Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of motions under Standing Order 31 and I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Private Business. - Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, whether the Air Corps has advised the Government to purchase the Boeing 737-800 series, also known as Boeing Business Jet, given that this is a jet that Ryanair uses in training and given that pilots training on this type of aircraft are requested by Ryanair to pay the €20,000 costs. Does this then not represent a conflict of interest?
I seek permission for the suspension of the business of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the unacceptable situation where elderly patients in nursing homes are in some cases facing eviction because health boards are not paying enhanced subventions and where, in the Southern Health Board area, 540 elderly people are being refused and denied a decision on their applications.
I request the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to address a matter of urgent national importance, the serious concerns of many citizens requiring cancer treatment and kidney dialysis services following the report that Beaumont Hospital may have to cut back on its services owing to budgetary constraints.
Having considered all the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in accordance with Standing Order 31.
A Cheann Comhairle, what do I do now about people who are facing eviction?
The Deputy knows the Standing Orders. There are many ways of raising the matter. He can submit a question to the Minister or raise the matter on the Adjournment.
I have to inform the House that it is not possible to conduct any division claimed today by electronic means as the system could not be restored for today.
On a point of order.
Please resume your seat, Deputy Allen. The Chair is in the middle of reading a statement.
Any division will be by list vote by proceeding through the lobbies in the usual way. I will now hear Deputy Allen on his point of order.
In view of the House not being able to carry out its voting by electronic means because of a virus, it raises the question of the security of the electronic voting system that is being proposed by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government.
That is not a point of order.
There is a report which has raised questions about—
All those matter are being looked into, Deputy.
We have an electronic system being brought in for general and local elections and we have had no assessment of its security. It is not a laughing matter.
It is not a point of order, Deputy. You will have to find another way of raising it. Deputy Allen, you are being disorderly.
I want an answer regarding the security of the system. If we cannot get our act together in this House, how can we expect to run a general election in relation to the security of the voting?
It was the Government's brainchild.