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 Ann Phelan - the need for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to respond to the recent report of the Health Information and Quality Authority into child services in the Carlow-Kilkenny area; (2) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the recent report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (3) Deputy Charles Flanagan - Garda Síochána covert human intelligence sources and the consequences for the criminal justice system as a result of last week's special report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (4) Deputies Patrick Nulty and Róisín Shortall - the implications here of the European Court of Justice ruling with respect to the pension scheme of former Waterford Crystal workers; (5) Deputy Gerald Nash - the proposed pilot scheme for dealing with distressed mortgages announced by the Central Bank of Ireland; (6) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to introduce a new scheme to take the place of the current employment assist schemes; (7) Deputy Gerry Adams - the failure of the Health Service Executive's treatment abroad scheme to allow a person (details supplied) in County Louth to receive treatment abroad; (8) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the need to address the difficulties surrounding theft and illegal profiteering from charity clothing banks; (9) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to provide extensions to St. Thomas' junior national school, Esker, and Scoil Áine Naofa senior national school, Esker, Lucan, County Dublin; (10) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to discuss the closure of the vital services at the Santa Maria respite facility in St. Vincent's on the Navan Road, Dublin; (11) Deputy John O'Mahony - the plans in place for the further roll-out of Student Universal Support Ireland grants for the coming academic year; (12) Deputy Dan Neville - the appointment of 477 mental health and suicide prevention staff provided for by the allocation of €35 million in 2013; (13) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the Higgins report; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - the publication of the report on penalty points cancellations by members of An Garda Síochána; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the hunger strike and conditions in Guantanamo Bay; (16) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to review upward-only rent reviews; (17) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the funding situation for the independent commercial radio sector in Ireland and the need to review the distribution of the licence fee for independent broadcasters; and (18) Deputy Tom Fleming - the need for the Central Bank of Ireland to engage MABS, rather than a UK company, to act as an intermediary with 750 mortgage bank clients.
The matters raised by Deputies Patrick Nulty and Róisín Shortall; Ann Phelan; Catherine Byrne; and Billy Kelleher have been selected for discussion.