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 Kehoe — to ask the Minister if she is aware of the condition of New Ross elderly day care centre; (2) Deputy Costello — the need for the Minister to explain the redesignation of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) on the Garda PULSE computer system; (3) Deputy Michael D. Higgins — the need for protection under the social welfare system of migrant workers affected by sudden closures in the construction industry; (4) Deputy Deenihan — the shortfall of funding for additional places in the intellectual disability sector in County Kerry for 2005; (5) Deputy Breeda Moynihan-Cronin — the need for funding for the establishment of a sexual assault treatment unit at Kerry General Hospital; (6) Deputy Finian McGrath — the potential loss of the 12th classroom teacher at Scoil Mhuire Marino, Griffith Avenue, Dublin; (7) Deputy Crawford — the urgent need for the Minister to provide adequate resource and remedial teaching hours to small rural schools; (8) Deputy Fiona O'Malley — to ask the Minister to undertake a review of the electoral register system given the high level of inaccuracies; (9) Deputy Carey — the need to review the impact of the policy decision on the probation and welfare service village project in Finglas, Dublin 11; (10) Deputy Hayes — to ask the Minister about progress on the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools; (11) Deputy Wall — to ask the Minister if she is aware of the concerns of special needs assistants in the Kildare area; (12) Deputy McManus — the serious implications for the VHI of the decision of the Minister not to proceed with the planned introduction of risk equalisation in the health insurance sector; (13) Deputy O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister to introduce clear and fair procedures for the employment and retention of special needs assistants; (14) Deputy Stagg — to ask the Minister if she is aware of the concerns of special needs assistants in the Kildare area; (15) Deputy Neville — the first annual report of the Ombudsman for Children; (16) Deputy Sherlock — the need for the Minister to make a statement on biofuels production given the proposed changes in the sugar regime; (17) Deputy Lowry — to ask the Minister if the lack of inward investment in north Tipperary has been drawn to his attention; (18) Deputy Cuffe — the need for the Minister to address the difficulties, particularly those of a regulatory nature, facing small food producers; (19) Deputy Broughan — the need for the Minister to ensure that the universal service postal obligation is discharged by An Post in all parts of Ireland; (20) Deputy Stanton — to ask the Minister if she will investigate the situation of a person (details supplied) whose bed in Beaumont Hospital was cancelled; (21) Deputy Sargent — the need for the Minister to ensure that companies contracted by the public and private sectors operate bill payment obligations in a prompt and proper way; and (22) Deputy Glennon — the situation surrounding the apparent miscarriage of justice in the case of a person (details supplied) and the efforts to have the case reviewed by the British authorities.
The matters raised by Deputies Neville, Michael D. Higgins, Sargent and Carey have been selected for discussion.