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 Catherine Murphy - the sale last week by the National Asset Management Agency of lands located in the Liffey Valley and the implications this may have for an ecologically sensitive area of special amenity; (2) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need for a review of the criteria under which applicants are accepted on the professional diploma in mathematics for teachers; (3) Deputies Eric Byrne and Joan Collins - the need to address concerns raised by the proposed alignment of local government; (4) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to tackle the discriminatory practice of excluding people in receipt of rent supplement from rental in the rental market; (5) Deputy Clare Daly - the delay in the implementation of the pyrite levy legislation; (6) Deputy Mick Wallace - the failure of the Department of Social Protection to pay pensions last week to many people in the Duncormick area in County Wexford; (7) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the need to re-open the education fund for survivors of the Magdalen laundries; and (8) Deputy John Lyons - the need for the CSO to gather further data on emigration, particularly on the patterns of young people leaving Ireland.
The matters raised by Deputies John Lyons; Timmy Dooley; Richard Boyd Barrett; and Eric Byrne and Joan Collins have been selected for discussion.