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 Perry – the announcement of the national ban on coal and petcoke; (2) Deputy Sargent – the links between a major investor in security at Sellafield and this same person's factory being bombed in Sudan by the United States; (3) Deputy Neville – the situation at Pallaskenry national school; (4) Deputy Gregory – the lack of speech and language services for 22 children in need of speech therapy at St. Vincent's infant boys school, North William Street, Dublin 1; (5) Deputy Fleming – the loss of 40 jobs at Stonearch Limited, Abbeyleix; (6) Deputy Broughan – the need to provide funding for a national seal sanctuary in Donabate, Fingal; (7) Deputy Higgins (Dublin West) – the need for a decision on funding for improvements at Huntstown national school, Dublin 15.
The matters raised by Deputies Fleming, Neville, Higgins and Perry have been selected for discussion.