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 their notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the illegal over-charging of 8,000 elderly people in areas where the State contracts beds for the provision of long-term care and what immediate and decisive action will be taken to initiate an inquiry into how this situation has been allowed to continue for three and a half years.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the current repeated warnings of a threat of serious flooding along the east and south coasts and the action which all emergency services and local authorities are taking to ensure there is no repeat of the disastrous flooding that occurred in Dublin and other locations in recent years and to detail the resources put in place to prevent this happening.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need in the light of the concerns regarding the proposed routing of the M3 motorway through the Tara-Skryne valley and its impact on the rich archaeology of that part of Ireland for the House to debate the alternatives to routing the motorway through this internationally recognised heritage site.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government make a statement regarding the leaking of a decision which has by now been made by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on the granting of a draft waste licence for a toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the increase of 63% in oil prices this year and its consequent impact on household finances and national competitiveness, especially in light of profits of €2.2 billion reported by Shell, and the need for the Government to outline its strategy to deal with this issue.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the state of readiness of the Government, local authorities and emergency services to deal with serious flooding arising from the increasing number of storms and the need for the Government to erect proper flood defences to deal with the challenges presented by climate change.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the necessity for the Government to intervene to prevent the construction of incinerators until a full review has been carried out of their health effects on communities, and for the decision of the EPA in respect of the Carranstown incinerator to be set aside, given that incineration produces dioxins and flies in the face of any real environmental waste management strategy.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.
On a point of order, I appreciate Deputies continually raise issues under Standing Order 31, but never in my two and a half years as a Member of this House has such an item be taken.
That is not a point of order. I suggest that Deputy Morgan read and study carefully Standing Order 31. I do not wish to take up the time of the House by reading it to him now.
Will the Ceann Comhairle advise me on what Members are supposed to do to ensure issues such as the appointment to the board of the EPA of a person who has a conflict of interest are discussed?
If the Deputy has a problem, the office of the Ceann Comhairle will be happy to discuss it with him.
On a point of order, when are we to be allowed to discuss these issues——
When we have a real crisis.
The Deputy should raise the matter by way of an Adjournment debate.
——on behalf of those we are supposed to represent? When are we to have an opportunity to raise such matters?
There are ways of raising the matter, as the Deputy well knows.
Deputy Morgan can raise the matter on the Adjournment.
The Deputy can raise it when he is in Government.
I call the Taoiseach on the Order of Business.
It is called democracy.