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 Noel J. Coonan - the need for Templemore Garda College to provide more practical training; (2) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the need for the Government to demonstrate its support for the Cork docklands project; (3) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister to recognise the valuable work of Longford-Westmeath family resource centres through essential funding for 2011; (4) Deputy Seán Sherlock - the decision to impose pay cuts on up to 17,000 low paid staff from 1 January 2011. The workers affected include school secretaries employed by individual schools and VECs, many of whom barely earn above the minimum wage. They are not on the Department's payroll but are indirectly funded through grants from the Department which are to be cut by 5%; (5) Deputy John O'Mahony - the urgent need for the Minister to address the low stocks of salt for gritting roads; (6) Deputy Dan Neville - the need for an extension to Nicker national school, County Limerick; (7) Deputy Phil Hogan - the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to review the savage expenditure cuts in the budget of the National Heritage Council for 2011; and (8) Deputy Tom Hayes - the issue of raw sewage flowing into the River Suir, County Tipperary.

The matters raised by Deputies Neville, Coonan and Tom Hayes have been selected for discussion.