I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 20 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Flaherty — The reason significant numbers of workers, especially women on short term benefits, are having those benefits withdrawn despite there being no change in their working conditions as in a case (details supplied); (2) Deputy Gilmore — The Yorkshire Television documentary on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, in particular the claim that the Garda have known the identity of the bombers for the past 19 years, and whether the Minister for Justice will agree to establish an inquiry into the matter; (3) Deputy Mulvihill — The 450 jobs promised in 1990 when Damen Shipyards took over Verolme Cork Dockyard, none of which were ever realised; and the need for action in the matter; (4) Deputy Molloy — The confusion among salmon driftnet fishermen in the Ballinakill fishery district over the new interpretation of section 5 of by-law 675 No. 10 (1) which is now prohibiting boats of 26 feet or under from fishing in the waters of Ballinakill district within a distance of 100 metres from the shore as heretofore; (5) Deputy Quill — Whether the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications intends to introduce appropriate measures to enable voluntary organisations to benefit from the Telecom Eireann subsidy and to help them to meet the increased costs of local telephone calls due to be introduced from September 1993; (6) Deputy Ned O'Keeffe — The danger of bungee jumping, as recently highlighted at the Cork summer show; (7) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)— The refusal, on appeal, to rectify the assessment of means for self-employed people who have been assessed with a notional income based on the previous year's earnings; (8) Deputy Dermot Ahern — The release of Mr. John Matthews and his subsequent exclusion from Britain; (9) Deputy Allen — The exclusion order made by the UK authorities against Mr. John Matthews even though all charges against him have been dropped; (10) Deputy Deenihan — The disadvantage to students who sat the 1992 junior certificate woodwork theory paper through Irish as the paper was riddled with mistakes; and the lack of any corrective action by the Department of Education; (11) Deputy McGrath — The need to retain the third assistant teacher at Ballymore national school, County Westmeath because of the increase in pupil numbers at that school and (12) Deputies Harney and Michael McDowell — The steps, if any, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs intends to take to ensure the exclusion order made by the British Home Secretary against Mr. John Matthews is lifted.
The matters raised by the following Deputies have been selected for discussion: Deputies Harney and Michael McDowell; John Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny); Eamon Gilmore and Mulvihill.