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 Wall — if the Minister is aware of the problems being encountered by a school (details supplied) in relation to the lack of facilities and personnel; (2) Deputy Ó Snodaigh — the need for the Government to respond to the increasingly widespread belief among local communities that tackling the drugs issue is no longer a political priority; (3) Deputy Pat Breen — why Shannon Development is not included in the central applications office website for the Government's proposed decentralisation plans; (4) Deputy Cowley — the reason the Minister for Health and Children did not appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to answer concerns about the Hollywood radiotherapy report; (5) Deputy Sargent — the need for the Government to indicate how it expects schools to take seriously the promotion of 2004 as Year of Sport in Education when schools are denied necessary grant aid for temporary accommodation; and (6) Deputy Gregory — the issue of young children as young as ten and 12 years being drawn into drug dealing near Lourdes House in Dublin 1 and no adequate response from the educational welfare officers.
The matters raised by Deputies Wall, Gregory, Cowley and Ó Snodaigh have been selected for discussion.