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 national importance, namely, to discuss the loss of the only part-time cardiologist at Kerry General Hospital and the effect which this will have on the pressures on both patients and staff particularly in view of repeated promises that the lack of cardiac care at the hospital will be addressed.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inexcusable delay in excess of a week by the Health Service Executive in releasing the report into the circumstances of the death of Pat Joe Walsh at Monaghan General Hospital to the Walsh family, a report which was due five and a half months ago; and call for the immediate release of the report, initially to the family prior to its publication to the general public.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the widening economic gap between the BMW region and the southern and eastern region as verified by the most recent figures from EUROSTAT, which indicate the BMW region has a GDP that is 92% of the EU 25, while the southern and eastern region is at 149%, and which underline the need for the Taoiseach to reassess his contention that the BMW region is performing better on all analyses than the southern and eastern region.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the increasingly chaotic conditions pertaining at Dublin Airport, the dangerous overcrowding which has reached new heights in recent weeks and which can only worsen over the summer months, the extraordinary circumstances which led to the first ever peace time failure of the fuel supply to a major international airport; the need to consider, even at this late stage, the installation of a fuel supply pipe from Dublin Port; and the urgent need, in the interests of public safety and public sanity, to take measures to ameliorate the chaotic conditions for passengers and workers alike.
Having considered the matters fully, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.