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 Broughan — the status of the Minister's initiative for An Post and the plan for the resolution of these issues; (2) Deputy Pat Breen — that the Minister would intervene in the current negotiations between the Dublin Airport Authority and Shannon Airport workers to effect a resolution following the latest failure to reach agreement and that, as part of that process, the Minister would commit to a date for implementing the economic and tourism development plan for the airport and region as part of that process; (3) Deputy Burton — the provision of more language resource teachers for schools in Dublin west and other areas for large numbers of international pupils with limited or no English and if the Minister is aware of the considerable difficulties this is causing for all pupils and teachers in such schools and for teachers contrary to repeated promises and undertakings made by the Minister and her officials to address this urgent problem; (4) Deputy Catherine Murphy — the size of apartments being offered under the affordable housing scheme in some parts of the country and the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to insist that local authorities get a better housing mix together with anticipating the issues that will arise with large numbers living long term in apartment complexes; (5) Deputy Ferris — the unemployment situation in Tralee; and (6) Deputy Gormley — the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to clarify the position of the Government in respect of the incinerator in Ringsend in light of statements issued yesterday by both the Minister and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which claimed that the project was not going ahead.
The matters raised by the Deputies Broughan, Burton and Catherine Murphy have been selected for discussion.