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) Deputies Paul J. Connaughton and Brendan Griffin - the need to review the appeals process in relation to the allocation of teachers to small schools; (2) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need for legislation to facilitate the introduction of a quota for Irish music on the airwaves; (3) Deputy James Bannon - the need to address the funding crisis currently being experienced by St. Christopher's Care Centre, Longford; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the need to address concerns about the emerging dealing of drugs being sold as crystal meth here and the resulting damage to families and communities; (5) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to address the funding crisis currently being experienced by St. Christopher's Care Centre, Longford; (6) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - the need to revise and reduce the punitive late payment penalties relating to the non-principal private residence charge; (7) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to examine the Labour Court recommendation of 2008 in respect of pension payments for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; (8) Deputy John Lyons - the need to include rent-to-buy schemes in the forthcoming housing and social housing strategies; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the proposals regarding the introduction of State-subsidised rural broadband telecommunications services and the timeline for such projects to be completed; (10) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to address the termination of RTE's longwave transmission service; (11) Deputy Alan Farrell - the need to ensure non-resident fathers contribute financially to the upbringing of their children, thus reducing the burden on social welfare services; (12) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the plans to ensure parental choice for secondary schools is preserved and quality of education prioritised in the current budgetary framework; (13) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the need to review the medical card guidelines and procedures relating to the assessment of those aged over 70; (14) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the need to address the increase in the number of criminal offences occurring on bail; (15) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to reconsider and reduce the water charges for adult dependants who have no alternative source of income; (16) Deputies Clare Daly and Billy Kelleher - the need to address concerns in maternity service provision; (17) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the need to address issues relating to the water charging scheme; (18) Deputy Joe Higgins - the need to address issues relating to the water charging scheme; (19) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - the need to address overcrowding at the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick, including the provision of a new 30-bed unit; (20) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to discuss recent political appointments to State boards; (21) Deputy Seán Crowe - cuts to funding for the school completion programme in officially designated disadvantaged areas; (22) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to discuss the recent appointment by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; (23) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the European Commission's investigation into the corporate tax rate and possible deals with certain multinational companies; and (24) Deputy Joan Collins - the issue of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the need for a multidisciplinary team in the HSE or funding of a treatment abroad scheme for initial consultation in the UK.
The matters raised by Deputies Paul J. Connaughton and Brendan Griffin; Seán Crowe; Clare Daly and Billy Kelleher; and John Lyons have been selected for discussion.
