Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I propose to deal with these topics separately and I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of urgent public and national concern: the implications for the health care services in the north-east region of the HSE-commissioned Teamwork report which proposes the centralising of services in the new regional hospital on an as yet undetermined site and without adequate replacement services in place, and the Pat Joe Walsh report which is being used to further scapegoat and diminish a distinguished general hospital that has served the people of Monaghan well for more than 74 years.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to deal with a matter of urgent national and international importance, the shipment of plutonium through the Irish Sea on the British Nuclear Group ship, Atlantic Osprey, the danger that this shipment could be targeted by those with malicious intent and the unsuitability of the ship in question for carrying such highly radioactive materials.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and shocking matter of public interest requiring immediate consideration: the disgraceful conduct of and the use of batons by gardaí at Bellanaboy, Glencastle and Bangor, County Mayo, on Friday, 10 November, as shown by the national broadcasting service and the urgent need for members of the force to be held to account and for all members to receive training in human rights compliance methods and protest policing up to the standard of international best practice. This was a disgraceful attack on the right to protest by——
It is not appropriate to go beyond the notice submitted to my office.
The jackboot approach to this——
The Deputy was told that the notice he had submitted was totally unacceptable.
Hold the Ministers to account.
I did not read that notice.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate an issue of urgent public importance, the need for an accurate register of electors to be established, the need for extra time and resources to be allocated to this issue to ensure its completion, to provide full, accurate and inclusive democratic mechanisms at the next election and future elections and the urgent need to ensure that all those entitled to be on the register of electors are on it and all those who are not entitled to be on the register are removed from it.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and important matter of local and national interest requiring urgent consideration: the proposed closure of the Glanbia factory at Roosky, County Roscommon, with the loss of the remaining 85 jobs and the disgraceful treatment handed down to the village of Roosky and its people by the Glanbia company when it has already pocketed €30 million by way of an insurance claim following a fire at the factory in 2002, with the loss of more than 400 jobs and the ultimate insult by refusing a management buy-out which would have protected these remaining 85 jobs.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern: that prior to sitting on the Bench, new members of the Judiciary would participate in an induction course and that a transparent structure on policy be established for sentencing for offences and that the Director of Public Prosecutions would also establish a transparent mechanism for communicating the basis for his decisions in controversial cases to those directly affected.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal to close off existing pension schemes to new members and to introduce an inferior scheme for trade union members; the urgent need to support AMICUS members on this important issue; and I call on the Bank of Ireland to do something urgently about low industrial relation standards and call on all elected Members of the Oireachtas to support AMICUS members on this matter.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform make a statement to the House with a debate to follow on the resignation of Judge Brian Curtin and that the terms of reference of the Committee on Article 35.4.1° of the Constitution and Section 39 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 be changed to allow this committee to remain in being, report on the process it has pursued and how this process might be improved.
I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform make a statement in the House, to be followed by a debate, on the constitutional and legal impact of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the Baby Ann case.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the failure of the Ministers for Transport and Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to advance the purchase of an appropriate site to house the Doolin coastguard and rescue service. Each of the past three weeks have seen a loss of life due to drowning and has necessitated the deployment of the rescue services on each occasion. The Cliffs of Moher and the west Clare area have a large volume of tourist traffic all year round and it is imperative this matter, which I first raised with the Minister in October 2005, is resolved as a matter of urgency.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.