Brendan Howlin (Wexford, 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 Leo Varadkar — the recognition and sanctioning of Carpenterstown Educate Together, in addition to the planned VEC national school (details supplied); (2) Deputy Tom Hayes — the need to provide funding for a physical education hall at a school; (3) Deputy Ulick Burke — the provision of a new community school in Glenamaddy, County Galway, in view of the fact the site has been acquired, planning obtained and a contractor appointed, and bearing in mind the condition of the existing school in the area; (4) Deputy Paul Connaughton — the proposed new sewerage scheme for Mountbellew, County Galway, which is urgently required as the present treatment system is hindering the development of the town and polluting the nearby Shiven river; (5) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the difficulties schools are experiencing in accessing educational psychologists under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments; (6) Deputy Joe Costello — to clarify the new provisions by the Road Safety Authority in respect of examination of driving instructors and especially the validity of examinations already passed by driving instructors under the auspices of the Department of Transport; (7) Deputy P. J. Sheehan — the serious anxiety prevailing in the tourism industry in the Cork and Kerry region owing to the lack of a Cork to Swansea ferry service, whether the Minister will outline what steps he has taken to restore this ferry service to date and state what immediate steps he now intends to take to restore this ferry service which is vital for the survival of the tourism industry in the area and if he will make a statement on the matter; (8) Deputy Willie Penrose — if steps will be taken to regularise the position of self-employed driving instructors who have passed appropriate examinations and were duly accredited by the driving instructor register, DIR, which was backed by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, whereby such drivers are now being required by the Road Safety Authority to undertake further assessments and examinations with the DIR, if the Minister will take steps to have these drivers exempted from taking such exams and if he will make a statement on the matter; (9) Deputy Michael McGrath — the need for a new school building at a school in Passage West, County Cork; (10) Deputy Pat Breen — the need to provide a train stop on the Ennis to Athenry rail line at Crusheen village in the interests of regional development and that the Minister for Transport would support the case for same; (11) Deputy Dinny McGinley — an géar ghá le méadú agus deisiúcháin a dhéanamh ar Scoil Chonaill, An Bun Beag (details supplied) agus cén uair a cheadófar deontas chun tús a chur leis an tionscnamh práinneach seo agus an ndéanfaidh An Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ráiteas ina thaobh; (12) Deputy Bernard Allen — the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, that he has appointed a mediator to deal with the issue of the debt at Cork Airport, accompanied by a threat that if agreement is not reached between the Dublin Airport Authority and Cork Airport Authority, the former will retain control over the affairs of Cork Airport; (13) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan — that the roll-out of 600 speed cameras is implemented as a matter of urgency; and (14) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the serious problem facing orthodontic services in the Kerry area.

The matters raised by Deputies Jimmy Deenihan, Tom Hayes, Michael McGrath and Thomas P. Broughan have been selected for discussion.