I have notice from Senator Maria Corrigan that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:
The need for the Minister for Health and Children to report on children who have gone missing from the care of the State in the previous ten years, the number of children, their ages, steps undertaken to locate them, the number of children found and the number of children who remain missing.
I have also received notice from Senator Michael McCarthy of the following matter:
The need for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to re-open the social welfare office in Dunmanway, County Cork, as a matter of urgency.
I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter:
The need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to publish the Cork docklands report.
I have also received notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of the following matter:
The need for the Minister of Health and Children to outline how she plans to address the current shortcomings of the preschool education scheme planned to start next year, namely, the availability of places given the funding cap, the availability of appropriate specialist teaching personnel, the proposed pupil-teacher ratio and the curriculum associated with a quality preschool education.
I have also received notice from Senator Cecilia Keaveney of the following matter:
The need for the Minister for Education and Science to explore, with his Northern counterpart, the expansion of the school day by bringing in outside organisations for out-of-hours learning, which concept is working well in the North.
I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment. I have selected the matters raised by Senators Maria Corrigan, Michael McCarthy and Jerry Buttimer and they will be taken at the conclusion of business. The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise.
Before proceeding to the Order of Business I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery former Senator and now MEP, Mr. Alan Kelly. On behalf of the Members I wish him every health, happiness and success in the European Parliament. He has a very bright future there and I wish him the very best of luck.