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 Jim Daly - the need for the Government to provide financial assistance to job action groups working to create employment across the country; (2) Deputy Charles Flanagan - the implications for the national procurement framework following a recent High Court decision; (3) Deputy Seán Conlan - discrimination against students whose parents and-or guardians for the purposes of assessment of income are in receipt of an allowance as dependants of cohabiting partners who are in receipt of an eligible social welfare payment for the purposes of complying with the legislation that governs SUSI; (4) Deputy Regina Doherty - the clear evidence of the link between sunbeds and skin cancer; (5) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need for the Minister for Health to discuss the impact of the HSE recruitment moratorium on community hospitals in County Donegal; (6) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the need to maintain history as a compulsory subject for the junior cycle at second level; (7) Deputy Heather Humphreys - the need to regulate for the permitted height of hedges and trees in privately owned gardens; (8) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the theft of six valuable Evie Hone oil paintings from the Church of St. Peter and Paul at Kiltullagh, Loughrea, County Galway; (9) Deputies Seán Crowe, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Dessie Ellis - the crisis facing families of seriously ill or impaired individuals who must wait years for housing adaption grants, housing aid for older persons grants or mobility aid grants; (10) Deputy Andrew Doyle - the impact of proposed legislation in the US on the availability of J1 visas to Irish students; (11) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the need for the Minister for Education and Skills to make a statement on his intentions with regard to the pupil-teacher ratio in mainstream classes at primary and secondary level; (12) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the steps she is taking on foot of the publication of the HSE audit of neglect cases in Roscommon, Waterford and Dublin; (13) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need for the Minister for Health to honour the programme for Government commitments on home helps; (14) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the increase in day case and inpatient waiting lists; (15) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss Edward Snowden's application for asylum; (16) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the urgent need for the Construction Contracts Bill to be enacted in light of recent Government investment announcements and the need to tackle the ongoing problem of the non-payment of subcontractors; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - Edward Snowden's application for asylum in Ireland; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the application for asylum in Ireland by US whistleblower Edward Snowden; (19) Deputy John Lyons - the need to ring-fence funding for the planned Finglas primary care centre; (20) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for clarification from the US authorities regarding their use of surveillance in European Union institutions and member states; (21) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the urgent need for the inclusion of Addison's disease in the long-term illness scheme and the need to tackle the high cost of hydrocortisone; and (22) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the urgent need for Gaelscoil Chluain Meala to be considered for a major funding grant, as it has been in temporary accommodation for 20 years and, despite being granted planning permission, has not been granted funding to progress the project.
The matters raised by Deputies Andrew Doyle; Brendan Smith; John Lyons; and Seán Crowe, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Dessie Ellis have been selected for discussion.