I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Deasy – the need to distribute copies of the collection of the Folklore Commission to the various library committees throughout the country; (2) Deputy Shortall – the urgent need for a Government initiative to resolve the ASTI dispute so that the country's secondary school students will not be further denied their right to education; (3) Deputy Stanton – the need to allow secondary students back to school; (4) Deputy Michael P. Kitt – the question of funding for Tuam swimming pool and proposals by Galway County Council; (5) Deputy Fitzgerald – the urgent need to extend the breast cancer screening programme nationwide; (6) Deputy McGuinness – the increasing job losses at Muinebheag, County Carlow, and the urgent need for an action plan involving all State agencies; (7) Deputy Moynihan – the need to discuss the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to school transport to Meelin national school; (8) Deputy Clune – the need to extend the national breast screening programme on a nationwide basis; (9) Deputy Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny)– the closure of Independent Analytical Systems in Bagenalstown, County Carlow; (10) Deputy Coveney – the future of the Blood Transfusion Service in Cork; (11) Deputy Shatter – the need to sanction essential refurbishment works undertaken on existing classrooms in St. Colmcille's primary school, Knocklyon, during the Christmas break and to sanction the provision of additional permanent school classrooms; and (12) Deputy Power – the commitments given by the Royal Bank of Scotland to Ulster Bank Staff.
The matters raised by Deputies Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny), McGuinness, Fitzgerald and Clune have been selected for discussion.
