Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the relocation of the orthopaedic unit at St. Mary's hospital from Gurranabraher, County Cork, to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and the consequent downgrading of the former.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the reconfiguration of health services at South Tipperary General Hospital. Approximately 12,000 people in Tipperary South attended a rally to support the hospital because the retention of the vital services it provides is a source of significant concern to people in the constituency. The hospital employes 800 people and more than €40 million has been invested over the past ten years to reconfigure the services provided by Our Lady's hospital, Cashel, and South Tipperary General Hospital. This is a busy and efficient hospital which provides essential services to a catchment area with a population of 150,000.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the appointment by the High Court of two provisional administrators to Quinn Group. I ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to put the facts to the Dáil in order to give confidence to tens of thousands of Irish policy holders and, most importantly, to allay the fears of the thousands of people employed by this company along the Border.
Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun an cheistrí-thábhachtach seo a phlé: the failure of the Government to address the dangers posed to our communities by the proliferation of head shops, of which there are now more than 100. Ireland has the highest number of head shops per head of population of any country in Europe. Not only is great harm caused by the unregulated sale of toxic psychoactive substances through shops, the Internet and home delivery services, but people's lives and property are also under threat as a result of the arson and pipe bomb attacks which these shops have attracted. There is an urgent need for comprehensive legislation to fast-track the prohibition of harmful and poisonous substances and establish an appropriate infrastructure for the control of all non-medicinal psycho-active substances in the interest of safeguarding public health.
Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.