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 Seán Barrett - to discuss the upward revaluation of business premises in the Dún Laoghaire area; (2) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for the Minister for Finance to fund and reactivate the local authority swimming pool programme which operates under the auspices of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport; (3) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to raise on the Adjournment under Standing Order 21(3) the operation of voluntary housing associations, whether they are operating in all cases in accordance with the articles of association as laid down in the relevant Act, if he will set out the requirements for the operation of such schemes in detail, whether the holding of annual general meeting, furnishing updated rent reviews, carrying out maintenance is a requirement, whether this has been followed by the Léim an Bhradáin Housing Association, Leixlip, County Kildare, and others given the funding provided by his Department in conjunction with the local authority under the capital allowance scheme which included the award of free sites, a 100% grant and if the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will make a statement on the matter; (4) Deputy Pat Breen - the future of the newly refurbished dementia unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare and the need to lift the moratorium on employment to allow for the filling of the positions so that this facility can open immediately; (5) Deputy Kathleen Lynch - the difficulties for children with special needs in accessing primary care education in the Cork area; (6) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to urgently outline the steps he is taking to avert the closure of B3 Cables in County Longford, in the light of the company going into receivership with a mere six days remaining to sell it and to prevent the loss of 100 plus jobs, to the detriment of the socio-economic recovery of the region and the future industrial and commercial profile of Longford town and surrounding areas; (7) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - the Milltown and Claregalway sewerage schemes, County Galway; (8) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim - to call on the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the possibility of organising postgraduate training and education for recently qualified teachers while simultaneously allowing them to get practical experience in schools with a view to raising the qualifications and quality of teachers in our schools; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the replacement of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers by Bird Watch Ireland as one of the two farming pillar seats at the European Economic and Social Council; (10) Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, Pádraic McCormack and Kieran O'Donnell - the need for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure that the Brothers of Charity in Limerick and in Galway have adequate funding to provide a proper level of respite service; (11) Deputy Jack Wall - the need to ensure that, with regard to households in mortgage arrears, persons in receipt of a home loan from a local authority be afforded the same protection as those borrowing from private sector institutions; and (12) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the need to ensure the 600 research posts that have been cut are reinstated in light of their importance in delivering Ireland's smart economy.

The matters raised Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, McCormack and O'Donnell, Wall and Kathleen Lynch have been selected for discussion tomorrow.