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 Bruton — the need for the Minister to approve the establishment of a new school operating the applied behaviour analysis method of teaching for Dublin's north side; (2) Deputy Pat Breen — if the Minister intends to subsidise the operations of Iarnród Éireann between Ennis and Galway and subsequent routes on the western rail corridor; (3) Deputy Gilmore — the need for the Office of Public Works to stop work on the erection of a new telecommunications mast at Shankill Garda station, County Dublin; (4) Deputy Cregan — the appointment of a third geriatrician to the Health Service Executive in the mid-western region; (5) Deputy O'Connor — to ask the Minister the action he is taking to ensure the completion of the Shamrock Rovers stadium at Tallaght; (6) Deputy Cowley — to ask the Minister the reason Mayo patients must wait for up to eight years for urgent urology hospital services in Galway; (7) Deputy Lynch — to ask the Minister the reason grant aid funding has been withdrawn from Feis Maitiú, Cork; (8) Deputy O'Sullivan — the need for the Minister to restore home tuition grants to children with autism who are attending school; (9) Deputy Crowe — the reason vital funding was blocked for a multi-use stadium for Tallaght against the overwhelming support of local public representatives; (10) Deputy Catherine Murphy — the need to ensure that the waste water requirements of the upper and lower Liffey catchments are fully implemented; (11) Deputy Gogarty — if the Minister will appoint a commissioner to carry out and have full responsibility for the functions of Fingal County Council; (12) Deputies Paul McGrath and Ring — the issue of performance awards paid to senior managers in local authorities and the assessment process for those awards; (13) Deputy Penrose — if the Minister will sanction the additional €150,000 request to complete a new national school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; (14) Deputy Michael D. Higgins — the Minister's plans for the future of the Great Southern Hotels group; and (15) Deputy Morgan — the Minister's views on the sacking of a shop steward of the union Mandate from their position at Dunnes Stores in Crumlin.

The matters raised by Deputies Cregan, Penrose, Catherine Murphy, and Paul McGrath and Ring have been selected for discussion.