Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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: Deputy Cowley — that the Minister explains why a school (details supplied) is to lose the equivalent of two teachers due to the withdrawal of funding; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the reason for the refusal to award a respite care grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; (3) Deputy Ring — the criteria used to determine disadvantage under the new school support programme; (4) Deputy Blaney — the provision of extra Garda cover for the Border areas in Donegal; (5) Deputy Paul McGrath — the criteria by which a person returning from the United Kingdom is entitled to a carer's allowance; (6) Deputy Cooper-Flynn — spending on national roads in the BMW region; (7) Deputy Stanton — to ask the Minister to debate the need to raise the Maggie B to explore whether the bodies of the missing skipper and crewman are still on or underneath the boat and to find out why the boat sank so quickly on the night of 31 March 2006; (8) Deputy Lowry — the closure of BSN Medical and job losses in the Thurles and north Tipperary areas; (9) Deputy Twomey — the cancellation of spinal simulator surgery by the NTPF and the alternative facilities that are available to those affected; and (10) Deputy Deenihan — the need to provide funding for essential remedial, structural, operational and safety work at Fenit harbour, County Kerry.

The matters raised by Deputies Twomey, Lowry, Paul McGrath and Blaney have been selected for discussion.