Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)
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I have received notice from Senator Marc MacSharry that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on reports in relation to the underfunding of the care of people with intellectual disabilities at Wisdom Services, Cregg House, Sligo; the reason the Government is pursuing an agenda to drive Wisdom Services out despite the services there being more cost effective than comparable services operated by the HSE directly; and to correct clear inaccuracies in the Minister's comments on this issue to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children on Thursday, 14 June in relation to Wisdom Services and the Daughters of Wisdom.

I have also received notice from Senator Lorraine Higgins of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to expand the primary care facility concept to Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Gort, Tuam, Portumna and Athenry, County Galway, in the interests of providing accessible community care facilities and to make the necessary arrangements in his capital budget to implement this programme over the next three years.

I have also received notice from Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill of the following matter:

An gá don Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna athbreathnú láithreach a dhéanamh ar chás Pobal Scoil Gaoth Dobhair, Uimhir Rolla 91409A, agus go dtabharfaidh aitheantas di mar scoil DEIS arís agus lena chois go ndéanfaidh scoláireachtaí ar leith a thairiscint do scoláirí Gaeltachta mar atá luaite go sonrach sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge.

I have also received notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970.

I have also received notice from Senator Thomas Byrne of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Finance to give an update on plans for a playground at Oldbride House, County Meath.

I have also received notice from Senator Ivana Bacik of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of additional multi-denominational school places in the Portobello area, on the basis of recommendation A4 of the report of the advisory group to the National Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector; and if any progress has been made on the delivery of a new multi-denominational school in the Portobello area for September 2013, either through the transformation of patronage or divestment model, or through recognition of the Portobello group as a new multi-denominational school.

I have also received notice from Senator John Kelly of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss the awarding of maintenance payments by District Court judges, particularly where people are relying on social welfare.

I regard the matters raised by Senators MacSharry, Higgins, Ó Domhnaill, Healy Eames, Bacik and Byrne as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment and I have selected the matters raised by Senators MacSharry, Higgins, Ó Domhnaill and Healy Eames and they will be taken at the conclusion of business. The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise. I regret I have had to rule out of order the matter raised by Senator Kelly as the Minister has no responsibility in this matter.