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 McDowell – the decision by the Minister for Education and Science to terminate the three year infant cycle in St. Joseph's co-ed primary school, East Wall Road, Dublin 3; (2) Deputy Naughten – the need to approve funding for a language unit in County Roscommon; (3) Deputy Matt Brennan – the delay in commencement of work on a one-stop-shop for local authority and social services in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; (4) Deputy Perry – the destruction of dunes and the removal of trees in a special area of conservation at Classicbawn Castle and estate, Mullaghmore, County Sligo; (5) Deputy Quinn – the need for the Minister for Public Enterprise to authorise CIE to dispose of surplus land at Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, to the city housing initiative without going to public tender; (6) Deputy McGinley – the hardship to students attending full-time courses in institutes of further and higher education in Northern Ireland and Britain due to currency exchange rates; (7) Deputy Fitzgerald – the crisis in private rented accommodation in the Dublin area and (8) Deputy Jim Higgins – the circumstances surrounding the transfer of a liquor licence at a private court sitting to a person (details supplied).
The matters raised by Deputies Quinn, Naughten, Jim Higgins and McGinley have been selected for discussion.