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 raise a matter of national importance, namely, that Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital have been seriously underfunded for two years and that local managers expressed grave concerns at this fact almost a year ago and that recently Mr. Patrick Kinder, chairman of the maternity services task force, said there was an urgent need to review staffing levels and accommodation needs of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in view of the serious risk posed by lack of full-time staff.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local national importance, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform urgently responds to the Stardust relatives and victims committee regarding a memorandum submitted to him and the Taoiseach in November 2006 requesting the establishment of a commission of investigation into the appalling tragedy which cost 48 young lives at the Stardust night club, Artane, Dublin 5, and that the Minister immediately indicate when he intends to appoint a so-called eminent legal person to review all the new evidence relating to the Stardust disaster and if the Taoiseach will make an urgent statement on the matter. There are only a few weeks left of this session, perhaps four or five, and as it is an issue in his area——
Sorry, Deputy.
——the Taoiseach may wish to address it.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, on the fourth anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq, 78% of Iraqis now oppose the President of the US and allied troops, 69% believe their presence makes the security situation worse and the man famous for toppling the statute of Saddam Hussein in 2003 has said the Americans are worse than the dictatorship, every day is worse than the previous and the scale of the civilian death toll, which now stands at nearly 60,000, and the urgent need for the Government to reverse its alliance with the US Administration in the so-called war on terror and, in particular, the war on Iraq, by ending the use of Irish airports and airspace by US military and intelligence agencies.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.