Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the recent revelations regarding the significant variation in the cost of storage of electronic voting machines throughout the country.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the ridiculous situation which has arisen in the HSE north east where ambulances and their crews are dispatched to collect employee time sheets throughout County Louth while patients are transferred between hospitals by taxi, and the necessity for senior HSE management who instruct such bad practice to be replaced immediately.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of vital national interest, namely, the ongoing issue of boardroom disagreements in the ESB with the obvious implications for the generation of electricity, continuity of customer supply and the general stability of the board at a time when the focus needs to be on the board's future and the impact of deregulation.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the findings of a study of mental health problems in under-18 year olds, showing the overall prevalence of mental health problems at 17%. The problem among pre-school children is at 12%, national school children is at 11% and secondary school children is at 24%.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the lack of an independent inspection of residential institutions where upwards of 7,000 intellectually disabled adults and children live, the absence of legislation to permit the Irish Social Services Inspectorate to inspect care homes for disabled children and the urgent need to adopt the national standards for disability services presented to the Government last October and passed over to the Health Information and Quality Authority, a body that is yet to be established.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the unacceptable situation that has arisen in Loughlinstown, County Dublin, where ten people employed though FÁS and job initiative schemes are given no written notice and only days' verbal notice before their jobs are terminated, and the impact that such a loss will have not only on the individuals concerned but on the wider Loughlinstown community that is a designated RAPID area.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government would make a statement as to why the director general of the board of the Environmental Protection Agency should not be dismissed in light of his arrogant reaction to calls for the involvement of the board and its director general in the public oral hearing for a proposed toxic waste incinerator for Ringaskiddy, County Cork.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.