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 Theresa Ahearn — the need to designate as disadvantaged the Presentation Convent primary school, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; (2) Deputy Batt O'Keeffe — the action which the Minister for Enterprise and Employment proposes to take to ensure that 30 jobs in Irish Helicopters are saved; (3) Deputy Lynch — the need to standardise hourly wage rates for home helps in all health board areas; (4) Deputy Seán Ryan — the number of abscondments from Oberstown House, Lusk, County Dublin, over the past year and the proposals, if any, there are for improving security for the centre in view of the concerns of the local residents; (5) Deputy Lawlor — the need for a new Garda station in the greater Blanchardstown area of Dublin; (6) Deputy Short-all — the need to extend the preferential terms for the Telecom phonewatch medi system to pensioners in urban areas; (7) Deputy O'Rourke — the present position on the proposed third banking force in view of recent media reports; (8) Deputies Kenneally and John Browne (Wexford)— the delay in raising the Jenalisa which sank off Dunmore East on 4 February 1996; (9) Deputy Hugh Byrne — the need for compensation for the crews of fishing trawlers which have been decommissioned and (10) Deputy Michael McDowell — the need to end the uncertainty in relation to the future of the Trustee Savings Bank.
The matters raised by Deputies O'Rourke, Michael McDowell, Lawlor, Kenneally and John Browne (Wexford) have been selected for discussion.