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 Ferris — the difficulties caused for draft and drift salmon fishermen due to reductions in fishing days and quota; (2) Deputy Ó Snodaigh — the need for the Government to respond to the increasingly widespread belief among local communities that tackling the drugs issue is no longer a political priority; (3) Deputy Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to detail his plans for the provision of extra resource teachers and learning support teachers for primary schools; (4) Deputy Neville — the level of suicides in 2003; (5) Deputy Crawford — the urgent need for the Minister for Finance to re-examine the fines and penalties being imposed on people in the Border area where many had to use cross-Border accounts for business; (6) Deputy Seán Ryan — the need for the Minister to intervene to prevent the sale into private ownership by Dublin Port Company of Balbriggan and Skerries harbours; (7) Deputy Enright — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to urgently consider the proposal by Gaelscoil Phortlaoise for funding towards the provision of temporary accommodation at a new site at Kilminchy; (8) Deputy Sargent — that the Government indicate how it expects schools to take seriously the promotion of 2004 as the year of sport in education when schools are denied necessary grant aid for temporary accommodation; (9) Deputy Pat Breen — why Shannon Development is not included in the central applications office website for the Government's proposed decentralisation plans.
The matters raised by Deputies Crawford, Neville and Seán Ryan have been selected for discussion.