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 Ned O'Keeffe — Ireland's annual subscription to the European Space Agency; (2) Deputy Molloy — the serious consequences for transport companies involved in the live export of cattle due to the recently introduced restrictions applying to sea travel direct to continental ports; (3) Deputy Eric Byrne — the urgent need to review and update the Register of Prohibited Publications; (4) Deputy Sargent — the need to expedite the application by St. Maur's Regional Cultural Auditorium Project at Rush, County Dublin, to the National Heritage Council for grant assistance; (5) Deputy Ellis — the problems relating to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry's offices in Sligo where people have to walk to the fourth floor to have problems dealt with; and the need to have facilities provided at ground floor level to accommodate callers; (6) Deputy Kenneally — the need for additional classrooms at Ballygunner National School in Waterford City; (7) Deputy Noel Ahern — the failure to reply to several requests from the European Commission in relation to waste management at Dunsink Tiphead; (8) Deputy Dermot Ahern — the decision to move the Divisional Garda Headquarters from Dundalk, County Louth; (9) Deputies Séamus Brennan and O'Rourke — the current situation in TEAM Aer Lingus; and the need to make the special report from the chairman of Aer Lingus generally available; (10) Deputy Michael Ahern — the threat to the continued existence of certain abattoirs supplying the domestic meat market with the consequent threat to jobs; (11) Deputy Michael Kitt — the need for the appointment of a remedial teacher to Mountbellew, Moylough, Cooloo and Briarfield national schools, and (12) Deputy Lawlor — the difficulties that will arise for South Dublin County Council in the event of the transfer of Dublin Corporation properties to the council under the provisions of section 35 of the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993.
The matters raised by the following Deputies have been selected for discussion: Deputies Eric Byrne, Molloy, Michael Ahern, Séamus Brennan and O'Rourke.