Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

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 Deputy in each case: (1) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to allocate funding in respect of modern languages in primary schools; (2) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to establish a national strategy for the development of the horticulture industry; (3) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - the need for CIE and Iarnród Éireann to protect their property rights and avoid encroachment onto their property; (4) Deputy Robert Troy - the future of Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; (5) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the provision of funding in respect of the construction of the Dominick Street regeneration project, Dublin; (6) Deputy Anthony Lawlor - the need to cease the practice of GPs charging medical card patients for blood tests; (7) Deputy Brian Walsh - the need for additional regulation to prevent phoenix-type activity by companies contriving to avoid payment of debt; (8) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to maintain theatre activity at Cavan General Hospital; (9) Deputy Noel Harrington - the recent outbreak of measles in west Cork; (10) Deputy Tony McLoughlin - the need to consider alternative accommodation for polling stations; (11) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - the provision of funding for rehabilitative training placements in respect of young adults with intellectual disabilities who are due to start such placements in September; (12) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide adequate funding for St. Christopher's Services, Longford; (13) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the emerging preferred site options for the greater Dublin drainage project; (14) Deputy Michael McGrath - the renegotiation of the IBRC promissory note and a reduction in the overall burden of banking-related debt; (15) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the future of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and plans for regeneration in that area; (16) Deputy Tom Hayes - broadband speeds in rural Ireland; (17) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the planned merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the reinstatement of the rent supplement scheme in the Ballymun area as the regeneration project nears completion; (19) Deputy Mattie McGrath - difficulties facing farm contractors arising from delayed payments, delays in accessing credit and increased fuel prices; (20) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the proposed closure of social welfare offices in Cork city; (21) Deputy Seamus Healy - the need to provide funding for the building of a new school for Gaelscoil Cluain Meala, Tipperary; (22) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - the occurrence of elder abuse and the support services available to victims; (23) Deputy David Stanton - a provision to allow leaving certificate students who suffer bereavement or serious illness to resit at a later date rather than repeat the full year; and (24) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the new rent allowance rates.

The matters raised by Deputies Micheal McGrath, David Stanton, Brian Walsh and Anthony Lawlor have been selected for discussion.

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