Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Request to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
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 need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the steps she proposes to take to deal with the ongoing crisis in many accident and emergency units of acute hospitals as highlighted by the problems experienced at the Mater Hospital over the weekend. In view of the importance of this issue I hope the Chair will agree to this request.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the crisis in the accident and emergency section of the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, where patients are waiting for long periods on trolleys owing to a shortage of beds; and the need to take urgent action and provide the necessary resources to resolve this issue.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, the Government policy of deporting non-national parents of Irish citizen children, which may be illegal under EU law in view of the ruling of the European Court of Justice in the Chen case earlier today.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, that in a time of dramatic economic development and growth households and families in west Tallaght face a considerable risk of poverty and social exclusion as highlighted by a recent report, the need for urgent action and a solutions-based approach to the area's long and short-term problems.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the alarming statistics on suicide among those aged 15 to 24 years and the role which social deprivation and marginalisation plays in this problem.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following issue of national importance, namely, the report on the review of the care and treatment of a suicide victim in the course of her admission to the acute psychiatric inpatient unit at the Midwestern Regional Hospital in Limerick in September 2002 and, in particular, the discharge from the special care unit of St. Patrick's Hospital, the failure of communications between consultant psychiatrists, the level of training by admitting psychiatrists and the formulation of treatments planned without direct consultant assessment and the absence of a high observation unit in Limerick.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the early implementation of the package for Monaghan and Cavan General Hospitals as announced by the Minister for Health and Children on 29 September last to avoid a situation where it is found necessary to transfer patients despite the availability of ICU beds at Monaghan and Cavan General Hospitals.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the findings and recommendations of the first known study of family budget research for those families dependent on social welfare payments as issued by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, a study that reveals such payments bring about a weekly shortfall in meeting the basic needs of such families to the extent of between €6 and €24.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of urgent public importance, namely, the increase in the numbers of US troops passing through Shannon Airport on their way to Iraq to bolster the illegal occupation of that country and the need for the Government to admit that it has finally abandoned neutrality.
It is appropriate to read only the notice as submitted to my office. Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.