Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call 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 need for the Minister for Health and Children to state which category of people in possession of medical cards and in public or private nursing homes will be refunded for care they received in nursing homes.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the increase in sectarian attacks on Nationalists in the interface area of north Belfast, the most recent of which took place on Monday night last on Serpentine Road, only yards from a PSNI surveillance camera, when two 15 year old girls were attacked by three loyalists who beat one of the girls unconscious; and the need for all those with influence within the loyalist and Unionist community and all political parties represented in this House not at present involved in negotiations but who profess to support the peace process to help to put an end to these attacks.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the firing of lethal rounds of live ammunition last weekend by members of the invading army in south Armagh, the British Army, and the obvious need, especially at this sensitive time in the peace process when there is much focus on silent IRA weapons, for the British Government to engage in an urgent process of demilitarisation and disengagement from that very Nationalist and republican part of this island as well as the rest of the island.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the unprovoked sectarian attack by members of the PSNI on two young Nationalist men, one of whom was on crutches following a work related accident, in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, over last weekend; the sinister nature of the operations of the PSNI special branch as exposed in an ongoing court case in the Six Counties in which the special branch attempted to blacklist a woman from employment because she refused to spy on republicans or enter a relationship with one of the special branch detectives; and the fact that these incidents, among many others, show that we have not yet achieved the new beginning to policing as promised under the Patten report.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the increasing frequency and ferocity of racist attacks in the Six Counties by loyalists against minority communities and the failure of Unionist politicians to distance themselves from or take practical measures to bring these activities to an end, given that these activities reflect their historic ambivalence to, and at times support for, attacks on the Nationalist community; and the need for the leadership of unionism to work with others to bring an end to sectarianism and racism in the North.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Government to rectify the anomaly whereby the Western Health Board contains three areas where people live outside the recommended distance from ambulance bases, which results in an unacceptably long call-out time in those areas, thereby putting people's lives in jeopardy, which is out of line with international practice for better patient care.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.