I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 20 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Molloy — The reason for the delay in granting approval for the new national school at Corrandulla, County Galway; (2) Deputy Flanagan — The high level of dissatisfaction throughout Counties Laois and Offaly towards the MMDS multi channel television system and the problems faced by consumers; (3) Deputy Crawford — The measures to be taken to regain market share, on both domestic and export markets, for Irish vegetables and horticultural crops following losses resulting from the unprecedented heavy rainfall earlier this year; (4) An Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív — Cathain a cheadófar airgead le buan-chóiríocht sásúil a chur ar fáil do Scoil na hAirde Thiar, Carna, Contae na Gaillimhe; (5) Deputy McGrath — The urgent need for Ministerial intervention to bring an end to the strike at Ward International, Athlone, County Westmeath, which is now in its third week; (6) Deputy Rabbitte — The need for the Government to publish the study commissioned by the Department of Energy in the mid-eighties of expenditure incurred by Tara Mines Limited, to establish if, as alleged, Members of Dáil Éireann received substantial sums of money and whether this created a potential conflict of interest or influenced public policy on mining; and (7) Deputy Upton — The need to make available an appropriate building for the autistic children attending James Connolly Autistic Centre at James Connolly House, Blanchardstown.
The Ceann Comhairle has selected for discussion the matters raised by Deputies McGrath, Crawford, Molloy and Ó Cuív.