In accordance with Standing Order 29, I request leave to move the adjournment of the Dáil for the purpose of discussing the following definite matter of urgent public importance.
That having regard to the recently stated views of Mr. Enoch Powell which are repugnant to the spirit and letter of the Proclamation of 1916, the Democratic Programme of the First Dáil and the Constitution of the State, the Government should take action to declare Mr. Enoch Powell persona non grata in view of his proposed visit to Dublin on Friday next, especially in view of the fact that his visit is liable to give offence to a significant number of persons studying and working in this country and because in itself his presence might incite civil disorder.