Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, 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) Deputies Paul J. Connaughton and Brendan Griffin - the need to review the appeals process in relation to the allocation of teachers to small schools; (2) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need for legislation to facilitate the introduction of a quota for Irish music on the airwaves; (3) Deputy James Bannon - the need to address the funding crisis currently being experienced by St. Christopher's Care Centre, Longford; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the need to address concerns about the emerging dealing of drugs being sold as "crystal meth" here and the resulting damage to families and communities; (5) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to address the funding crisis currently being experienced by St. Christopher's Care Centre, Longford; (6) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - the need to revise and reduce the punitive late payment penalties relating to the non-principal private residence charge; (7) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to examine the Labour Court recommendation of 2008 in respect of pension payments for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; (8) Deputy John Lyons - the need to include rent-to-buy schemes in the forthcoming housing and social housing strategies; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the proposals regarding the introduction of State-subsidised rural broadband telecommunications services and the timeline for such projects to be completed; (10) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to address the termination of RTE's long-wave transmission service; (11) Deputy Alan Farrell - the need to ensure non-resident fathers contribute financially to the upbringing of their children, thus reducing the burden on social welfare services; (12) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the plans to ensure parental choice for secondary schools is preserved and quality of education prioritised in the current budgetary framework; (13) Deputy Róisín Shortall - the need to review the medical card guidelines and procedures relating to the assessment of those aged over 70; (14) Deputy Willie O'Dea - the need to address the increase in the number of criminal offences occurring on bail; (15) Deputy Jim Daly - the need to reconsider and reduce the water charges for adult dependants who have no alternative source of income; (16) Deputies Clare Daly and Billy Kelleher - the need to address concerns in maternity service provision; (17) Deputy Ruth Coppinger - the need to address issues relating to the water charging scheme; (18) Deputy Joe Higgins - the need to address issues relating to the water charging scheme; (19) Deputy Kieran O'Donnell - the need to address overcrowding at the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick, including the provision of a new 30-bed unit; (20) Deputy Mick Wallace - the need to discuss recent political appointments to State boards; (21) Deputy Seán Crowe - cuts to funding for the school completion programme in officially designated disadvantaged areas; (22) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the need to discuss the recent appointment by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; (23) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the European Commission's investigation into the corporate tax rate and possible deals with certain multinational companies; and (24) Deputy Joan Collins - the issue of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the need for a multidisciplinary team in the HSE or funding of a treatment abroad scheme for initial consultation in the UK.

The matters raised by Deputies Paul J. Connaughton and Brendan Griffin, Seán Crowe, Clare Daly and Billy Kelleher and John Lyons have been selected for discussion.

Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent)
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What are the issues?

Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Deputies Paul J. Connaughton and Brendan Griffin - the need to review the appeals process in relation to the allocation of teachers to small schools; Deputy Seán Crowe - cuts to funding for the school completion programme in officially designated disadvantaged areas; Deputies Clare Daly and Billy Kelleher - the need to address concerns in maternity service provision; and Deputy John Lyons - the need to include rent-to-buy schemes in the forthcoming housing and social housing strategies.