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 Sheehan — the proposed closure of Dunmanus national school, Goleen, County Cork, without consultation with the board of management or the parents of the pupils concerned; the reason the Minister for Education did not give consideration to the amalgamation of this school with Goleen national school which is in the same catchment area; and whether she is now prepared to offer free transport to Goleen national school to the pupils concerned; (2) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)— the unfair treatment of self-employed people, in particular tradesmen, who seek unemployment assistance and are assessed with a totally unrealistic theoretical income; (3) Deputy B. O'Keeffe — the need for the Minister for Health to approve functional jaw orthopaedics as a means of reducing the waiting list for orthodontal treatment and also as a means of reducing the cost to parents; (4) Deputy Ó Cuív — the need for the Minister for Education to provide finance for the modification of buses bringing children to Scoil Cait-ríona, Renmore, Galway so as to facilitate access for children in wheelchairs; (5) Deputy Molloy — the growing concern of Digital Limited employees in Galway at the delay in announcing improvements in the tax treatment of redundancy lump sums within the current tax code; (6) Deputy J. O'Keeffe — the reason for the delay in the repair and improvement of the pier at Union Hall, County Cork; (7) Deputy Crawford — the plans, if any, the Minister for Justice has to erect a new Garda station at Scots-town, County Monaghan, in view of the fact that the site was acquired over 30 years ago; (8) Deputy S. Ryan — the imminent danger to hundreds of miles of coastline and the need to seek EC funding for a coastal protection and management programme as a matter of urgency; (9) Deputy T. Ahearn — the increasingly serious overcrowding problem which exists at the Christian Brothers High School, Clonmel, County Tipperary; (10) Deputy Quill — the current position in relation to the suspension of the importation of partly grown osyters from France; the steps, if any, which are being taken to remove the offending oysters and other species from Irish waters; and the overall policy on the matter; and (11) Deputy J. Mitchell — the urgent need for funding to replace windows in certain Dublin inner city flat complexes (details supplied) and the position in relation to the reported £1 million pounds set aside for this purpose in this year's budget.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by Deputies Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny), Crawford and Quill.