I seek the adjournment of the Dáil today under Standing Order 30 to consider the following specific and urgent matter: That Dáil Éireann is of the opinion that it is urgent that talks commence between all the parties involved under the Brooke initiative in order to establish a structure for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, and that Dáil Éireann is of the opinion that the safeguards for the progress made under the Anglo-Irish Agreement already contained in the Brooke proposal of 24 December 1990 are reasonable in that they provide: (1) That nothing will be agreed in any one strand of the talks until everything is agreed in the talks as a whole, which in effect gives the Irish Government a veto on the outcome of the Brooke Initiative; and (2) That there will be agreement that it will be necessary to have launched all three strands of the talks by approximately half way through the period pre-set for the talks as a whole, which ensures that the talks involving the Irish Government will start at a reasonably early stage and long before any agreement is reached elsewhere which might prejudice them.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 30.
Having considered the matter fully, I do not consider it to be one contemplated by Standing Order 30. Therefore I cannot grant leave to move the motion.
A Cheann Comhairle, I request leave to move the Adjournment of the Dáil pursuant to Standing Order 30 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration. The urgent matter requiring immediate discussion is the failure of the Government to set out clearly their foreign policy objectives on European political union and in particular on common foreign security and defence policies, and the urgent need of the Government now to do so in the light of the statement last night by Mr. Jacques Delors, President of the EC Commission, that a decision will have to be made this year on political unity, "including a common foreign policy and military co-operation leading before 1995 to multilateral forces and a joint rapid deployment force"; and whether Ireland supports this approach, and if not, Government policy on the issue.
Having considered the matter fully, I do not consider it to be one contemplated by Standing Order 30. Therefore, I cannot grant leave to move the motion.
We will remain in the dark.