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 Ulick Burke — the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to indicate his plans for the provision of a new school at Cahergal in view of the long history of delay in the provision of this much needed school where there is serious overcrowding and health and safety are serious issues following the announcement made early in 2007 on this matter; (2) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim — that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform establish a special squad in the Garda Síochána to deal with anti-social behaviour and public disorder and introduce this squad on a pilot basis in Tralee town; (3) Deputy Pat Breen — the closure of the Civil Service crèche in Ennis, County Clare, the manner in which the closure was communicated to the parents and staff — two weeks notice is not good enough for the parents of the 47 children to find alternative child care and is not adequate notice for the 16 skilled staff who are faced with unemployment, many without a redundancy programme — and the need for the Minister for Finance to review this decision and permit the temporary operator to remain in place until October when a permanent operator can be put in place; (4) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Taoiseach to outline Government plans for commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Rising; (5) Deputy Andrew Doyle — the issue of Government funding of research for the treatment of muscular dystrophy particularly in respect of UK exon skipping trials; (6) Deputy Ciarán Cuffe — the need to discuss the current political situation in Zimbabwe following the collapse of the presidential run off and the actions taken by the Minister following the all party motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 15 May 2008; (7) Deputy Brian Hayes — the need to provide a school place for an eight-year-old child; (8) Deputy James Bannon — the situation regarding a new school building for Athlone Community College; (9) Deputies Seán Sherlock and Ciarán Lynch — cuts in funding in respect of disabled person's grant, housing aid for the elderly grant and housing adaptation grants; (10) Deputy David Stanton — funding restrictions at the Cork School of Music; (11) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to ensure that full and complete information about the fate of the late Michael Flanagan who suffered abuse in Artane Industrial School is given to his family by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse; (12) Deputy Catherine Byrne — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to address the serious problem of illiteracy which still exists in this country today, and which was highlighted in the RTE TV documentary series, "Written Off", over the past eight weeks, in today's society, the fact that people are trying to live their daily lives without being able to read or write is a real injustice and must be urgently addressed; and (13) Deputy Seymour Crawford — that the Minister for Education and Science consider the urgent need for a top-up grant towards the extension and alterations at Lisdoonan national school, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, where serious unforeseen additional costs have occurred.
The matters raised by Deputies Brian Hayes, James Bannon, Seán Sherlock and Ciarán Lynch and David Stanton have been selected for discussion.