Before proceeding to the Order of Business, I have received a notice of motion under Standing Order 30 from Deputy Alan Shatter. I now call on Deputy Shatter to state the matter of which he has given notice to me.
Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 30.
I would ask that the following motion pursuant to Standing Order 30 be accepted: "That the Dáil be adjourned for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, that is that Dáil Éireann urgently address the horrific increase in the numbers unemployed since the commencement of this year noting that there are currently 245,000 people unemployed on the live register and that taking into account those currently participating in training schemes, the real number of unemployed currently stands at 275,000, and that Dáil Éireann deplores the failure of the Government to take the essential steps necessary to tackle the structural difficulties which contribute to numbers unemployed and inhibit the creation of additional jobs, and that Dáil Éireann notes with alarm that the Programme for Economic and Social Progress is in reality a programme for increased unemployment, and demands that the Government place before the House as a matter of extreme urgency new innovative proposals and measures to tackle our growing unemployment crisis.
Having considered the matter fully I do not consider it one to be contemplated by Standing Order 30. I cannot therefore grant leave to move the motion.
That is crazy.
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I must point out that the new figures——
My decisions in such matters may not be challenged.
The new figures published on Thursday evening last indicate the level of urgency needed to tackle the problem.
The Deputy will doubtless get another chance of raising that matter. I am now calling the Order of Business.
Sir, surely this is a matter that is contemplated——
It is a matter of extreme importance.
Deputy Bruton, I have ruled on the matter. Deputies know the procedure well.
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