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 or Members in each case: (1) Deputy Joe McHugh - the challenges facing the small farming sector and the farm assist scheme; (2) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the need to maintain history as a compulsory subject for the junior cycle at second level; (3) Deputy Brian Stanley - the impact of the proposed new threshold for rent supplement; (4) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána and to review legislation on the sale of alcohol in seaside resorts including Portmarnock and Howth, County Dublin; (5) Deputies Timmy Dooley and Robert Dowds - the need to support the plight of Palestinian Arabs who hold Israeli citizenship; (6) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to keep St. Agnes special needs preschool in Donegal town open; (7) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the effects on part-time workers of the inclusion of Sunday as a working day for persons on social protection payments; (8) Deputy Regina Doherty - alcohol-related tweets surrounding the recent visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; (9) Deputy Joan Collins - the need for the EU to invoke a temporary protection mechanism in respect of refugees from Syria; (10) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the need to review the funding in respect of Dublin City Council's housing adaptation grants; (11) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to ensure a balanced and just criminal justice sentencing regime; (12) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need to open additional beds at West Kerry Community Hospital, Dingle; (13) Deputy Ciara Conway - rates in Waterford city and county; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - conditions in the accident and emergency department of South Tipperary General Hospital; (15) Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - psychiatric health services within County Roscommon; (16) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need to discuss a definite timetable for the ending of the practice of slopping out at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; (17) Deputy Derek Keating - the impact of the policy of the Minister for Education and Skills on Catholic and Church of Ireland schools; (18) Deputy Michael McGrath - the need for a progress report on the work of the special liquidator appointed to IBRC; (19) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - G8 statement and the implications for Ireland; (20) Deputy Dessie Ellis - funding in respect of energy efficiency grants and the way in which it can be best used to alleviate fuel poverty; (21) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need to ensure that allocations for special educational needs take account of demographic changes; (22) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to honour the programme for Government commitments with regard to home helps; (23) Deputies Clare Daly and Mick Wallace - the United Nations report on the international refugee crisis; and (24) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to provide additional staff for the Garda vetting unit.
The matters raised by Deputies Joe McHugh; Brian Stanley; Timmy Dooley and Robert Dowds; and Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have been selected for discussion.