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 Timmy Dooley — the reconfiguration of vocational education committees with particular reference to Clare VEC; (2) Deputy John O'Mahony — the need to review the current criteria for participants in community employment schemes and the need to the increase the overall intake; (3) Deputy Eoghan Murphy — the need to consider the adoption of an entrepreneur visa similar to that in the UK; (4) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae — the cost of school books; (5) Deputy Pat Deering — the provision of funding in respect of a new hospice in Carlow; (6) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need to take action to get financial institutions to extend credit to viable businesses; (7) Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Anne Ferris — the closure of the 24-hour accident and emergency at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin, in particular and the cutbacks to hospital services in general; (8) Deputy Brendan Smith — the need for the Minister for Health to ensure GP services are restored, without delay, to Ballinagh Health Centre, Ballinagh, County Cavan; (9) Deputy Brendan Griffin — the need for a new approach in the treatment of acquired brain injury and the need to maintain funding to the Castleisland unit and all centres throughout the country; (10) Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick — the loss of a teacher, a special needs assistant and a resource teacher at Ballaphousta national school, Ardee, County Louth; and (11) Deputy Joe Costello — if 16 June will be designated as a national holiday to celebrate the great literary tradition her.
The matters raised by Deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, John O'Mahony, Joe Costello, Richard Boyd Barrett and Anne Ferris have been selected for discussion.