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 Michael McCarthy - the need to regulate for cyberbullying; (2) Deputy Heather Humphreys - the need to introduce measures to support the pig and poultry industry; (3) Deputy Michael McNamara - the need to introduce measures to contain ash die back; (4) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the steps that can be taken to ensure that banks pass on the additional mortgage interest relief; (5) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the reconfiguration of hospital services in the south east; (6) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the centralisation of rent supplement applications; (7) Deputy Paudie Coffey - the proposed reconfiguration of the hospital networks; (8) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the impact of funding cuts to the COPE Foundation, Montenotte, Cork; (9) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the urgent need to retain an EAL support teaching post at Carrick national school, Ballinlough, County Roscommon; (10) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to assess coastal erosion at the Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin; (11) Deputy John Halligan - the possible re-configuration of hospital services in the south east; (12) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to resist any plans to downgrade services at Waterford Regional Hospital; (13) Deputy Finian McGrath - cuts to disability services; (14) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide additional temporary accommodation at Lanesboro College, Longford; (15) Deputy Pat Deering - the need to address anomalies in the back to education allowance; (16) Deputy Ann Phelan - the establishment of a DNA database in respect of indigenous ash plants; (17) Deputy Dan Neville - the report of the Ombudsman for Children on bullying; (18) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need to create a hardship fund for those who cannot afford new digital boxes following the switchover; (19) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the reconfiguration of hospitals in the south east; (20) Deputy Áine Collins - the need to maintain a nationwide post office service; (21) Deputy Noel Harrington - the imminent closure by the Courts Service of the courthouses in Kinsale, Skibbereen and Clonakility, County Cork; (22) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to acknowledge funding from the European Union's PEACE III programme and to support the development of two interpretive centres in Northern Ireland; (23) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for the Department of Social Protection to update its processing system for payments; (24) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the possible reconfiguration of hospital services in the south east; (25) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to address concerns concerning rosters for EMTs in Cork; (26) Deputy Seamus Healy - the need to approve the cancer drug, zytiga, for inclusion under the medical card scheme; (27) Deputy Dessie Ellis - issues with the rent supplement scheme highlighted by Focus Ireland in its recent report; (28) Deputy Mick Wallace - current tax policy and the provision of foreign aid; (29) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the new Teaching Council regulations and the impact on teachers in VEC schools; (30) Deputy Joan Collins - the report of the British National Audit Office on the storage of waste at Sellafield; and (31) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the details to be included in the residential property price register.
The matters raised by Deputies Michael McCarthy, Noel Harrington, Richard Boyd Barrett and James Bannon have been selected for discussion.