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 Jimmy Deenihan — the issuing of temporary fishing vessel safety certificates; (2) Deputy Ulick Burke — the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate when St. Catherine's national school, Aughrim, County Galway will be given the go-ahead for the construction of a new school; given that the classroom sizes are one third the size of the regular classrooms in other national schools, and the serious health and safety issue arising from overcrowding and lack of other appropriate facilities; (3) Deputy Paul Kehoe — that the cuts by the Department of Education and Skills affecting the number of special needs assistants allocated to schools working with children with autism in specialised units be reversed. A large public march was held in Enniscorthy, County Wexford last weekend as parents and members of the local community are incensed by the cuts affecting the most vulnerable in society and depriving them of the right to equality in education; (4) Deputy Michael Creed — to raise the matter of the implementation of a national foot screening programme for diabetics, the provision of podiatry care for diabetics and, in particular, the withdrawal of services from Macroom Community Hospital since January 2010; (5) Deputy Frank Feighan — to ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explore the possibility of providing third level education college for Carrick-on-Shannon. Has the Minister any proposals based on the fact that Carrick-on-Shannon is now a regional town?; (6) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to ensure that a person who is severely brain damaged following a car accident and requires urgent treatment will be transferred to the care of the Department of Health and Children; (7) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the application of law in regard to an ongoing matter (details supplied); (8) Deputy Jan O'Sullivan — the position regarding the new national paediatric hospital; (9) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Transport to maintain competition in the airline industry in Ireland; (10) Deputy Michael McGrath — the position regarding the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; (11) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — to call on the Minister for Health and Children to provide adequate resources to deal with the overcrowding of accident and emergency services at Mid-West Regional Hospital, Limerick and to make a statement on the progress of reconfiguration of services in the mid-west; and (12) Deputy Tom Hayes — can the Minister for Transport outline what his Department has planned in terms of providing additional signage for long-standing food and beverage facilities in towns off the motorway network, in light of the news that previously planned services on the motorway will now not go ahead, particularly on the Dublin-Cork motorway; and if facilities will be allowed signage given that services are an important facility to prevent road accidents.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael McGrath, Jan O'Sullivan, Jimmy Deenihan and Joe Costello have been selected for discussion.