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 Ring — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to give an update on cases of people, details supplied, who have sought resource teaching support in various schools; (2) Deputy Hayes — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to address the urgent situation at St Michael's girls' and boys' national school in Tipperary where conditions are extremely bad, in particular, the heating system which has leaking pipes and valves — the system urgently needs to be replaced and the board of management's application for capital grant aid under the summer works scheme should be approved as the situation is extremely urgent; (3) Deputy Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to act decisively to ensure the reopening of the maternity unit at Monaghan General Hospital following the birth at 5 a.m. on 11 February of a child in yet another roadside delivery en route from Monaghan to Cavan General Hospital; (4) Deputy Gormley — the announcement by the Sisters of the Holy Faith that St Mary's girls school, Haddington Road, is to close; (5) Deputy Olivia Mitchell — the long delay in the setting up of an independent inquiry into the delay by the then BTSB in informing blood donors of positive test results for hepatitis C in the early 1990s and related matters; (6) Deputy Neville — mental illness in older people; (7) Deputy McCormack — the three-year rule for persons on community employment schemes; (8) Deputy Andrews — whether the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will consider allowing local authorities to act as guarantor for loans taken out by the many community groups and sports associations following the relaxation of restrictions contained in the EU Stability and Growth Pact; and (9) Deputy Costello — the reason for the discrepancy in payment to a family which voluntarily rears an orphaned child and the vastly superior payments to a family which rears an orphaned child who has first been the subject of a care order by the health board.
The matters raised by Deputies McCormack, Gormley, Olivia Mitchell and Costello have been selected for discussion.