I 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 Michael D. Higgins — the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to revisit and reverse the recent decision to suppress the special class in Scoil Bhríde, Shantalla, Galway; (2) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the provision of funding in respect of the replacement of Ballinagar Bridge, Lixnaw, County Kerry; (3) Deputy Mattie McGrath — issues surrounding the provision, supply and connection of public lighting by the Electricity Supply Board, ESB; (4) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan — the urgent and pressing issue concerning the failure to award a higher education grant to Adesina Adeyemi of 29 The Paddocks, Kilcock, County Kildare, who has complied with all the requirements set out, and if the Minister for Education and Science will make a statement on the matter; (5) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — funding in respect of adult day services provided by the Daughters of Charity at St. Vincent's, Lisnagry, County Limerick; (6) Deputy Frank Feighan — the current position regarding the proposed new community hospital at Ballinamore, County Leitrim; (7) Deputy Pat Rabbitte — the implications of the decision to cease recruitment to the Defence Forces Reserve and to terminate the enlistment of others who had already joined up; and (8) Deputy Terence Flanagan — the need for an adequate budget to be provided for Prosper Fingal in north County Dublin.
The matters raised by Deputies Feighan, O'Donnell, Rabbitte and Deenihan have been selected for discussion.