Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31 and I call first on Deputy Connolly to state his matter.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the findings of the task force on the health service that recommended the establishment of a no fault compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses which was agreed by the health service employers agency, the Department of Finance and the Department of Health and Children, and used as an instrument in the settlement of the accident and emergency dispute, the commencement date for such a scheme and the likelihood of the scheme applying across the health service.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the findings of the task force on the health service which were agreed by the employers in solving the accident and emergency dispute over assaults on psychiatric nurses.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the ongoing and worsening crisis in the health service, where there is not only a shortage of beds but also trolleys on which to place patients and corridor space in which to put them. This cannot be described as a functioning health service. We were promised before the last election that the hospital waiting lists would be cleared within two years. How long will the Government allow this dreadful situation to continue, where patients in Louth county hospital in Dundalk and other hospitals must lie on trolleys for up to five days?
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the ongoing and serious anti-social behaviour in our towns and cities and the lack of Garda manpower to deal with it, and to give the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform an opportunity to announce to the Dáil the recruitment of the 2,000 gardaí promised in the programme for Government and the appointment of additional community gardaí.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the revelation that more than 100 prisoners in Irish jails and detention centres attempted suicide last year, a rate of one suicide attempt every three days, and that the suicide attempt rate is highest among women at the Dóchas centre, and the need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to explain the action that will be taken by the Government to address this appalling situation.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the loss of 210 jobs in County Kerry, 40 at the American Express Rosenbluth travel centre, Killarney, and 170 at Wilson Socks in Tralee and Cahirciveen.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 21.