The following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 were received by the Ceann Comhairle, and this is a list of the names of the Members in each case: (1) Deputy Leo Varadkar — the construction and completion of the N2-N3 link road; (2) Deputy Denis Naughten — the need to reverse structural management changes at Roscommon and Portiuncula Hospitals; (3) Deputy Michael Ring — to ask the Minister for Health and Children what plans are there to reduce the bed capacity in Áras Deirbhle and the District Hospital in Belmullet, County Mayo, are any of the beds going to be taken out of use and that she make a full statement on the matter; (4) Deputy Joe Carey — the need for the Competition Authority to investigate the practices of large retail outlets; (5) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to update this House as to when he will be implementing and funding the river basin management plan for the Shannon River basin district, which he signed off on last October; (6) Deputy Pat Breen — the current position regarding the Lynxs cargo project at Shannon Airport; (7) Deputy Seymour Crawford — to urge the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to take immediate action to ensure that all overdue monies such as REPS 4 are paid to farmers immediately in their present financial crisis; (8) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to clarify and protect the rights of former workers at Dell, Limerick and ancillary companies, to retain their social welfare entitlements while availing of the training, education and-or back to work opportunities available to them through the EU Globalisation Fund; (9) Deputy John Perry — Carn national school in Gurteen, County Sligo, which currently has an enrolment of 66 pupils, a large increase in recent years, which is currently in poor repair and unable to cater properly for this number of pupils, with an old slate roof, no insulation, old windows, toilets in damp condition, and hazardous tarmac in the playground and very limited parking for a school bus and parents' cars on a very dangerous section of road and that, in light of these factors, it is imperative that a new national school would be provided on the parish donated site in Gurteen, and that the Minister would prioritise this project for completion as a matter of urgency; (10) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to sign the ministerial order to facilitate the sale of local authority flats; (11) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need to ensure a greater uptake of science, maths and related subjects at leaving certificate level; and (12) Deputy John O'Donoghue — the need to restore the Cork-Swansea ferry in advance of this year's tourist season.
The matters raised by Deputies Joe Carey, Pat Breen, Denis Naughten and John O'Donoghue have been selected for discussion.