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 Jack Wall — the loss of employment in Kildare South and the provision of training programmes to replace the jobs lost; (2) Deputy Joanna Tuffy — to ask the Minister for Education and Science to give an update on the urgent need for the additional permanent accommodation and major refurbishment works applied for by St. Brigid's national school, Palmerstown in 1999; (3) Deputy Dan Neville — the construction of Killfinane national school, County Limerick; (4) Deputy James Bannon — the urgent need for the Minister for Defence to reverse his decision to close Connolly Barracks, Longford, in light of its adverse economic effects on the viability of County Longford resulting in the loss of 180 full-time jobs and the disruption caused by such dislocation to Army personnel and their families who are an integral part of the local community; (5) Deputy Joe Costello — the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to take appropriate measures to ensure that churches that have been deconsecrated are secured and maintained as part of the national heritage and that those who perpetrated the vandalism on the Methodist Church, Jones Road, Dublin 3 are prosecuted and made restore the church; (6) Deputy Pat Rabbitte — the cutback in language support teachers and the particular impact that this has had on St. Mark's School, Tallaght, Dublin 24; and (7) Deputy Olivia Mitchell — the need to pay without delay refunds due to patients under the drugs payment scheme.

The matters raised by Deputies Jack Wall, Olivia Mitchell, Dan Neville and Pat Rabbitte have been selected for discussion.