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 Joe McHugh — the need to revise the rules in respect of the areas in which boats of 15 m and smaller can fish; (2) Deputy John O'Mahony — the difficulties encountered by farmers on Clare Island and other islands off the Mayo coast in respect of REPS; (3) Deputy Paul Connaughton — the continuation of services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; (4) Deputy Joe Carey — the provision of funding in respect of the opening of the dementia unit at Clarecastle Day Care Centre, County Clare; (5) Deputies Brian O'Shea, Simon Coveney, Paul Kehoe, David Stanton, John Deasy and John Browne — the proposed downgrading of the coastguard helicopter service based in Waterford; (6) Deputy Seán Sherlock — the need for the Revenue Commissioners to allow greater flexibility regarding the collection of VAT and income tax from small and medium sized businesses; (7) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need to restore teaching posts to Togher girls national school and Togher boys national school, Cork; (8) Deputy Joe Costello — the need to address the issue of invalid embassy marriages; (9) Deputy Emmet Stagg — the removal of special needs assistant posts from St. Raphael's special needs school, Celbridge, County Kildare; (10) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — the need to reverse the cuts in the young people at risk local drugforce projects; (11) Deputy Róisín Shortall — the negative implications for school children in disadvantaged areas of the proposed abolition of the supply panel; and (12) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the continuing failure of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to appoint a district superintendent to sign off on more than 400 REPS plans in the Tralee office in County Kerry.
The matters raised by Deputy Paul Connaughton, Deputies Brian O'Shea, Simon Coveney, Paul Kehoe, David Stanton, John Deasy and John Browne and Deputy Joe Costello have been selected for discussion.