I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Lynch — the need to devise a system whereby all exclusions from school are notified immediately to the Department of Education; (2) Deputy Molloy — Drochstaid Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin, An Cheathrú Rua, Contae na Gaillimhe agus na pleananna atá ann chun scoil a dhéanamh den Cholchar agus oibreacha deisiúcháin don scoil féin a chur i gcrích; (3) Deputy Seán Kenny — the grave concern expressed by the Howth Fishermen's Association regarding the impact on whelk fishing by the application to extract gravel from the seabed at the Codling Bank in the Irish Sea; (4) Deputy Quill — the action, if any, intended, to avert the proposed cancellation of EU funding for visitor centres in view of the imminent decision on the part of the EU in respect of moneys for such centres; (5) Deputy Seán Ryan — the effects of the phasing out of duty free facilities in 1999 and the need for the Government to reactivate this issue within the EU; (6) Deputy Sargent — the need to meet with Fingal County Council and various representative bodies to establish a properly resourced harbour authority for Skerries and Balbriggan prior to the vesting of the two harbours in Fingal County Council; (7) Deputy Shortall — the need to put the home help service on a proper footing in order to ensure standardisation of service and rates of pay; (8) Deputy Tom Foxe — the matter of REP scheme planners and their qualifications; (9) Deputy Callely — the need to extend the recently announced package of incentives for job creation outside the Dublin area to Dublin and in particular to areas of high unemployment within Dublin; (10) Deputy Ring — the reason the personal assistants FÁS scheme for the Centre for Independent Living in County Mayo is not going ahead in early March, even though this had been promised; (11) Deputy Lenihan — the proposal to site the alternative waste to energy facility at Ballycoolin, County Dublin.
The matters raised by Deputies Lynch, Molloy, Tom Foxe and Seán Kenny have been selected for discussion.