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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 20 Nov 1991

Vol. 413 No. 2

Adjournment Debate Matters.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given to the Ceann Comhairle under Standing Order 20 (3) (a) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Moynihan — The position regarding 40 craft workers who have been put on a three-day week and the matter of re-employing them through the Employment Board for the Blind; (2) Deputy Gay Mitchell — The need for an urgent report on the implications of the Labour Relations Committee ruling on the return of married women to the Civil Service and whether the Minister for Finance will give details of his position on the matter; (3) Deputy Bill Cotter — The failure of the North-Eastern Health Board to make permanent appointments at Monaghan General Hospital and the public disquiet regarding the future of the hospital; (4) Deputy Pat Lee — The present financial crisis in the Eastern Health Board; (5) Deputy John O'Leary — If the Minister for Energy will outline the circumstances under which three employees were dismissed from their employment by Coillte Teoranta at Dromore Forest, Kenmare, County Kerry, recently; (6) Deputy Therese Ahearn — The enormous delay in the payment of livestock headage grant owed to farmers and the resultant hardship caused to the agricultural community; (7) Deputy John Bruton — The failure of the Minister for Finance to provide any meaningful answers to a series of parliamentary questions on the Government's attitude to specific Presidency proposals for Economic and Monetary Union, and the consequences of this failure for parliamentary accountability; (8) Deputy John Browne (Wexford) — The serious crimewave in the south-east caused by gangs from Dublin carrying out robberies and attacks, particularly in the Bunclody area of County Wexford, and the need to have extra gardaí made available to combat the problem; (9) Deputy Roger Garland — The inaction by the Minister for Health in the long-running dispute between the general practitioners and the Department of Health which, unless resolved, will result in the withdrawal of these doctors from the health services with the consequent deterioration in health standards; (10) Deputy Eamon Gilmore — The threat by the Allied Irish Banks and the Bank of Ireland to close all local authority accounts unless local authorities agree to pay bank charges; (11) Deputy Bernard Allen — The need for the Minister for the Environment to set up a national survey of the level of evictions and repossessions by local authorities and the financial institutions because of the non-payment of mortgage repayments, especially in view of the impact these evictions and repossessions have on the national Housing programme; (12) Deputy Austin Deasy — The continuing delay in the payment of headage grants; (13) Deputy Mervyn Taylor — The difficulties for young people under 25 years obtaining motor insurance cover; (14) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — The laying off of permanent forestry workers by Coillte Teoranta in the Kenmare area of County Kerry; (15) Deputy John V. Farrelly — Whether the Minister for Justice has received a report on an incident which occurred on Mentrim Lake on 14 November where four German tourists were threatened by local anglers and the steps he intends taking to prevent a recurrence of this incident.

The Ceann Comhairle has selected for discussion the matters raised by the following deputies: Deputy Eamon Gilmore; Deputy Michael Moynihan and Deputy Pat Lee.

On a point of Order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I seek your guidance. I sought an Adjournment debate on the disposal of lands at Kilsealy by Teagasc. I was informed by the Ceann Comhairle that it did not have ministerial approval. Given that the disposal of any asssets such as land requires the approval not only of the Minister for Agriculture and Food but also of the Minister for Finance, I ask whether that could be brought to your attention? I want to place on record my objection to that decision made by the Ceann Comhairle.

Deputy Seán Ryan has in his customary courteous way sought advice from me, so I presume that he will take it when I give it. The advice is that the decision of the Ceann Comhairle cannot be overriden, nor is it in any way unacceptable to the present occupant of the Chair. Consequently I must ask Deputy Ryan to reside patiently and quietly with whatever disappointment he has. Thank you.

I shall take the matter up with the Ceann Comhairle, but I feel that it is a disgraceful decision, and I want to put that on record.

Well, while I would not encourage the Deputy in this and while Deputy Ryan may seem disappointed with the advice given, perhaps he has not failed in what he wanted to establish.

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