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 McGuinness — the urgent need to resolve the crisis at Kilkenny VEC; (2) Deputy Deenihan — the need to advance stages 2 and 3 of the extension to a school (details supplied) to provide proper facilities for autistic children; (3) Deputy Enright — that the Minister outline the steps she intends to take to provide new school buildings at Tullamore College; (4) Deputy Gregory — the commitment made in the Dáil debate on flooding to pursue unfair treatment by insurance companies of home owners; (5) Deputy Broughan — if the Minister will use the powers available to him to take action in the current dispute at a company (details supplied); (6) Deputy Breeda Moynihan-Cronin — the need to provide the necessary funding for the provision of urgently needed facilities at a school (details supplied); (7) Deputy Finneran — that the Minister give an update on a school (details supplied) for the refurbishment and provision of extra accommodation; (8) Deputy McHugh — to discuss the ongoing difficulties and disruptions at An Post; (9) Deputy O'Shea — the need for the planned extension at Saint Mary's national school, Ballygunner, to be included in the building programme for 2005; (10) Deputy Cowley — if the Minister will take immediate steps to ameliorate the circumstances of a person (details supplied); (11) Deputy Neville — a report on service provision in the eastern region by an association (details supplied); (12) Deputy Jim O'Keeffe — that the Minister make a statement to the House on the possible imminent release of the killers of detective Garda Jerry McCabe; and (13) Deputy Crowe — the need to prevent the proposed cutting of six of only 13 emergency places for newly homeless children in the eastern region.
The matters raised by Deputies McHugh, Jim O'Keeffe, Finneran and O'Shea have been selected for discussion.