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 Noel J. Coonan — the need for Templemore Garda College to provide more practical training; (2) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the need for the Government to demonstrate its support for the Cork docklands project; (3) Deputy James Bannon — the need for the Minister to recognise the valuable work of Longford-Westmeath family resource centres through essential funding for 2011; (4) Deputy Seán Sherlock — the decision to impose pay cuts on up to 17,000 low paid staff from 1 January 2011; the workers affected include school secretaries employed by individual schools and VECs, many of whom barely earn above the minimum wage; they are not on the Department's payroll but are indirectly funded through grants from the Department which are to be cut by 5%; (5) Deputy John O'Mahony — the urgent need for the Minister to address the low stocks of salt for gritting roads; (6) Deputy Dan Neville — the need for an extension to Nicker national school, County Limerick; (7) Deputy Phil Hogan — the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to review the savage expenditure cuts in the budget of the National Heritage Council for 2011; and (8) Deputy Tom Hayes — the issue of raw sewage flowing into the River Suir, County Tipperary.
The matters raised by Deputies Dan Neville, Noel J. Coonan and Tom Hayes have been selected for discussion.