Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter, namely, the threat to the rights of citizens posed by the charges for requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1997, which constitute a barrier to the access of public information, according to the latest OECD review. That review recommends making all requests under the Act free of charge.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to make herself available today to engage with the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to find a mechanism to prevent the withdrawal of large numbers of pharmacists from the medical card scheme and the drugs repayment scheme, if the ongoing talks are not concluded by tomorrow.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following specific and important matter of public interest, namely, the fact that there is no current NRA programme for the entire county of Cork currently up and running, with specific consideration to the N28, that work has not yet begun on either the Bishopstown or Wilton flyovers, that there is a clear lack of progress in the development of a strategic and sustainable light rail system for Cork city and its greater area, that there is a lack of a sufficient bus service for the city and county region, all of which clearly points to the urgent need for the introduction of a Cork transportation authority to tackle these issues in order to ensure sustainable and co-ordinated transportation infrastructure for the Cork region.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration: the implications for Government and Health Service Executive policy and planning of acute hospital provision in this State of the OECD report showing that in the north-east region the HSE has based its plan for downgrading of hospitals and the centralisation of services in two and ultimately one hospital on a population-to-hospital ratio presented by the College of Surgeons in England and without properly considering other international models of hospital provision; and the need for the Government and the HSE to radically revise its approach accordingly.
Tar éis breithniú a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe. Níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.