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 Simon Harris - the need to provide an update on the provisions to assist primary schools in the teaching of foreign languages; (2) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to maintain the shuttle bus service at Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal; (3) Deputy Martin Heydon - the need for permanent buildings to replace existing prefabs at St. Conleth's infant school and St. Conleth and Mary's national school, Newbridge, County Kildare; (4) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to reinstate An Post services in Leap, County Cork; (5) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the possibility of renaming Howth DART station as Asgard Howth station; (6) Deputy James Bannon - the need to review the decision to end one of the ASD classes in St. Mary's national school, Edgeworthstown, County Longford; (7) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the ongoing national industrial dispute at Cement Roadstone Holdings; (8) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to address the situation in dermatology at University Hospital Waterford; (9) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to immediately commence insulin pump treatment for young persons over the age of five with diabetes in the HSE west region; (10) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the urgent need to obtain clarification around an existing threat to the workforce at Bulmers Limited, Clonmel, County Tipperary; (11) Deputies Ann Phelan, Pat Deering and Peadar Tóibín - the position regarding Dan Morrissey Limited, which has gone into receivership; (12) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the pay and conditions of school secretaries; (13) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to have the current valuation process leading to the calculation of commercial rates in Limerick city and county addressed; (14) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the planned closure of the motor tax office in Ballymun Civic Centre, Dublin 11; (15) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the report by the inspectorate of mental health services on services in 24-hour supervised residences or hostels; (16) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the management of mental health services in the Carlow-Kilkenny and south Tipperary area; (17) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to maintain effective service from credit unions; (18) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the current waiting list for orthopaedic surgery for children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin 12; (19) Deputy Noel Harrington - the status of job creation projects in the west Cork region in the context of the recently published NESC report on employment in households; (20) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to prevent the proposed closure of the Cratloe post office, County Clare; (21) Deputy Clare Daly - the need to address the ongoing dispute at the Greyhound bin company; and (22) Deputy Barry Cowen - the first-fix policy relating to the dangerous levels of lead in water pipes across the country.
The issues raised by Deputies Ann Phelan, Pat Deering and Peadar Tóibín; Mattie McGrath; Barry Cowen; and James Bannon have been selected for discussion.