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) Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Michael Moynihan - proposals to merge Cork IT and Tralee IT; (2) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need for changes in licensing of major outdoor concerts; (3) Deputy Seán Conlan - the importance of retaining the Department of Social Protection offices in Ballybay; (4) Deputy Martin Heydon - the implications of the loss of Newbridge Credit Union, locally and nationally; (5) Deputy Michael McGrath - the need to ensure that any person with a HSBC Swiss bank account and who is liable to Irish tax law is pursued for any outstanding tax liability; (6) Deputy Sean Fleming - the powers that the National Transport Authority has to accept, reject and amend applications by bus companies to curtail services on bus routes throughout the country; (7) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - plans to amend the building regulations regarding one-off houses; (8) Deputy Niall Collins - the need to address the declining membership of An Garda Síochána; (9) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need for a permanent extension at Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen, County Galway; (10) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need to publish full details of those receiving single farm payments; (11) Deputy Barry Cowen - the recent investigation by RTE into the allocation of housing funds; (12) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the rate of undiagnosed breech presentations in labour identified in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; (13) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to find capacity in order to reclassify schools in order to qualify for DEIS supports; (14) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need for a fresh inquiry into the Stardust fire; (15) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to lift the prohibition on the sale of alcohol in licensed premises on Good Friday; (16) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need to address issues at Inver national school, Erris, County Mayo, in view of it now being considered for DEIS status; (17) Deputy Noel Harrington - the need for a compensation fund under the European fisheries fund for the mussel fishermen of west Cork and Kerry; (18) Deputy Billy Kelleher - free general practitioner care at the point of use for all children aged under six years and timeframes for achieving this; (19) Deputy Mattie McGrath - efforts made to combat the trolley crisis in the hospital system; (20) Deputy Mick Wallace - the escalating situation in HMP Maghaberry and the impact on Portlaoise Prison; (21) Deputy Olivia Mitchell - the lack of secondary school places for children with autism syndrome disorder in south Dublin; (22) Deputy Clare Daly - the escalating situation in HMP Maghaberry and the impact on Portlaoise Prison; (23) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the escalating situation in HMP Maghaberry and the impact on Portlaoise Prison; (24) Deputy Paul Murphy - the conditions in dog pounds run by or under contract of local authorities; (25) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need for the Minister for Defence to make a statement on the preparedness of the Air Corps to deal with incursions into Irish airspace by unauthorised craft; (26) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the recent arrests in the Tallaght area of anti-water charges protesters; (27) Deputy James Bannon - the urgent need to take on additional nursing staff in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar in order to alleviate pressure on current staffing arrangements; and (28) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the chronic lack of availability of inpatient beds for children with mental health difficulties.
The matters raised by Deputies Olivia Mitchell, Brendan Ryan, Jonathan O'Brien, Michael Moynihan and Mattie McGrath have been selected for discussion.