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: Deputy G. O'Sullivan — the serious situation in Cork regarding the Homelessness of discharged mental patients; Deputy Flaherty — if the Minister for Energy will give a report on the circumstances surrounding the loss and recovery of a container containing radioactive material; Deputy J. Higgins — the need for the Minister for Education to instruct the RTC-DIT colleges to accept the new alternative ordinary level leaving certificate mathematics course for college entry purposes; Deputy Ferris — the proposed cancellation of the Teamwork scheme and the serious implications this will have on the staffing at the special school in Cashel; Deputy Moynihan — the confusion in the farming community arising from the failure of the Department of Agriculture and Food to clarify the matter of those required to apply for a tax clearance certificate; Deputy Durkan — the subject matter of a recent report, details supplied, and whether he is satisfied that the report addresses the serious matter of excessively high insurance in the country which is exacerbated by the total absence of competition; Deputy Howlin — the totally unacceptable backlog in processing applications for driving tests and the measures proposed by the Minister for the Environment to address this backlog; Deputy Leonard — if the Minister for Agriculture and Food proposes to restructure county development teams to allow them to play a more effective role in administering integrated rural development programmes; Deputy Gilmore — if the Minister for Industry and Commerce will take any action, under the Companies Acts, to investigate the affairs of Fairford Films Ltd., Dún Laoghaire, which has closed with the loss of 31 jobs; Deputy Rabbitte — the announcement by the Minister for Health to scale back the proposed Tallaght Regional Hospital to a 350-bed unit and the implications of this decision for the catchment area to be served by the hospital; Deputy Ryan — the urgent need for a post-primary school for Castleknock, Dublin 15, given the recent decision of the Minister for Education that the area did not warrant one at this stage; Deputy McCartan — the housing crisis in the city of Dublin and the need for the Minister for the Environment to meet with the housing committee of Dublin Corporation to review the allocation to the city for housing construction in this year; Deputy Farrelly — the concern expressed by the people of Ashbourne, County Meath, at the Government failure to provide money for a second level school and where pupils are being based in schools in Dublin, Dunshaughlin and Drogheda; Deputy T. Ahearn — the failure to date by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to find a replacement industry for Digital, Clonmel, County Tipperary, where the remaining 80 employees will become redundant on 1 July 1992; Deputy Creed — to ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he accepts that there is a concerted effort by the financial institutions to lower beef prices in view of their control by that sector presently, and the impact this is having on the beef industry and particularly on winter fatteners; Deputy Allen — the situation where a retarded 14-year old boy was taken to the Bridewell Garda Station in Cork where he was detained for five hours and the refusal by the authorities to allow his parents to accompany him.
I have selected for discussion the mat-matters raised by Deputies Gilmore, Flaherty and Howlin.