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 raise a matter of national importance, namely, the fact that BSE risk material may have entered the national food chain through the pipes of a Drogheda factory and the need for the Government immediately to initiate a full inquiry into this matter.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the decision of Professor Aidan Halligan not to take up his post as chief executive of the Health Service Executive and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline what she intends to do to restore cohesion to the Government's programme for health reform.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the closure of Barford Meats plant, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, with the loss of 82 jobs and the proposals the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has to replace these jobs.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need to establish an independent inquiry into the death of a long-stay psychiatric patient at St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin, on 1 September who, due to the side effects of medication, choked to death on her food.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.