Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)

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 Dan Neville - the need to combat homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools; (2) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need for an upward revision of rent allowance for the greater Dublin area to reflect current rental market conditions; (3) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for a new school building at Newpark comprehensive school, Blackrock, Dublin; (4) Deputy Charles Flanagan - the need to ensure that the eligibility criteria for third level grants for the children of farmers and self-employed will remain based on their yearly income and not their productive assets; (5) Deputy Anne Ferris - the need for a new school building for Coláiste Ráithín, Bray, County Wicklow; (6) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the selection of a site for the proposed regional wastewater plant in north Dublin; (7) Deputy Martin Heydon - changes to the post primary school transport system affecting pupils from Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare; (8) Deputy Jim Daly - the need for an extension to Knockskeagh national school, Clonakilty, County Cork; (9) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the non-payment of social welfare to those who turn 18 years of age prior to the next school year; (10) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the potential reduction in teaching numbers for DEIS schools in the Dublin area next year; (11) Deputy Sean Fleming - the building project for Scoil Bhríde primary school, Knockmay, Portlaoise, County Laois; (12) Deputy Michael McCarthy - the provision of adequate funding for the Childline service; (13) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for standards to be put in place for the provision of home care services; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the difficulties facing the farm contractors sector in Ireland; (15) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need to tackle overtime payments to consultant doctors; (16) Deputy Barry Cowen - problems with local authority mortgages; (17) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the recent HIQA report on Tallaght Hospital; (18) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the postponement of the new school building at Newpark comprehensive school, Blackrock, until 2015; (19) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the reinstatement of the rent supplement scheme in the Ballymun area as the regeneration project nears completion; and (20) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - the future of Aer Lingus' Shannon maintenance operations.

The matters raised by Deputies Charles Flanagan, Dan Neville, Barry Cowen and Eamonn Maloney have been selected for discussion.

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