Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted the notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to allow the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a comprehensive statement about, and answer questions on, the disappearance of crucial files from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, and to discuss the need for an immediate and thorough investigation into this situation and whether the files can be recovered to facilitate further inquiries into these atrocities.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major national and local importance, namely, the fact that six families, or 13 people are still unable to return to their homes due to the 40-plus landslides at Inver, Pollatomish, County Mayo; that farmers have lost stock and will lose quota; that land has been extensively damaged and, so far, only €300,000 has been paid out in humanitarian aid; that no assessment of land damage has been done and no compensation has been paid for land; that so many families will have a poor Christmas due to the inability of six families to return to their homes and that the response to the Mayo landslide is poor, compared to the millions of euro made available in response to the Dublin and Galway flooding.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of national importance, namely, the huge wastage of funds being thrown into the so-called decentralisation programme, including, as a prime example, the removal of the Irish Prison Service headquarters from Clondalkin to Longford after only two years in operation at Monastery Road, Clondalkin, despite the large number of local jobs, family roots and, above all, the telling fact that only one out of 130 people employed in Clondalkin comes from Longford.
Having considered the matters raised I do not consider them to be in accordance with Standing Order 31.