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 Jim Daly - the need for the Government to provide financial assistance to job action groups; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the shortage of beds at the new west Kerry Community Hospital; (3) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the urgent need for the Construction Contracts Bill to be enacted; (4) Deputy Jonathan O'Brien - the concerns raised by the national activity planning group that physical education will be downgraded from 180 hours to 100 hours over the three years of the junior certificate curriculum; (5) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need for improved services for young people with inflammatory bowel disease and furthermore to ensure the provision of a dedicated ward at the new national children's hospital for young people with IBD; (6) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to provide an update on the proposed building of an amalgamated primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; (7) Deputy Simon Harris - the need for the DART fare anomaly which exists for Greystones commuters to be reviewed and rectified; (8) Deputies Brendan Ryan and Dominic Hannigan - the need to compensate women who were previously excluded from the Lourdes Hospital redress scheme on age grounds; (9) Deputy Gerry Adams - the future of Narrow Water bridge in County Louth; (10) Deputy Eamonn Maloney - the need to confront medicinal drug pricing; (11) Deputy Andrew Doyle - the need for a direct commercial air route between Ireland and Asia as part of national aviation policy; (12) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the absence of a crime prevention officer for Tipperary for the last two years; (13) Deputy Dessie Ellis - the need to approve funding for the long overdue refurbishment of Lower Buttercup, Darndale, Dublin 17; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - the plight of asylum seekers in Ireland; (15) Deputy Martin Ferris - special needs assistants at Coolard school, County Kerry; (16) Deputy Clare Daly - the situation facing asylum seekers in Ireland; (17) Deputy John Lyons - the description of learners as customers on the Department of Education and Skills website; (18) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the changes to the rural transport programme and the impact on services; (19) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - the refusal to allow Leixlip Town Council to carry out works to be funded from savings achieved over a number of years; and (20) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the holding to account of those who have been the cause of our banking crisis.

The matters raised by Deputies Brendan Ryan and Dominic Hannigan, Simon Harris, Bernard J. Durkan and Michael Moynihan have been selected for discussion.