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 Martin Ferris — the qualification criteria for the installation aid grant; (2) Deputy Joanna Tuffy — the need for the additional permanent accommodation and major refurbishment works that were applied for by St. Brigid's national school, Palmerstown, in 1999 to be carried out as a matter of urgency; (3) Deputy James Bannon — the urgent need for the Minister for Defence to reverse his decision to close Connolly barracks, Longford town, in the light of the adverse economic effects on the economic viability of County Longford which will result from the loss of 180 full-time jobs and the disruption caused by such dislocation to Army personnel and their families, who are an integral part of the local community; (4) Deputy Olwyn Enright — the filling of a speech and language teacher vacancy at Mucklagh national school, County Offaly; (5) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to take appropriate measures to ensure that churches which have been deconsecrated are secured and maintained as part of the national heritage and that those who perpetrated the vandalism on the Methodist church, Jones Road, Dublin 3 are prosecuted and made restore the church; (6) Deputy Kathleen Lynch — the proposed changes in the disability allowance and the effect these changes will have on families; (7) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan — the payment of a refund under the health repayment scheme; and (8) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell — the need for the 2008 development funding to be made available for the provision of adult day service places for nine school leavers who attended the Daughters of Charity facility for the intellectually disabled, Lisnagry, Limerick.
The matters raised by Deputies Olwyn Enright, Bernard J. Durkan, Kathleen Lynch and Martin Ferris have been selected for discussion.