Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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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 Finneran — if the Minister will respond positively to a request by Muintir na Tíre that his Department make a subvention towards the cost of installing socially monitored alarms for the elderly; (2) Deputy Finian McGrath — the Hynes report dealing with the Peter McKenna case; (3) Deputy Sargent — the way in which a thorough cost-benefit analysis will be performed on the proposed new runway at Dublin Airport; (4) Deputy Morgan — the necessity for the Minister to make a statement on Doyle Concrete in Rathangan where workers at the plant have been on strike since 5 October and the fact that the company has rejected a labour court recommendations in respect of the matter; (5) Deputies O'Sullivan and Costello — the loss of resources to teachers in disadvantaged schools by the use of the weighted model for their allocation for special educational needs; (6) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister if his Department has plans to privatise the refuse service throughout the country in light of the recent decision by Mayo County Council to privatise its refuse collection service; (7) Deputy Deenihan — the problem with the anti-social behaviour in Tralee, County Kerry, which is a source of considerable concern to the local GRA representatives in Kerry, the Tralee Taxi Association and many community organisations; and (8) Deputy Paul McGrath — the hardship being suffered by a student who has applied for a higher education grant because of the delay within her Department to approve the application.

The matters raised by Deputies Finian McGrath, Sargent, O'Sullivan and Costello, and Paul McGrath have been selected for debate.