The following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 were received by the Ceann Comhairle, and this is a list of the names of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Farrelly – the position in relation to the provision of remedial teachers; (2) Deputy Jim Higgins –the need for the Minister for Health and Children to grant the appeal for a licence for a pharmacy in Knock; (3) Deputy Broughan – the urgent need to provide for the continuance of the butter voucher scheme given its importance to families on low incomes; (4) Deputy Finucane – the need to provide funding to the Office of Public Works to enable river improvement work at Dromcullogher, County Limerick; (5) Deputy Wall – the provision of funding to the hyperactive attention deficit disorder and the attention deficit disorder support groups; (6) Deputy Keaveney – the need to convene a forum on the future of the textile industry in County Donegal; (7) Deputy Upton – the need for an urgent investigation into price disparities in home insurance premia; (8) Deputy Ring – the need to review the fees paid to those employed by the health boards who derive their incomes from fees for registrations and issuing certificates; (9) Deputy O. Mitchell – the need to amend the current ministerial taxi policy in order to overcome the impasse on the issue of taxi licences in Dublin; (10) Deputies O'Shea and M. Higgins – the reported proposal to sell the broadcasting transmission system; (11) Deputy Perry – the inclusion in the town renewal scheme of Bellaghy, County Sligo; (12) Deputy McGennis – the need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to initiate an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in London.
The matters raised by Deputies Finucane, Jim Higgins, Ring, O'Shea and M. Higgins have been selected for discussion.