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 Theresa Ahearn – the urgency for additional staff to reduce the present two to three year waiting period for assessment for potential adoptive parents in south Tipperary; (2) Deputy Perry – the need to appoint a teacher to Achonry national school, County Sligo, due to the increase in the numbers in the school catchment area; (3) Deputy Ulick Burke – the need to sanction a school transport service for girls attending Seamount College, Kinvara, County Galway; (4) Deputy Durkan – the reply of the Minister for Health and Children to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 10 May 2000 regarding the application of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994; (5) Deputy Ring – the area aid application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; (6) Deputy Olivia Mitchell – the need for funding for local authorities to allow them to dispose safely of end of life cars; (7) Deputy Jim O'Keeffe – the question of decentralisation of Government offices to Bandon and other west Cork towns; (8) Deputy Sheehan – the uncertain situation appertaining to the provision of surgical services at Bantry County Hospital; (9) Deputy Upton – the need to ensure there are no reductions in resources and teaching staff in disadvantaged schools in Dublin; (10) Deputy Stanton – the need to reorganise and to provide more resources for the Health and Safety Authority in light of recent reports concerning safety in the workplace and the number of accidents and fatalities occurring.
The matters raised by Deputies Ulick Burke, Upton, Ring and Olivia Mitchell have been selected for discussion.