Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, 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 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need to revisit the decision to wind down the charitable lotteries scheme; (2) Deputy Seamus Healy - the need to approve the cancer drug zytiga for inclusion under the medical card scheme; (3) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the cost implication for the Exchequer of a new external recruitment process to fill 28 positions in the Dublin Fire Brigade when new recruits could instead be directly hired from the Dublin Fire Brigade panel; (4) Deputy Ann Phelan - the establishment of a DNA database in respect of indigenous ash plants; (5) Deputy Robert Dowds - the reduction in the number of convictions for white-collar crime in recent years; (6) Deputy Regina Doherty - the need to create a hardship fund for those who cannot afford new digital boxes following the switch-over; (7) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need to resist any plans to downgrade services at Waterford Regional Hospital; (8) Deputies Derek Nolan and Charlie McConalogue - the need to address the backlog of payments from the student universal support scheme; (9) Deputy Brendan Ryan - the need to assess coastal erosion at The Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin; (10) Deputy Finian McGrath - cuts to disability services; (11) Deputy Paudie Coffey - the proposed reconfiguration of the hospital networks; (12) Deputy Noel Harrington - the imminent closure by the Courts Service of the court houses in Kinsale, Skibbereen and Clonakilty, County Cork; (13) Deputy Paschal Donohoe - the steps that can be taken to ensure that banks pass on the additional mortgage interest relief; (14) Deputy Dara Calleary - the future of the Defence Forces Reserve base in Ballina, County Mayo; (15) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the impact of funding cuts to the COPE Foundation, Montenotte, Cork; (16) Deputy John Halligan - the possible reconfiguration of hospital services in the south east; (17) Deputies Michael McNamara and Alan Farrell - the need to ensure accuracy of the database of payments made under the household charge in view of its use for the payment of any future property tax; (18) Deputy Dan Neville - the report of the Ombudsman for Children on bullying; (19) Deputy Áine Collins - the need to maintain a nationwide post office service; (20) Deputy Robert Troy - the need for an update on the working group on bullying and the implementation of new policies; (21) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need for the Department of Social Protection to update its processing system for payments; (22) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the need to ensure the future of the student assistance fund; (23) Deputy Seán Kyne - the need to maintain the air service to the Aran Islands; (24) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the possible reconfiguration of hospital services in the south east; (25) Deputy Michael McGrath - the need to amend the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation to reduce the pension entitlements of retired bank executives in the covered institutions; (26) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the details to be included in the residential property price register; (27) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the reconfiguration of hospital services in the south east; (28) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the possible co-location of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street with St. Vincent's hospital, on the Elm Park site; (29) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the difficulties being experienced by customers of banks; (30) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the new Teaching Council regulations and the impact on teachers in VEC schools; (31) Deputy James Bannon - the need to provide additional temporary accommodation at Lanesboro Community College, Longford; and (32) Deputy Mick Wallace - current tax policy and the provision of foreign aid.

The matters raised by Deputies Michael McNamara and Alan Farrell; Mary Lou McDonald; Robert Dowds; and Derek Nolan and Charlie McConalogue have been selected for discussion.