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 Deputy in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to continue treating existing patients at St. Vincent's University Hospital who reside outside of the hospital's catchment area; (2) Deputies Derek Nolan, Brian Walsh, and Seán Kyne - service provision in respect of the approximately 700 children with disabilities who will be leaving the education system next month; (3) Deputies Simon Harris and Richard Boyd Barrett - the need for a new school building at Newpark Comprehensive School, Blackrock, Dublin; (4) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need for an upward revision of rent allowance for the greater Dublin area to reflect current rental market conditions; (5) Deputies Joe Higgins and Clare Daly - the transfer of Aer Lingus maintenance services from Shannon; (6) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the non-payment of social welfare to those who turn 18 years of age prior to the next school year; (7) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for standards to be put in place for the provision of home care services; (8) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - the future of Aer Lingus maintenance operations in Shannon; (9) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the selection of a site for the proposed regional wastewater plant in north Dublin; (10) Deputy Seán Fleming - the building project for Scoil Bhríde, primary school, Knockmay, Portlaoise, County Laois; (11) Deputy Martin Heydon - changes to the post-primary school transport system affecting pupils from Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare; (12) Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty - the need to resolve the dispute at Highland Bakery, Letterkenny, County Donegal; (13) Deputy Derek Keating - the recent HIQA report on Tallaght hospital, Dublin; (14) Deputy Tom Hayes - the welfare rights of spouses of the self-employed; (15) Deputy Dominic Hannigan - the review of rent allowances and the need to base allowances on house prices rather than county boundaries; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to prevent abuses of human rights in Libya; (17) Deputy Dara Calleary - the illegal sale of prescription drugs; (18) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland; (19) Deputy Martin Ferris - the Shannon LNG project; (20) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide adequate funding to St. Christopher's Services, Longford; (21) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the difficulties facing the farm contractors sector; and (22) Deputy Robert Troy - the provision of adequate funding to the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, in respect of an inpatient acute admission unit and discharge lounge.
The matters raised by Deputies Derek Nolan, Brian Walsh and Seán Kyne; Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty; Seán Ó Fearghaíl; and Simon Harris and Richard Boyd Barrett have been selected for discussion.