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 Charles Flanagan — to raise with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the impact and consequences of the proposed cuts to the budgets of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission; (2) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan — the urgent matter of mortgage supplement in the case of a woman to whom the Health Service Executive is only prepared to offer assistance on a 50% basis as the mortgage is in joint names, even though there is a barring order against her husband; (3) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Finance to establish a mortgage rescue scheme to minimise mortgage repossession, which is potentially a major cause of homelessness; (4) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to encourage and support the development of flexible learning at all levels; (5) Deputy Mary Upton — to ensure that Drimnagh Castle secondary school, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 is immediately given the promised funding for its leaving certificate technology programme; (6) Deputies Olywn Enright and Noel J. Coonan — the need to sanction an extension to Scoil Naisiúnta Cronain Naofa, Dromakeenan, County Tipperary; (7) Deputy Seán Sherlock — the provision of a new vocational school at Buttevant, County Cork; (8) Deputy Dan Neville — the increase in mental illness and suicide in times of economic recession; (9) Deputy Martin Ferris — the impact of the budget on schools in Kerry; (10) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to ensure that the Centre for Deaf Studies, TCD, 40 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9 is adequately funded; and (11) Deputies Michael Noonan and Kieran O'Donnell — the provision of funding to the Brothers of Charity, Bawnmore, Limerick.
The matters raised by Deputies Noonan and O'Donnell, McEllistrim, Enright and Coonan and Sherlock have been selected for discussion.