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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 10 Oct 2006

Vol. 625 No. 1

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.

Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, that the Minister for Transport come before the House and explain the circumstances under which the Government sold a further 7% of the State's remaining stake in Aer Lingus, thereby allowing a competitor to strengthen its means of taking control of what had been the national airline.

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order31 to discuss the following matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, recognising the duty of the Garda Síochána to protect the public from harm, the need for the Government, in the interests of credibility and community confidence, to establish an independent investigation into an incident in Gort, County Galway, last night during which an armed man was shot with a live round by a garda and to ensure that, in the interests of all involved, investigations into such incidents are not conducted by members of the Garda Síochána but rather are genuinely independent.

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 to introduce immediately legislation or regulations to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources regarding the location of masts, to prevent their siting near schools, built-up areas and play areas; and 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 major cut in funding for St. Michael's House, which currently has the longest waiting list for those awaiting residential care, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to recognise the outstanding work being carried out by St. Michael's House for those with intellectual disability and to reverse these so-called value for money cuts immediately.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the deportation of a Nigerian mother on 21 September last without her five year old child, who is now in the care of the Health Service Executive, and the fact that this is the third known instance of a mother being deported without her child.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that on World Mental Health Day, Dáil Éireann would discuss the relative reduction in contribution to the psychiatric services from 11% in 1997 to 7% in 2006 and the urgent need to develop the services to a level where those suffering from a mental health problem have a service of best world practice.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the reason that on World Mental Health Day there is only one consultant child psychiatrist covering the entire county of Mayo — the third largest county in the country — with children being obliged to wait for more than two years for an appointment, although immediate treatment is best for a successful outcome and the terrible tragedy of child suicide could be averted by early psychiatric intervention of lesser psychiatric problems; and with the appointment of at least another child psychiatrist requiring immediate attention in County Mayo.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the fact that Greencore has today refused to comply with a Labour Court invitation to return before it to discuss the redundancy package offered to former employees of the Mallow sugar factory and has also threatened to withdraw the existing redundancy payment.

Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.

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