John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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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 Leo Varadkar — that Dáil Éireann expresses its deep concern at the dispute between pharmacists and HSE and calls on the Minister for Health and Children to state the contingency arrangements she has made to ensure that GMS and DPS patients continue to receive their medications if pharmacists withdraw from these schemes; (2) Deputy Seán Barrett — to discuss the sourcing of alternative accommodation to facilitate Reserve Defence Force training in Dún Laoghaire; (3) Deputy Joe McHugh — to quantify the number of drift net fishermen who have been paid by the Loughs Agency to date and the number of fishermen paid under the drift net scrappage scheme; (4) Deputy Michael Moynihan — the progress on the proposed amalgamation of the national schools in Kanturk, County Cork; (5) Deputy Paul Connaughton — redundancies in the FÁS community employment schemes, the subsequent problems this creates for the workers involved and the community projects they were working on; and the continuing cap on the numbers seeking work on the rural social scheme; (6) Deputy Chris Andrews — that the vaccine for pneumococcal disease be introduced by the Department of Health and Children as a matter of urgency; (7) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin — to restore local democracy, political accountability and community participation in the planning process for major infrastructural projects and accordingly to repeal the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006; (8) Deputy Bernard Allen — the need to discuss the pathological laboratory services provided at Cork University Hospital; (9) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — the need to publish the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; and (10) Deputy James Bannon — to give an update on the application by St. Joseph's national school, Rathwire, Killucan, County Westmeath, for a new school building, in the light of increased enrolment, due to rapid growth of the local population.

The matters raised by Deputies Bernard Allen, Michael Moynihan, Seán Barrett and Ciarán Lynch have been selected for discussion.