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 James Bannon - the need to review the decision to end one of the ASD classes in St. Mary's national school, Edgworthstown, County Longford; (2) Deputy Dan Neville - the by-pass of Adare village, County Limerick; (3) Deputy Simon Harris - the need to provide an update on the provisions to assist primary schools in the teaching of foreign languages; (4) Deputy Brian Stanley - the services for autistic children in County Laois; (5) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the decision to withdraw funding from the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks; (6) Deputies Joe McHugh and Brendan Griffin - the organisation of PSO competitions for Donegal-Dublin and Kerry-Dublin services in 2015; (7) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the position regarding Greyhound Recycling; (8) Deputy Denis Naughten - the position regarding the west-north-west maternity service review; (9) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to commence immediately insulin-pump treatment for young persons over the age of five with diabetes in the HSE west region; (10) Deputy Joan Collins - the lock-out of workers at the Greyhound bin collection plant in Clondalkin; (11) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the ongoing issues of beef farmers; (12) Deputy Seán Crowe - the delays wheelchair users are facing when getting their wheelchairs repaired; (13) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need to review immediately the public service obligation levy; (14) Deputy Martin Heydon - the need for permanent buildings to replace existing prefabs at St. Conleth's Infant School and St. Conleth's and Mary's national school, Newbridge, County Kildare; (15) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the decision by Greyhound Recycling to unilaterally and significantly cut the pay of its staff; (16) Deputy Sean Fleming - the reduction in the qualifying age for the youngest child for the purposes of one-parent family payment; (17) Deputy Niall Collins - the incidence of gangland and serious crime in Dublin; (18) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need for extra accommodation at Gort Sceiche national school, Hollymount, County Mayo; (19) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need for an inquiry into the past treatment of people in residential mental care; (20) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the position regarding the restoration of discretionary medical cards; (21) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery for children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin; (22) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the proposals for the post office at Cappataggle, Ballinasloe, County Galway; (23) Deputy Pat Breen - the need to review the policy which does not allow schools to combine resource and learning support hours in particular for Inch national school, County Clare; (24) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to maintain the shuttle bus service at Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal; (25) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for Irish Water to ensure that water meters are fully accessible to those with disabilities; (26) Deputy Clare Daly - the escalating industrial action at the Greyhound plant in Clondalkin, County Dublin; (27) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the difficulties faced by people seeking properties which accept rent supplement in the Finglas, Dublin 11 area; (28) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the proposed cutbacks to the special needs assistant scheme; (29) Deputy Mick Wallace - the presence of glyphosate in the human food chain and the implications of same for human health; and (30) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the discrepancies in the inspection regime put in place to protect vulnerable residents in direct provision centres.
The matters raised by Deputies Dan Neville; Willie Penrose; Éamon Ó Cuív; and Joe McHugh and Brendan Griffin have been selected for discussion.