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 Kelly — the proposal by Cork County Council to sell a portion of land at Gurteenard, Kanturk, County Cork, which cost approximately £24,000, for the nominal sum of £1,000 to a private individual; and if the Minister for the Environment will investigate the position; (2) Deputy Gregory — the need to have a remedial teacher sanctioned for St. Paul's primary school, North Brunswick Street, Dublin, now the only Dublin inner city school serving a severely disadvantaged area without a remedial teacher; (3) Deputy Connaughton — the danger to people living in the village of Kilrickle, near Loughrea, County Galway, due to traffic passing at great speed through the village and if the Minister for the Environment will take action in conjunction with Galway County Council to remedy this situation; (4) Deputy G. Mitchell — if the Minister for the Environment will take urgent steps to deal with the problem faced by Dublin Corporation who now have up to 400 squatters at any given time, displacing those who have been waiting patiently on the housing list for accommodation, and if he will bring in new legislation to deal with the problem in view of the fact that it can take between 12 and 18 months to deal with each case, under the current procedures and court rules; (5) Deputy Flaherty — the failure to provide funding to construct the north city arterial water main, phases 2B, 3 and 4, which is causing severe difficulties with water supply and development on Dublin's north side; (6) Deputy Taylor — the difficulties of the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin; (7) Deputy T. Ahearn — the critical situation in the Christian Brothers' high school, Clonmel, County Tipperary, due to overcrowding, causing 87 students to be refused entry this year, and where lack of facilities is resulting in severe hardship to students and teachers and enormous stress and strain on parents whose children are refused a school place; (8) Deputy Dukes — the question of the appointment of a director-designate for Teagasc, in the context of section 7 of the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988; (9) Deputy De Rossa — the need for a youth encounter project in Ballymun to cater for children who have dropped out of school; (10) Deputy Sherlock — the reasons the Department of Education, having advised the board of management of Ballyclough national school, County Cork, to advertise for tenders for an extension to relieve serious overcrowding, did not approve the tender; (11) Deputy Moynihan — the urgency of having a resource teacher appointed to cater for handicapped children in the Dingle, County Kerry area and (12) Deputy Shatter — the intervention of the Tánaiste in the selection of the Irish Olympic team and the attempt made to pressurise the Olympic Council with regard to the selection being made.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by Deputies Sherlock, Moynihan and Dukes.