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 wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of importance, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for Health and Children and the Health Service Executive to implement the High Court agreement for the provision of general hospital services for south Tipperary, including the transfer of general surgical services to the South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel, the opening of a GP assessment unit and the staffing of the newly completed units at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, and approval of funding for the completion, staffing and opening of an acute medical unit at South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel, and to allow the Minister to make a statement on the matter.
I wish to have the business of the House suspended under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of urgent public importance, namely, the revelation that sewage sludge was transported from the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant to a facility in Tullow, County Carlow which was refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in 2002, and is stored in an area which has no roof or walls, as is required, and is operated without a licence. There is now an urgent need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to initiate an investigation into the operation of the Ringsend plant, as I have requested repeatedly.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.