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 the following urgent matter: the Irish adoption agreement with Vietnam under which the Irish Adoption Board, through the adoption mediation agency Helping Hands, permits the payment of US currency notes and US dollar bank drafts directly to the account of a named Vietnamese facilitator who, according to US court records, has a criminal record; how Garda clearance was forthcoming for this individual to fill the role of facilitating couples adopting babies in Vietnam; the status of all current adoption applications being processed; and how it can be ensured that inter-country adoptions with Vietnam will be completed in the best interests of the children and the prospective adoptive parents.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: the need for the Government to start tackling the chronic congestion in Lucan and Clondalkin and the related west and south-west arterial routes caused by bad planning and the non-existence of public transport solutions, with nothing of substance planned until 2015, not to mention the additional congestion caused by National Toll Roads' ludicrous decision to restrict traffic coming from the N4 on to the M50 with tailbacks for a mile, and the need to deal with this as a priority.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: the reason officials of Ballina Town Council are responsible for the dumping of tonnes of earth on a green area at Canalside, Ballina, which is protected as part of SAC 002298, known as River Moy, and on which green area they intend to construct a car park by taking it over, completely against the wishes of the local residents, although it is the only green area left in the locality, is occupied by swans and wild herons, is on the banks of the River Moy, and where the only two other green areas have been lost through rezoning for a nursing home for a private developer and for a car park for fishermen, and where there is no need to destroy the only remaining green area because there is already more than ample parking in the immediate vicinity.
Having considered the matters raised I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.