Anois, iarratais chun tairisceanna a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan-Ordú 32. We will now deal with requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to confirm if material, which was removed from slag heaps at Haulbowline, was used in road construction or for other uses; the need for him to indicate the quantity of material removed, whether the material was examined for toxicity and, if necessary, treated; the need for him to indicate the name of the company or companies that extracted the material; the need for him to indicate where the material was used and if the requisite licences were in place; and the need for him to confirm that all potentially hazardous material removed from the site can be accounted for.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the necessity for the Minister for Health and Children, to ensure adequate staff is provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; the need to replace two senior house office doctors who were let go last week, effectively halving the level of senior house officer on-call cover available at the hospital, resulting in the ending of surgical admissions after 5 p.m., thus imposing severe hardship on patients in the Dundalk catchment area; and the need for the Minister to outline what action the Government will take to resolve the chronic crisis in the health service.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the urgent need to reaffirm Ireland's commitment to the poorest of the poor in the world in development aid, the need to define the Irish development aid project in human rights terms and further to provide adequate funding for the Irish Human Rights Commission to enable it to continue its work on human rights and to enable it to make progress on the requirements of the Good Friday Agreement in human rights on an all-island basis.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat of impending Government cutbacks, many of which while necessary to plug the hole in the public finances caused by the Government's mismanagement, could, due to lack of judgment by the Government and the overzealous imposition of stealth taxes, be excessive, impact adversely on the health and well-being of our taxpayers and be shamefully inequitable unless the Cabinet's controversial pay rise comes under the axe.
I am delighted the Taoiseach has announced the pay increases for Cabinet members will be postponed. This evening I want the Taoiseach to sack the wasters on the other side of the House.
Deputies
Hear, hear.
Ba mhaith liom cead a lorg rún a rith chun an Dáil a chur ar athló chun gné rí-thábhactach a phlé láithreach, namely, the very serious concern that Crumlin children's hospital is putting children's lives at risk with the latest cutbacks which involve closing down a ward which caters for cystic fibrosis patients at weekends and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to reverse this cut.
Tar éis breithnithe a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan-Ordú 32. Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.