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 Michael Healy-Rae — the need to reconsider proposals regarding the school transport scheme; (2) Deputy Seán Kyne — the need to clear weeds from Lough Corrib; (3) Deputy Mattie McGrath — the need for the immediate procurement of a site to facilitate the proposed amalgamation of Cahir boys national school and Cahir girls national school; (4) Deputy Michael McCarthy — the issue of Kinsale College of Further Education — the college has an ongoing issue in securing autonomy as a stand-alone PLC centre and there had been a realistic expectation that the previous Minister for Education and Skills would be able to grant this on the basis that the school would obtain a roll number, but this seems to no longer to be the case, and the need for the Minister to clarify the position; (5) Deputy Tom Fleming — when will the Minister open Castlemaine harbour salmon fishery which was reopened last year on a pilot basis and that the inland fishery furnish the scientific evidence results as soon as possible; (6) Deputy James Bannon — the need to provide funding in respect of a new school building for Curraghmore national school, County Westmeath; (7) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív — an tábhacht a bhaineann le cead a thabhairt láithreach do Chomhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe dul ar aghaidh le scéim uisce réigiúnach Chasla go mór mhór i bhfianaise na faidhbe a d'éirigh le gairid le scéim uisce na Ceathrún Rua nuair a chuaigh ola isteach san uisce; (8) Deputy Martin Ferris — the failure of the ESB to pass on its decrease in prices to customers who are currently in arrears; (9) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to introduce legislation to abolish the Smithfield horse fair; and (10) Deputy Nicky McFadden — to raise the matter of the revision of VEC areas in the country with the Minister for Education and Skills and to highlight the need to ensure that the configuration of the Midland VEC will be Longford-Westmeath with the headquarters based in Mullingar, County Westmeath.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael Healy-Rae, James Bannon, Seán Kyne and Martin Ferris have been selected for discussion.