Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted notices to my office.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32
I seek adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the ongoing delays in granting a foreshore licence for the Shannon liquid natural gas terminal project, which will create up to 400 badly needed jobs for the north Kerry and west Limerick area, and the fact that this is continuing despite previous promises to expedite the matter; that such an important project is being held up by bureaucracy and red tape at a time when the region is crying out for job creation and new enterprises; and the urgent need for the Ministers for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to step in to ensure everything is done to end this unnecessary delay.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national and local importance, namely the threat to employment levels posed by the failure of the Government to enforce regulations which permit the employment of workers from non-EU countries only when Irish staff are not available, leading to thousands of non-specialist jobs going to imported workers, despite there being approximately 450,000 people on the live register.
Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.