Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an gá atá le cead a fháil cuid de na haonaid tithíochta sóisialta ag Áras Rónáin , Cill Rónáin, Árann a athrúó thithe soisialta go aonad cúram príomhúil faoi chúram an HSE agus nach n-iarrfaí aon aisíoc ar an deontas a tugadh don ionad ó tharla go mbeidh sé in úsáid ag an HSE don phobal; (2) Deputy Joe O'Reilly - the potential for the boarding out option to be used more widely in the provision of long-term care by the HSE; (3) Deputy Martin Heydon - the status of and future plans for St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; (4) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to ensure bus services in the Dublin area, in particular in the areas of Ballymun and Finglas; (5) Deputies Tom Hayes, Seamus Healy and Mattie McGrath - the proposed closure of Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; (6) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to make available the necessary finance to tackle problems on the north fringe of Dublin and facilitate the rehousing of residents of Priory Hall; (7) Deputy John O'Mahony - possible changes in respect of absenteeism and sick pay; (8) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the threatened closure of Valentia Community Hospital and the shortage of residential care beds on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry; (9) Deputy Nicky McFadden - the development of Coosan national school, County Westmeath; (10) Deputy Tom Fleming - the introduction of a voluntary job share scheme for employees; (11) Deputy Michael P. Kitt - cinneadh an Rialtais deireadh a chur le hoifig reachtúil neamhspleách an Choimisinéara Teanga; (12) Deputy Seamus Kirk - the impact, particularly in Border counties, of the proposal to increase VAT by 2%; (13) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the introduction of VAT charges on admissions to open farms and pet farms; (14) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the provision of full respite services at St. Colman's Hospital, Rathdrum, County Wicklow; (15) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the need to protect services for people with intellectual disabilities such as the services provided by Ability West; (16) Deputies Jonathan O'Brien and Clare Daly - the need to discuss the findings of the annual reports of the prison visiting committees; (17) Deputy Seán Conlan - the need to protect small to medium-sized businesses in the six southern Border counties; (18) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the proposal that employers pay the costs of employees absent due to sick leave; (19) Deputy Charlie McConalogue - the status of the A5 dual carriageway project from Derry to the Monaghan border; (20) Deputy Niall Collins - the need for RTE to publish the amount paid in the settlement of the Fr. Kevin Reynolds libel case; (21) Deputy Martin Ferris - the impact of cutbacks on people with disabilities; (22) Deputy Dara Calleary - the threat to services at St. Joseph's District Hospital, Ballina, County Mayo; (23) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to review the management arrangements for herring fisheries and the Celtic Sea fishery, in particular; (24) Deputy Joan Collins - the proposal to cut child benefit and payments to one-parent families; (25) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to ensure the necessary repair work is carried out on gas flues in The Foundry, The Kiln and The Forge, Railway Street, Dublin 1; and (26) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - democracy protests in Egypt and the military crackdown.

The matters raised by Deputies Seán Kyne, Paul J. Connaughton, Jonathan O'Brien and Clare Daly and Éamon Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.