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; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the shortage of beds at the new west Kerry Community Hospital; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the urgent need for the Construction Contracts Bill to be enacted; (4) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the concerns raised by the national activity planning group that physical education will be downgraded from 180 hours to 100 hours over the three years of the junior certificate curriculum; (5) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need for improved services for young people with inflammatory bowel disease and furthermore to ensure the provision of a dedicated ward at the new national children's hospital for young people with IBD; (6) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to provide an update on the proposed building of an amalgamated primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; (7) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the DART fare anomaly which exists for Greystones commuters to be reviewed and rectified; (8) Deputies Brendan Ryan and Dominic Hannigan - the need to compensate women who were previously excluded from the Lourdes Hospital redress scheme on age grounds; (9) Deputy Gerry Adams - the future of Narrow Water bridge in County Louth; (10) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to confront medicinal drug pricing; (11) Deputy Andrew Doyle - the need for a direct commercial air route between Ireland and Asia as part of national aviation policy; (12) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the absence of a crime prevention officer for Tipperary for the last two years; (13) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to approve funding for the long overdue refurbishment of Lower Buttercup, Darndale, Dublin 17; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - the plight of asylum seekers in Ireland; (15) Deputy Martin Ferris - special needs assistants at Coolard school, County Kerry; (16) Deputy Clare Daly - the situation facing asylum seekers in Ireland; (17) Deputy John Lyons - the description of learners as customers on the Department of Education and Skills website; (18) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the changes to the rural transport programme and the impact on services; (19) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the refusal to allow Leixlip Town Council to carry out works to be funded from savings achieved over a number of years; and (20) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the holding to account of those who have been the cause of our banking crisis.
The matters raised by Deputies Brendan Ryan and Dominic Hannigan; Simon Harris; Bernard J. Durkan; and Michael Moynihan have been selected for discussion.