Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Seymour Crawford — the urgent need to review the concerns raised by Protestant fee-paying schools in response to announcements made by the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, following the 2009 budget; (2) Deputy James Bannon — the closure of Connolly Barracks in Longford; (3) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — the need for the Minister for Health and Children to revisit the fundamentally flawed community child care subvention scheme; (4) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to ensure that the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 40 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9 is adequately funded; (5) Deputy Martin Ferris — the increase in the rate of unemployment in County Kerry in the past 12 months; (6) Deputies Kieran O'Donnell and Charles Flanagan — gangland crime in Limerick; and (7) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the construction of a bypass for Castleisland, County Kerry.

The matters raised by Deputies Martin Ferris, Kieran O'Donnell, Charles Flanagan and James Bannon have been selected for discussion.

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