I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given to me under Standing Order 20 (3) (a) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Higgins — the need for the Minister for Education to advance the Balla post-primary school building project to enable the new structure to be put in place immediately; (2) Deputy Allen — the potential loss of the RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet because of the cutbacks to be enforced by RTE's management in the light of the Broadcasting Act, as a result of which the quartet can no longer continue to live in Ireland whilst sustaining a 60 per cent loss in income; (3) Deputy Taylor — the question of representations made to him on behalf of Jack and Lulu Hynes who are Irish citizens and who have been charged by the Government of the Philippines with kidnapping and illegal detention, charges of which they are innocent; and the representations to be made by the Minister to the Government of the Philippines on their behalf; (4) Deputy Spring — the matter of the removal of sand from Ballybunion beach, County Kerry; the extent to which the sand being removed at present is destroying a great natural amenity and the urgent action which is required to stop the removal; (5) Deputy Rabbitte — the subject matter of a Private Notice Question today regarding the alleged leaking on Thursday, 13 December 1990, of the inflation figures produced by the Central Statistics Office; (6) Deputy Garland — the serious position of Jack and Lulu Hynes in that they have been threatened with arrest by the Philippines Government in the event of their returning to that country; and the necessity for the Government to make suitable representations to the Philippine Government regarding the safety of these two people who are both Irish citizens; (7) Deputy Roche — the frustration felt by many Members of the House at the continual incarceration of the Birmingham Six following the proceedings in the London Court of Appeal last evening; (8) Deputy John Bruton — if the Irish Government will make representations to the UK authorities for the unconditional release of the Birmingham Six for Christmas, pending, and without prejudice to, the review of their cases, in view of the fact that they have served 17 years in prison already; (9) Deputy Quinn — the investigation under way to determine the source of alleged leaks from the Central Statistics Office in relation to the latest consumer price index; the identity of the person/persons who used the inside information; and the impact of the alleged leak; (10) Deputy Kavanagh — if the Minister for Foreign Affairs will make representations to the British Government to convey the dismay of the Irish people at the outcome of yesterday's court hearing in relation to the Birmingham Six and to secure their release without prejudice in time for Christmas; (11) Deputy Gregory — the case of Jack and Lulu Hynes, Irish citizens accused of kidnapping in the Philippines on 1 June 1988, when they were resident in Ireland; (12) Deputy Gilmore — the omission from the recently published "Operational Programme on Peripherality" of any funding for the improvement of passenger facilities at Dún Laoghaire port; (13) Deputy Mac Giolla — the closure of Pheonix Park racecourse and the possibility of its use as an equestrian centre for use by the young people in Dublin; (14) Deputy Sherlock — the matter of the continuity of the terms and conditions of work and the pension scheme of the workers in the Irish Sugar Company.
I have selected for discussion the matters raised by the following Deputies: Deputies Rabbitte, John Bruton and Taylor.