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 Pádraic McCormack - the need for subcontractors to be paid by the relevant Department when the main contractor on a public buildings project goes into receivership or examinership; the protection of subcontractors who have worked on such projects, given that they are not at fault when the main contractor goes into examinership; and the right of subcontractors to obtain moneys owed to them; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the progress being made with the purchase of a site for the proposed amalgamated national school in Kanturk, County Cork; (3) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the long waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment in Cork; (4) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the performance of the Credit Review Office; (5) Deputy Joe McHugh - the future of white fish fishing in the context of the European Council fisheries quota negotiations; (6) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the need for the Minister for Finance to debate the reduction or suspension of the disbursal of national lottery funds in light the continued popularity of the scheme, given that sales have increased by 20% over the last three years; (7) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to provide additional funding to local authorities to deal with the present weather conditions and to instruct local authorities to provide stockpiles of grit and salt; and (8) Deputy Tom Hayes - the need for the Minister to instruct local authorities to provide stockpiles of grit and salt to individuals to spread on local and regional roads, which carry the majority of traffic in Ireland but which are not being gritted or salted by the NRA.

The matters raised by Deputies Lucinda Creighton; Joe Costello, Tom Hayes and Joe McHugh have been selected for discussion.