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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 Mar 2009

Vol. 676 No. 4

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.

Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the widespread anxiety and public concern about security matters following the largest and most substantial theft of cash in the history of the State, the protocols and procedures in place between banks and the Garda Síochána in respect of tiger kidnappings and related matters, the resources deployed to the Garda Síochána to maintain surveillance on suspects in this context and if the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, would make a detailed statement in response to this urgent and important matter.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government would urgently bring forward a strategic development zone for the stalled and unfinished housing estates across the north fringe of Dublin city, from Belcamp to Baldoyle, and if he will establish a task force with Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council to investigate all aspects of the pyrite contamination of houses and apartments in part of this and other areas of north County Dublin and if he would also immediately establish a traceability audit of all materials used from an alleged pryrite-contaminated quarry in Dublin 15, and if he would report urgently to Dáil Éireann on this matter.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the war being waged on the over 70s, and strongly condemn the threat caused by the Government to their well-being, which caused some to refuse to hand back their medical cards by yesterday's deadline for fear that they will not be able to afford medical care, including home help and who are prepared to break the law to retain their cards, knowing that in their declining years, as they will be hard hit by nursing home charges and reduced tax relief on medical expenses, they will not be able to pay for essential medical services, a situation exacerbated by confusion and fear being generated by contradictory information from the HSE.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 on the following specific important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the urgent need for the Government to guarantee the future of the "dial to stop drug dealing" non-Garda confidential phone line, which may cease to operate imminently despite its success in generating intelligence tip-offs from the community that have contributed to Garda investigations; more than 1,400 calls have been made to the centre resulting in approximately 370 information reports being passed to the Garda. Just €300,000 in funding was allocated for 2009 to cover both public advertising and the price of calls and the Minister has confirmed that the more calls it receives, the more successful it is, and the earlier the problem will disappear. This low-cost and successful initiative is being cut in the context of very real community fear as regards the reporting of drug related crimes perpetuated by Garda corruption, as evidenced in the Boylan case broadcast on RTE's "Prime Time" last night, and despite the very high human and economic costs of drug-related crime.

Tar éis breithnithe a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.

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