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 call on the Government and, in particular, the Minister for Education and Science to fund a scheme for non-nationals to teach them to read road signs, danger signs, etc, which could account for some of the tragic road accidents and deaths. A scheme like this is needed to help these people and maybe save their lives. These people are going into schools asking for help, but no provisions are in place to teach them or get anybody to answer or understand questions they ask.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the failure of the Department of Health and Children to make provision for the repayment to patients in community psychiatric hostels of moneys illegally deducted from them by the State; the discrimination of the Department and the HSE in using semantics to re-categorise inpatient charges as rent and expenses to deny vulnerable psychiatric patients their just entitlement to reimbursement; and call on the Minister to take immediate steps to correct this appalling injustice.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to 1,000 jobs at the Xerox facility in Ballycoolin, Blanchardstown, Dublin; and the worry for the workers and their families. In view of the importance of this issue, I hope the Chair will agree to this request.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for Government to provide sufficient funds to the HSE, west, so that it can transport older people in Mayo to hospital for essential appointments instead of older people having to borrow sums of €110 each way to make their way by taxi from Achill Island to University College Hospital, Galway, for these essential appointments when the HSE, west, already has insufficient funds from Government to run the emergency ambulance service.
A Deputy
Hear, hear.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.