Peter Mathews (Dublin 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 Patrick O'Donovan - the need to review the examination system for those seeking to obtain SPSV licences; (2) Deputies Robert Dowds and Seán Kenny - the need to intervene with the banks and mortgage providers to address the personal debt crisis; (3) Deputy Charles Flanagan - Garda Síochána covert human intelligence sources and the consequences for the criminal justice system of last week's special report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (4) Deputy Pearse Doherty - the need to reclassify Down's syndrome as a low incidence disability in order that children who have Down's syndrome can get teaching and learning resources appropriate to their needs; (5) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the ongoing industrial dispute at Bus Éireann; (6) Deputy Joe Higgins - the industrial dispute at Bus Éireann; (7) Deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Sandra McLellan and David Stanton - the provision of pre-emergency care in the Cork area in view of the case of a person (details supplied); (8) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the implications for parents and children with autism arising from changes to the home tuition grant and the provision of home-based tuition hours; (9) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - the effects of cuts to Traveller education resources in Ballyfermot, Dublin; (10) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the industrial dispute in Bus Éireann and the need to properly fund public transport services and protect pay and conditions of low and middle income workers; (11) Deputy Martin Ferris - the planned closure of Cuan counselling service in Dingle, County Kerry; (12) Deputy Derek Keating - the need to provide extensions to St. Thomas junior national school, Esker and Scoil Áine Naofa senior national school, Esker, Lucan, County Dublin; (13) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the industrial dispute in Bus Éireann; (14) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the establishment of new hospital groups; (15) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the establishment of new hospital groups; (16) Deputies Joan Collins and Barry Cowen - the status of pay and conditions for workers in the six sectorial agreements covered by the REAs formed under the 1946 Industrial Relations Act; (17) Deputy Clare Daly - the European Court of Justice order that the refund on fuel used by disabled drivers is unlawful; (18) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the ongoing delays with FÁS in finalising the Tipperary Hostel Project and the need to have this matter finalised without any further delay; (19) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the need to address the fact that Limerick city and county do not have any mainstream schools with an autistic spectrum disorder unit attached to educate children with autism; (20) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need for those responsible for the horsemeat scandal to face justice; (21) Deputy Niall Collins - the steps being taken to address the ongoing issue between the Garda ombudsman commission and the Garda Commissioner; and (22) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need to ensure that the public transport services provided by the CIE group continue in the event of continuous industrial action in Bus Éireann.

The matters raised by Deputies Robert Dowds and Seán Kenny, Pearse Doherty, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Sandra McLellan and David Stanton, and Joan Collins and Barry Cowen have been selected for discussion.