I now propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I will leave it because it is irrelevant now.
I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the failure of the Western Health Board to expend the funding available to it in the years 2002 and 2003 with the result that it ends up with a surplus of €15 million; this surplus is at a time when an improvement in services is needed in the Western Health Board area and when the Grove Hospital, purchased by the Western Health Board in Tuam, County Galway, at the instigation of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children, remains closed because funding has not been allocated to reopen it, and to discuss the allocation of the surplus of €15 million to finance the Tuam hospital project.
I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of urgent public importance, namely, the announcement of 66 job losses at Sram Ireland in Carrick-on-Suir, giving a live register figure of 1,000 in a town of 5,000 people; the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to announce the prioritisation of Carrick-on-Suir for job creation and investment; the need for the Minister for Finance to announce the decentralisation of approximately 300 IT jobs for the town and to ask the Minister to make a statement and to agree a deputation.
I seek leave to move the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following important matter of public interest, namely, the necessity for Ministers to answer questions from Members of the House fully; the necessity to ensure that a proper effort is made to reply to all questions honestly and comprehensively, avoiding errors and attempts to evade or misinform in their answers; a continuation of the current manner in which Government members treat with disdain members of the Opposition who raise questions in this House will bring this Parliament into disrepute.
I seek leave to move the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, to address the growing concerns about future job losses in County Tipperary, at Sram Ireland in Carrick-on-Suir, and a further 50 jobs at Continental Promotions in Tipperary town; the urgent need to attract industry to both areas and the need for the Minister to address the significant job losses for the people of south Tipperary.
A Cheann Comhairle, you acceded to our request under Standing Order 31 even though you did not give us enough time to question the Taoiseach.
I seek leave to move the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent concern, namely, the ongoing situation at Cavan General Hospital where it was found necessary to cancel day surgery yesterday morning; the continuing failure of the North Eastern Health Board executive to address the problems at Cavan General Hospital; the likelihood of constant recurrences of the Cavan General Hospital crisis until the core issue of patient volumes attending accident and emergency at Cavan is resolved; the possibility of making more efficient use of existing resources and the facilities at Monaghan General Hospital to address the Cavan crisis; and the steps, if any, the Minister intends taking to resolve the problems at Cavan General Hospital.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.