I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the decision taken by the company Tractech in Sligo to close its plant, with the consequent loss of 122 jobs. The closure of the Tractech plant is a massive loss to the north west and Sligo, especially given that this announcement comes less than three months after 560 jobs were lost in the region when Hospira announced it would close its plant in Donegal town. What action will the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment take? Will he come to Sligo to check at first hand the devastation caused? The company manufactures mechanical parts and will move its operations to Poland or Mexico, despite huge profitability. The company just changed hands to a new owner in the past three months.
Requests 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 urgent importance, namely, in light of the decision by Teagasc to ignore an offer from a local development group to purchase the research centre in Ballinamore, County Leitrim contravening a prior commitment by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, the need for the Minister and the Government to clarify their position and explain why they have turned their backs on the local community.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the loss of resources and of resource teachers for children with special educational needs in small disadvantaged schools, including several inner city schools, resulting in large numbers of children being denied tuition at a critical time in their education and at a time of unprecedented affluence in this country and that this scandal be addressed by the Government as a matter of urgency.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, a matter I raised previously in November 2003 on the Adjournment, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for the Environment to publish a report on the health, safety and basic conditions of Traveller halting sites, including transient halting sites, and in particular the condition of Carrowbrowne halting site, Headford Road, Galway; the timescale for the works proposed at this site and the failure of conditions to meet even the most basic health and safety minimum standards.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.