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 Ring — the progress on the provision of funding towards new facilities for a primary school in County Mayo; (2) Deputy Cassidy — the need to make funding available as a matter of urgency for extension and refurbishment of a school in County Westmeath; (3) Deputy O'Dowd — the need to increase the number of midwives employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to reduce the ratio of births to midwives; (4) Deputies James Breen and Pat Breen — the ongoing substandard drinking water quality in Ennis; (5) Deputy Michael D. Higgins — the need to take such measures as will immediately lead to meeting the needs of hearing impaired children in the Galway area; (6) Deputy Callanan — to ask the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government to review the current practice of spraying human sludge in the Eyrecourt region of east Galway as it is causing great distress to local residents who are worried about any environmental impact on the local water table; (7) Deputy Wall — the need for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to make an announcement on the issue of individual grants for GAA players and the financial package proposed for the purpose of player welfare; (8) Deputy Keaveney — that the attention of Minister of State with responsibility for children is drawn to the fact that not all Irish children under six are receiving the early child care supplement of €1,000 announced in last years budget; (9) Deputy Burton — the need to address the crisis of school places at primary level in Dublin 15 (details supplied); (10) Deputy McHugh — the need to outline the plans to appoint two full-time visiting teachers for the deaf to schools in Galway and the plans to appoint an audiologist to cover the Galway region; (11) Deputy Boyle — the need for the Minister for Health and Children state whether she believes the policies adopted regarding the detection, public information and ongoing support on TB are adequate; (12) Deputy Breeda Moynihan-Cronin — the reason for the delay in sanctioning the extension to Kenmare Community Hospital, Kenmare, County Kerry; (13) Deputy Howlin — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the steps it is intended to take to inquire into the circumstances of the death of the four members of the Dunne family; and (14) Deputy Cowley — the need to provide immediate essential funding to the Neale, Cross and Kilmaine areas of County Mayo to repair all storm and flooding damage.
The matters raised by Deputies Keaveney, Howlin, Wall and James Breen and Pat Breen have been selected for discussion.