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 Éamon Ó Cuív — an gá atá le cead a fháil cuid de na haonaid tithíochta sóisialta ag Áras Rónáin, Cill Rónáin, Árann a athrú ó thithe sóisialta go aonad cúram príomhúil faoi chúram an HSE agus nach n-iarrfaí aon aisíoc ar an deontas a tugadh don ionad ó tharla go mbeidh sé in úsáid ag an HSE don phobal; (2) Deputy Joe O'Reilly — the potential for the boarding out option to be used more widely in the provision of long-term care by the HSE; (3) Deputy Martin Heydon — the status of and future plans for St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; (4) Deputy Dessie Ellis — the need to ensure bus services in the Dublin area, in particular in the areas of Ballymun and Finglas; (5) Deputies Tom Hayes, Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath — the proposed closure of Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; (6) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — the need to make available the necessary finance to tackle problems on the north fringe of Dublin and facilitate the rehousing of residents of Priory Hall; (7) Deputy John O'Mahony — possible changes in respect of absenteeism and sick pay; (8) Deputy Brendan Griffin — the threatened closure of Valentia Community Hospital and the shortage of residential care beds on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry; (9) Deputy Nicky McFadden — the development of Coosan national school, County Westmeath; (10) Deputy Tom Fleming — the introduction of a voluntary job share scheme for employees; (11) Deputy Michael P. Kitt — cinneadh an Rialtais deireadh a chur le hoifig reachtúil neamhspleách an Choimisinéara Teanga; (12) Deputy Seamus Kirk — the impact, particularly in Border counties, of the proposal to increase VAT by 2%; (13) Deputy Timmy Dooley — the introduction of VAT charges on admissions to open farms and pet farms; (14) Deputy Simon Harris — the need for the provision of full respite services at St. Colman's Hospital, Rathdrum, County Wicklow; (15) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton — the need to protect services for people with intellectual disabilities such as the services provided by Ability West; (16) Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Clare Daly — the need to discuss the findings of the annual reports of the prison visiting committees; (17) Deputy Seán Conlan — the need to protect small to medium-sized businesses in the six southern Border counties; (18) Deputy Willie O'Dea — the proposal that employers pay the costs of employees absent due to sick leave; (19) Deputy Charlie McConalogue — the status of the A5 dual carriageway project from Derry to the Monaghan border; (20) Deputy Niall Collins — the need for RTE to publish the amount paid in the settlement of the Fr. Kevin Reynolds libel case; (21) Deputy Martin Ferris — the impact of cutbacks on people with disabilities; (22) Deputy Dara Calleary — the threat to services at St. Joseph's District Hospital, Ballina, County Mayo; (23) Deputy Seán Kyne — the need to review the management arrangements for herring fisheries and the Celtic Sea fishery, in particular; (24) Deputy Joan Collins — the proposal to cut child benefit and payments to one-parent families; (25) Deputy Joe Costello — the need to ensure the necessary repair work is carried out on gas flues in The Foundry, The Kiln and The Forge, Railway Street, Dublin 1; and (26) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett — democracy protests in Egypt and the military crackdown.
The matters raised by Deputies Seán Kyne, Paul J. Connaughton, Jonathan O'Brien and Clare Daly and Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.