I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the capacity of joint policing committees and levels of crime; (2) Deputy Patrick Nulty - cuts to community based family therapy services in mental health; (3) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the payment of the back to education allowance to post graduate students; (4) Deputy Charles Flanagan - regulations relating to the non-principal residence charge; (5) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need for bread-making flour to be produced within the State; (6) Deputy Dara Calleary - the provision of funding to the National Women's Council; (7) Deputy Sean Fleming - the changes to community employment schemes; (8) Deputy John Lyons - marriage equality in the context of the constitutional convention; (9) Deputy Brian Stanley - the need for the Industrial Development Agency to attract inward investment and job creation to Laois and Offaly and surrounding counties; (10) Deputy Noel Harrington - the need to encourage investment into the installation of micro-generators linking into the national grid from wind, solar, heat and wave generators; (11) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to deal with a shortage of midwives in hospitals as a result of early retirement; (12) Deputy Michael McNamara - the northern distributor road in Limerick; (13) Deputy Clare Daly - the current situation in Iran; (14) Deputy Olivia Mitchell - the need to share information among Departments in order to streamline applications for State services; (15) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the enforcement of regulations in the taxi industry; (16) Deputy Mick Wallace - the reduction in the provision of guidance counselling at Gorey Community School, County Wexford; (17) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for clarity on the future of community employment schemes; and (18) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the potential closure of the psychiatric ward at St. Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway.
The matters raised by Deputies Charles Flanagan, Kevin Humphreys, Billy Kelleher and Jonathan O'Brien have been selected for discussion.