Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)
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I have received notice from Senator Kathryn Reilly that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to discuss funding for local improvement schemes, how funding is allocated for these schemes, if supplementary funding for the local improvement scheme is made available outside the allocated funding for road maintenance, and the need to make a separate allocation of funding for this purpose.

I have also received notice from Senator Sean D. Barrett of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to defend the independence of Aer Lingus from the proposed takeover by British Airways and IAG in view of the failures of the takeover airline to serve adequately the regions of the United Kingdom and the need for Ireland, as an outer offshore island, to develop independent competitive air services.

I have also received notice from Senator Colm Burke of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health and the HSE to increase the number of places available on the clinical adaption course which is being provided to upskill nurses who have trained abroad but who now wish to work in Ireland.

I have also received notice from Senator Mary Moran of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Health to discuss the current HSE drug counselling services and programmes for those under the age of 18 years in Dundalk and the need for the reinstatement of the under-18 drugs counselling service in Dundalk.

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

The need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to designate the municipal district of Connemara, County Galway, as a separate stand-alone lot under the social inclusion programme and to award social inclusion funding accordingly.

I have also received notice from Senator Marie Moloney of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to clarify if funding will be made available for the health and disability groups which were excluded from the 2014 support scheme for national organisations administered by Pobal on behalf of his Department and which were given bridging funding which will expire in June.

I have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter:

The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to comment on the reason students who qualified from Mountbellew Agricultural College with a level 7 BSc in Agriculture and Environmental Management are not now qualified to become GLAS planners and to identify options to facilitate these graduates to achieve the required standard of qualification.

I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion. I have selected the matters raised by Senators Kathryn Reilly, Sean D. Barrett, Colm Burke and Mary Moran and they will be taken now. Senators Fidelma Healy Eames, Marie Moloney and Martin Conway may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise.