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 them to my office.
Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the necessity to urgently review management practices at An Post, specifically the role of the board of management, and the necessity for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to state clearly that the postal service will not be privatised and that deliberate mismanagement, a tactic to pave the way for privatisation of this essential service, will not be permitted.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter, namely, the continued disgraceful imprisonment by the British Government of Martin Doherty of Derry after he failed to appear at the Bloody Sunday tribunal and the need for the British Government to order the release from its custody of this man on this, the anniversary week of the murder of 13 civilians by the parachute regiment in Derry in 1972.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following important and specific issue, namely, the need for legislation to provide a statutory requirement for monitoring of noise emissions from aeroplanes flying in and out of aerodromes such as Weston and Baldonnel aerodromes in my constituency and those elsewhere in the country given that under existing legislation both local authorities and the Irish Aviation Authority are able to consistently pass the buck without reference to the concerns raised by residents nationwide.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of importance, namely, the closure of Kantoher poultry plant of Kerry Agribusiness with the loss of 140 jobs in an area of west Limerick which has suffered the ravages of rural decline in recent decades and the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to identify a replacement industry for the area.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of national importance, namely, the failure of the Government to ensure the national roll-out of the BreastCheck programme which has resulted in the needless death of 65 women in the south and west each year since 2000 with possibly hundreds more expected to die before its extension to the south and west in 2008.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.