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 raise a matter of national importance, namely, the refusal of Teagasc to consider the tender bid of the Breffni development group of Ballinamore, County Leitrim for its local farm and offices which conflicted with the assurance of the Minister for Agriculture and Food that any such bid would be seriously considered; as the bid was only €15,000 less than the accepted offer, the conduct of Teagasc raises serious questions about the bidding process, the way in which it has ignored the Government's policy towards the voluntary community sector, and the interests of the community of Ballinamore which will not be served by selling the farm to forestry interests.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to stop the wholesale and disgraceful withdrawal of medical cards, including from cancer patients, now under way, under the guise of the introduction of the GP-only card; and to ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dempsey, to act on the report of the Centre for Public Inquiry which has raised grave concerns about the safety of the Corrib gas onshore pipeline; the need to stop the project until safe alternatives to bringing in the gas can be realised and to discuss the undue access to the planning process identified in the report by those promoting the project on behalf of Shell and its partners.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of national importance, namely, the increasing levels of obesity among our young people and the barriers to tackling them, including the successful marketing schemes run in schools by companies peddling unhealthy addictive foods due to a shortage of resources in our education system and the additional lack of investment in safe routes to school by this Government, which is perpetuating the problem and will ultimately and unnecessarily cost our health service hundreds of millions of euro.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Finance follow through on investigating the litany of questionable practices on the part of a minority of board members of a credit union, the location of which I will not mention, though it is named in The Sunday Business Post of 16 October, if the Minister wants to look at it——
The Deputy is going beyond the notice as submitted.
——and the need to bring a more accountable, transparent and tighter regulatory framework to the way in which credit unions operate in the light of the conflict of interest issues which I believe this investigation will reveal.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter, the need for the Government to conduct an investigation along the lines of those being carried out in Sweden, Spain and Iceland to determine whether CIA prisoner flights have used Shannon Airport, as indicated by a map of alleged CIA flight routes published on the BBC website last night.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the winding down of surgical and emergency services at Monaghan General Hospital without any viable alternative, which was highlighted by the most recent tragic death at the hospital where the patient had nowhere to go.
Having considered the matters, they are not in accordance with Standing Order 31.