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 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the need to ensure the necessary resources are provided to the accident and emergency ward of Letterkenny General Hospital; (2) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the need to review the payment methods for the household services charge: (3) Deputies Michael Creed and Michael Healy-Rae - the proposed changes to the pupil teacher ratio for small schools of up to 86 pupils; (4) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the need to review the criteria of the back to education allowance to give students the opportunity to take up postgraduate diploma courses; (5) Deputy John O'Mahony - the changes being implemented to the community employment scheme: (6) Deputy Derek Keating - the problems of receiving State payments at Lucan Post Office, Dublin; (7) Deputy Tony McLoughlin - coastal erosion and in particular the problems around the County Sligo area; (8) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the decision to end the dial to stop drug dealing phoneline service; (9) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need to enter into a bilateral adoption agreement with Ethiopia; (10) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to declare Ireland a fracking free zone; (11) Deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Brendan Smith - the need to resolve the problems faced by former workers of Lagan Brick, Kingscourt, County Cavan and to address the plight of other workers in similar situations; (12) Deputy Dan Neville - the need to address self harm and attempted suicide by way of intentional overdosing; (13) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need to re-assess the permitted stocking levels of sheep and cattle in the Maam Turk and Twelve Bens areas of County Galway; (14) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to meet with representatives of the residents of the Priory Hall complex, Dublin; (15) Deputy James Bannon - the need to include the rural transport programme in the context of all public transport subventions; (16) Deputy Nicky McFadden - the 4th Western Brigade, Athlone, County Westmeath and the new structure of the Defence Forces; (17) Deputy Pat Deering - the proposed changes to community employment projects; (18) Deputy Dara Calleary - the impending closure of in-patient mental health care services at Ballina District Hospital and the proposed closure of Teach Ashling, Castlebar, County Mayo; (19) Deputy Peter Mathews - the need to postpone the redemption of the €1.25 billion Anglo-Irish bond due on 25 January 2012; (20) Deputy John Lyons - the importance of completing the physical and social regeneration of Ballymun, Dublin;
The matters raised by Deputies Michael Creed and Michael Healy-Rae, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Brendan Smith, James Bannon and John Lyons have been selected for discussion.