Séamus Kirk (Louth, 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 Brian O'Shea - the need for speech and language therapy services to be provided at St. Joseph's special school, Parnell Street, Waterford and St. Martin's special school, Kilcohan, Waterford; (2) Deputy Pádraic McCormack - the HSE's proposals for the future of St. Francis nursing home, Newcastle, Galway City; (3) Deputy John Cregan - the difficulties at the Brothers of Charity services in Limerick; (4) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a new community college at Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, or to facilitate the operation of a public private partnership for this project; (5) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline her plans for resolving the bed and space crisis in the accident and emergency unit of the Mater hospital; (6) Deputy Seymour Crawford - the need for the Minister for Social Protection to discuss the serious situation regarding the failure of many farm families and self-employed people, some of whom need urgent financial support, to receive essential farm assist or jobseeker's allowance on the basis of their actual income, rather than a historic or mythical income they simply do not have; (7) Deputy Michael D'Arcy - the need to reduce the cost of finger post signs; (8) Deputy Paul Connaughton - the need to consider lifting the staffing moratorium at agricultural colleges; (9) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need to take action to ensure the delivery of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance scheme, which faces further delays this year; (10) Deputy Pat Breen - the future education needs of special needs children in west Clare, who will be forced to travel over 120 km a day to access education if they are not facilitated locally, a situation which the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills must address as a matter of urgency; (11) Deputy Dan Neville - the care of Alzheimer's patients; and (12) Deputy Kathleen Lynch - the future plans for the campus of St. Mary's hospital in Cork.

The matters raised by Deputies John Cregan, Kathleen Lynch, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Paul Connaughton have been selected for discussion.