Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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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 Patrick Nulty - the implications for the State of the European Court of Justice ruling with respect to the pension scheme of former Waterford Crystal workers; (2) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to reclassify Down's syndrome as a low-incidence disability in order that children who have it can get teaching and learning resources appropriate to their needs; (3) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the implications for the State of the European Court of Justice ruling with respect to the pension scheme of former Waterford Crystal workers; (4) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the decision to reconfigure the youth-centred homelessness project St. Catherine’s Foyer, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8, to become a general homeless centre; (5) Deputy Shane Ross - the reduction in the teacher-pupil ratio at Holy Cross school, Dundrum, Dublin 14; (6) Deputy Ciara Conway - the need for the State to engage with a delegation on behalf of former Waterford Crystal workers following the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice; (7) Deputy Michael McNamara - the regulation of small food businesses - a barrier to growth and employment; (8) Deputy Brendan Smith - the measures that will be taken to combat smuggling and the illegal sale of solid fuel following the extension of the carbon tax to these products; (9) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to extend and enhance supports for the importation of fodder to meet current needs and future requirements; (10) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need for LYIT to maintain a campus in Killybegs; (11) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to reduce the use of prefabricated classrooms; (12) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need to compile accurate data on the educational outcomes of children in care, as advocated by the Ombudsman for Children; (13) Deputy Clare Daly - the European Court of Justice order that found that the refund on fuel used by disabled drivers was unlawful; (14) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - Department of Education and Skills statistics on access to third level education; (15) Deputy Michael McGrath - the Mercer report on the banks and the way savings achieved will benefit the customers of the banks; (16) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need to locate a passport office in the west; (17) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the need for the State to provide an apology for the small number of remaining survivors of Bethany Home; (18) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the cut in social welfare for those under 25 years in emergency accommodation, coming out of homelessness, or in care; (19) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to seek the closure of Guantánamo Bay; (20) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the European Court of Justice ruling in relation to pension protection for Waterford Crystal workers; and (21) Deputy Joe Higgins - the need to have a fresh military court inquiry into the circumstances of the death in 2009 of Air Corps cadet David Jevens.

The matters raised by Deputies Derek Keating, Eamonn Maloney, Brendan Smith and Aengus Ó Snodaigh have been selected for discussion.