I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Dessie Ellis — housing conditions in the Balgaddy estate, Lucan, County Dublin; (2) Deputy Pat Breen — the location of a sub-office of the proposed amalgamated vocational education committee in Ennis, County Clare; (3) Deputy Noel Harrington — the construction of the Bantry bypass; (4) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív — breis airgid a cheadú le athchóiriu a dhéanamh ar Scoil Bhaile Nua, Maigh Cuilinn, Contae na Gaillimhe; (5) Deputy Derek Keating — the provision of bus services for the people of west and south-west Dublin; (6) Deputy Eamonn Maloney — the introduction of a scheme to transfer the payment of motor tax to the purchase of motor fuel; (7) Deputy Brian Stanley — the problem of distressed home loans acquired through local authorities; (8) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need for greater flexibility in the back to education allowance; (9) Deputy Denis Naughten — the removal of acute medical beds from Roscommon County Hospital; (10) Deputy Thomas Pringle — the restoration of the exceptional needs payment to applicants for social housing who are offered accommodation in properties secured under long-term leasing arrangements by local authorities; (11) Deputy Séamus Healy — the publication of the report of the special delivery unit on the accident and emergency department at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick; (12) Deputy Seán Crowe — the drop in the world rankings of Irish universities; (13) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Defence to take responsibility for the security of the Commander-in-Chief at Áras an Uachtaráin; (14) Deputy Willie O'Dea — the publication of the report on the Air Corps PC-9 crash in Connemara in 2009; and (15) Deputy Mick Wallace — the awarding of the tender for metro north.
The matters raised by Deputies Pat Breen, Eamonn Maloney, Willie O'Dea and BrianStanley have been selected for discussion.