; (2) Deputy Mervyn Taylor — the present position regarding the Tallaght Hospital Project, Tallaght, County Dublin; (3) Deputy Mary Flaherty — the subject matter of Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 16 October 1991 regarding ongoing radioactive pollution of the Irish Sea; (4) Deputy Alan Dukes — the reports that the abattoir at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, is to be let by the Minister for Defence to a commercial operator and reopened for the slaughter of livestock; (5) Deputy Seán Barrett — the present courts strike; (6) Deputy Éamon Gilmore — the case of a 24 year old woman who wishes to attend a family wedding in New York on 16 November and who has been twice refused a visitor's visa by the United States Embassy; (7) Deputy Pat Rabbitte — the urgent matter of the construction of the Tallaght regional hospital; (8) Deputy Pat McCartan — that consideration be given to granting a pardon to Nicky Kelly in view of the new evidence that has emerged on a recent RTE programme; (9) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the need for controls on the parking of caravans and mobile homes on roadsides and other public properties; (10) Deputy John Connor — the recent report in the media detailing the accumulation of a private collection of archaeological items and treasures excavated in contravention of the National Monuments Acts; (11) Deputy Bernard Durkan — if the Minister for Education will urgently review the need to provide for extra accommodation and other facilities at a number of post-primary schools in County Kildare and (12) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the crisis in the Circuit and District Courts as a result of the dispute involving the upgrading of clerical officers and clerical assistants and the resultant chaos in our legal system.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by the following Deputies: (1) Deputy Seán Barrett; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan and (3) Deputy Pat McCartan.