Vol. 560 No. 3
Before coming to Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I propose to deal with these four topics separately and will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted notices to my office.
In regard to the first topic, I have received notice from Deputy Olivia Mitchell. I call on Deputy Mitchell to state the matter.
I seek leave under Standing Order 31 to adjourn the Dáil to discuss the following urgent and important matter, namely, the revelation that despite all that has gone before, the IBTS, until recently, has been inviting blood donations from persons infected with hepatitis C and the urgent need to monitor implementation of inquiry recommendations and to avoid a further devastating blood scandal.
The matter is not in order under Standing Order 31. In regard to the second topic, I have received notice from Deputies Noonan and Ó Caoláin.
I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of public importance, namely, the continuous breaches of security at Shannon Airport, the incompetence and complacency of the Government in allowing security there to drift out of control and the use of the Army at the airport.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 on an important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the decision of the Government to escalate its support for the drive to war by the US and British Governments by using the Defence Forces to guard Shannon Airport in defiance of the people's clearly express opposition to the war and the use of the airport for military purposes at a potentially massive cost to the taxpayer.
The matter is not in order under Standing Order 31. In regard to the third topic, I have received notice from Deputy Neville.
I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the growing crisis in the care of the disabled with 1,711 people living at home who require full-time residential services, 821 who require day service and 1,014 who require respite service and that in 2003 there is no funding for emergencies when a parent or a carer can no longer look after a person with intellectual disabilities.
The matter is not in order under Standing Order 31. In regard to the fourth topic, I have received notice from Deputy Morgan.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 on a matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the health and safety implications flowing from the recent report by the European committee on radiation risk that found radiation from nuclear installations, such as Sellafield, could be 300 times more dangerous than previously thought. This now shows that communities on our east coast are living under a constant threat of cancer, with children up to ten times more likely to develop cancer and adults 30% more likely to develop lung cancer.
The matter is not in order under Standing Order 31.
