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 Dan Neville - the Adare bypass, County Limerick; (2) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the proposed closure of Gaelcholáiste Chineál Eoghain, Buncrana, County Donegal; (3) Deputy Michael McNamara - the proposal to issue a commemorative coin to mark the millennium of the death of Brian Boru; (4) Deputy Pat Deering - the implications of proposed cuts to Carlow regional youth work services; (5) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the need for improved guidance and information for home owners to assist them in valuing their properties for the purposes of the local property tax; (6) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for more beds to be opened at West Kerry Community Hospital; (7) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the implications of the decision to penalise parents of children with autism who have not used the home tuition grant for services delivered entirely through a 1:1 ratio; (8) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the widely reported comments in recent of days by a prominent member of the Judiciary on judicial independence in the country; (9) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the increased level of detention in the United States of undocumented Irish citizens; (10) Deputies John O'Mahony and Patrick O'Donovan - the need to speed up the processing of applications for Garda clearance by the Garda vetting unit; (11) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the future of the Croke Park II agreement; (12) Deputies Ciara Conway and Ann Phelan - the need to revise the format of questions contained in the review of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant; (13) Deputy Anne Ferris - the refusal of insurance companies to provide house insurance for residents living along the River Dargle in Bray, County Wicklow; (14) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the introduction of parking charges at Howth Harbour, Dublin; (15) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need for a parallel youth forum to be incorporated into the existing joint policing committee, JPC, structure; (16) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to provide financial assistance to businesses at risk of survival as a consequence of flooding; (17) Deputy Sean Fleming - the actions the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform intends to take following the conclusion of the deliberations by public sector trade unions on the revised Croke Park agreement; (18) Deputy Clare Daly - the reason parents with children attending PALS preschool, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, are being requested to refund funds already spent on tuition, which was not delivered through a 1:1 ratio; (19) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to ensure that adequate resources are provided in the Dublin Mid-West constituency to combat serious crime; (20) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the effect of the proposal by the Minister for Health to have the calories contained in food included on menus in restaurants; (21) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to provide a clear framework for the development of the wind energy sector here; (22) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the delays in breast cancer surgery at Cork University Hospital; (23) Deputy Barry Cowen - the delay in the construction of new accommodation for Scoil Bhríde, Edenderry, and Gaelscoil Eadon Doire, County Offaly; (24) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the imposition by the HSE of a charge of €170 per week in respect of respite care; (25) Deputy Mick Wallace - the decision to vote against a European Commission proposal to ban neonicotinoids, the pesticide blamed for the decline of the bee population; and (26) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the closure of the dental clinic in Ferbane, County Offaly.
The matters raised by Deputies John O'Mahony and Patrick O'Donovan; Robert Troy; Ciara Conway and Ann Phelan; and Mick Wallace have been selected for discussion.