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 de Valera — difficulties regarding the funding and staffing of the National Library; (2) Deputy Seán Kenny — the recent outbreak of joyriding and the burning of stolen cars in the Kilbarrack area of Dublin; (3) Deputy Geoghegan-Quinn — the decision of one of the groups representing those affected by the hepatitis C matter to boycott the compensation tribunal; (4) Deputy Michael Smith — the question of initiating an inquiry into the cause of recent tragic accidents at sea (details supplied) and the action to be taken in the light of these events; (5) Deputy Tom Kitt — the question of initiating an inquiry into the recent death of a man in Dublin following sunbed treatment and the regulations governing the use of this equipment; (6) Deputy Frances Fitzgerald — Government action in relation to the recent incident at Sellafield; (7) Deputy Lawlor — the crisis in the South Dublin and Fingal council areas due to the failure by the Minister to finalise the scheme to enable Dublin Corporation houses and lands to be transferred to South Dublin and Fingal councils; (8) Deputy Hughes — the need to widen the range of persons permitted to reside with the elderly for the purposes of housing repair and other grant aid schemes in view of the attacks on isolated elderly persons; (9) Deputy Martin — the need to ensure that 14 children from the Ballyphehane-Greenmount area of Cork are provided with second level school places in their immediate catchment area; (10) Deputy Cowen — the effect on the Irish beef industry of the meeting of the EU Beef Management Committee held on 2 February 1996; (11) Deputy Eric Byrne — the need to regulate the use of sunbeds; (12) Deputy Lynch — the need to standardise hourly wage rates for home helps in all health board areas; (13) Deputy Seán Ryan — the number of abscondments from Oberstown House, Lusk, County Dublin, over the past year and the proposals, if any, the Minister has for improving security for the centre in view of the concerns of the local residents; (14) Deputy Batt O'Keeffe — the effect of the lack of public indemnity insurance on work experience for transition and PLC students in community and comprehensive schools; (15) Deputy Gallagher (Laoighis-Offaly)— the reported criticisms made in a European Social Fund evaluation report of provisions made for early school leavers, in particular those leaving with little or no formal qualifications; (16) Deputy Kenneally — the future of the military barracks located in the south east; (17) Deputy Theresa Ahearn — the need to give disadvantaged status to the Presentation Convent primary school, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, in view of the fact that such status has been awarded to two post primary schools; (18) Deputy Broughan — the need to regulate the proliferating microwave telephone networks in the Dublin region in view of the serious health, environmental and cost concerns.
The matters raised by the following have been selected for discussion: Deputies Geoghegan-Quinn, Tom Kitt, de Valera and Cowen.