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 prevalence of the MRSA antibiotic-resistant superbug in our hospitals where we have the EU's worst rates of hospital acquired MRSA; the Dutch search and destroy MRSA policy, which has reduced the incidence of MRSA to 0.3%; and to call for similar measures, greater accountability and better use of existing legislation to combat the increasing threat from MRSA.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, a study by the Migrant Rights Centre showing that migrant women workers suffer serious exploitation and abuse as domestic servants; the need to inquire into how extensive this abuse is; the need to establish structures to protect workers in this situation; and the need to bring forward specific legislation in this regard.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need to resolve the postal dispute and to ensure payment of moneys owed to postal workers and to ensure the retention of postal services to rural areas are adequate through adequate support of rural Post Offices by An Post and the State and allowing them to provide extra services to rural customers.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the failure by local authorities and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to ensure proper standards of water supply with 76% of small and medium plants and 50% of larger plants failing to meet standards; and that the Minister be requested to provide a statement on the matter.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.