Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31 and will call on the 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 debate the following urgent matter: the ongoing crisis in the psychiatric services where funding is inadequate and people needing individual care, such as my neighbour and friend who failed to get adequate help which led to his suicide, do not get the care they need.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following issue of urgent national importance: the study of Bodywhys, which highlights the lack of services for people with eating disorders and the particularly inadequate services for children and adolescents with such disorders.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern: a comprehensive review of the Irish driving test system with a view to reducing unacceptable year-long waiting lists and the 51% failure rate, and improving driving standards to reduce the ongoing road accident carnage.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the failure of Government to sanction a sports hall for Davitt College, Castlebar, County Mayo while 11 other projects have been brought forward ahead of it. The project is on the priority list and is being sought for the past 25 years.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the elections in the Ukraine, which have been described by observers as the most fraudulent ever held in Europe.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance: the crisis in the accident and emergency department at Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, which is now the most understaffed accident and emergency department in the country; and the urgency for funding to be allocated to provide a new accident and emergency unit in Tralee to replace the existing unit, which will be expected to deal with 30,000 patients in 2005.
I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of vital national interest: the recent disclosure in the Sunday Independent and Irish Independent newspapers relating to allegations of energy price hiking to the effect that gas and electricity prices are being regulated upward and in such a way as to impact negatively on industrial and domestic consumers and to the detriment of the competitiveness of the economy.
Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.