Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)

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 Joe Costello - the closure of the homeless shelter, Cedar House, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1; (2) Deputy Finian McGrath - the need to inquire into the way in which housing is allocated by Dublin City Council; (3) Deputy James Bannon - the implementation of the River Shannon basin management plan; (4) Deputy Brian Hayes - the new contractual arrangements for the provision of ICT in schools; (5) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the cutbacks in funding in 2010 in respect of Sphere 17 and RASP programmes in Dublin 17; (6) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the funding of community based drug services; (7) Deputy Pat Breen - the future of special needs assistants in schools in County Clare; (8) Deputy Michael D. Higgins - access to education for mature students; (9) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the need to reinstate funding to projects mainstreamed in local drugs task force areas.

The matters raised by Deputies Costello, McGrath, Broughan and Higgins have been selected for discussion.

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