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 Deenihan — the restrictions on access by graduates to higher diploma in education courses in our universities; (2) Deputy Healy-Rae — the need for derogation from the licensing regulations for the small dumping sites at Killarney, Milltown, Kenmare and Cahirciveen, County Kerry; (3) Deputy McGennis — progress being made on the implementation of the Control of Horses Act, 1996 and the need to put reporting procedures in place between the Department of Agriculture and Food and the local authorities on the implementation of the Act; (4) Deputy McGinley — dúnadh monarcha Europlast ar an eastát tionscail i nGaoth Dobhair, Contae Dún na nGall, agus cailliúint 50 post, agus an gá le íocaíochtaí iomarcaíochta fiúntacha a íoc leis na hoibrithe; (5) Deputy Connaughton — the continuing hostilities in Sri Lanka and the importance of the Government volunteering to mediate in order to prevent further human rights violations and unwanted death of innocent civilians; (6) Deputy Allen — the decision to sanction the construction of a sewage treatment plant at Little Island, County Cork, despite the inspection report which indicated that the site was not the optimum one on environmental grounds; (7) Deputy Hogan — the need for a new manufacturing industry for the new business park in Kilkenny city; (8) Deputy Currie — concern over the safety of passengers travelling on trains between Dublin and Maynooth, County Kildare, via Castleknock and Clonsilla, Dublin 15; (9) Deputy Gerard Reynolds — the need to investigate the excessive revaluations which the Valuation Office is imposing on small businesses; (10) Deputy Flanagan — the view of the Minister for Finance on the highly indebted (HIPC) debts initiative following the recent annual general meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank; (11) Deputy Brendan Smith — the subject matter of Parliamentary Question No. 91 of Thursday, 20 November 1997; (12) Deputy Power — the need for urgent action following the contamination of the water supply in Castledermot, County Kildare, for the second time within a few weeks; (13) Deputy Neville — the need for an action plan for homeless children in the Eastern Health Board area; (14) Deputy Broughan — the need for a Garda inquiry into the report by EU auditors of the fraudulent use of the name of a non-existent Lucan chamber of commerce to validate beef exports for the purpose of EU subsidies; (15) Deputy Stagg — the threatened court action by British Nuclear Fuels Limited to have the case being brought against it by four Dundalk residents struck out on the grounds that they have not submitted a statement of claim, which arises from the refusal of the Government to fully fund the case; (16) Deputy Durkan — ongoing human rights abuses in Algeria as outlined by Amnesty International and the need to initiate measures at EU level with the objective of facilitating a UN commission of investigation; (17) Deputy O'Shea — the announcement that 750 jobs in Dungarvan, County Waterford, and Rathfarnham, County Dublin, will be lost as a result of the merger of Avonmore and Waterford co-operatives; (18) Deputy Barrett — the waiting lists for cardiac surgery for children at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin; (19) Deputy Finucane — the need to expedite construction on Gáelscoil O Dhubhair, Caislean Nua, Contae Luimnigh, and the date on which construction will commence; (21) Deputy Gay Mitchell — the serious situation in Algeria where it is reported that up to 80,000 people have been murdered in most dreadful atrocities.
The matters raised by Deputies O'Shea, Gerard Reynolds, Flanagan and McGinley have been selected for discussion.