Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)

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 Brendan Ryan - fire safety in homes affected by pyrite; (2) Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Thomas Pringle - prisoners' conditions at Maghaberry Prison; (3) Deputy Pat Breen - the provision of funding to Scoil Mhuire national school in Meelick in County Clare to address health and safety issues; (4) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to address the numbers of second level students studying leaving certificate science and maths at higher level; (5) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the need for county enterprise boards to disperse funds effectively under the European Globalisation Fund; (6) Deputy Robert Dowds - the need for a refund mechanism on returned glass and plastic containers as a way of tackling our litter problem; (7) Deputy Seamus Healy - the provision of a new school in respect of Gaelscoil Cluain Meala, County Tipperary; (8) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the reason Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, County Galway, was not awarded an extension; (9) Deputy James Bannon -the need to review the cut in funding to St Christopher's Services, Longford; (10) Deputy John O'Mahony - special arrangements needed for policing in Knock, County Mayo; (11) Deputy Noel Harrington - the proposed closure of the social welfare office in Castletownbere, County Cork; (12) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need for added supports for people on fuel allowance in view of the recent unseasonably cold weather; (13) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need to establish an advisory task force to examine and provide expertise on the problems in multi-unit developments; (14) Deputy Dominic Hannigan - the review of rent allowances and the need to base allowances on house prices rather than country boundaries; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need for greater efficiencies and transparency in the progression of major schemes such as waste water treatment system upgrades; (16) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to make adequate provision for the treatment of eating disorders in the public health system; (17) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the postponement of the new school building at Newpark Comprehensive School, Blackrock, Dublin until 2015 and; (18) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to find a resolution to the problems of the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin.

The matters raised by Deputies O'Donovan, Breen, O'Sullivan and Pringle, and Broughan have been selected for discussion.

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