Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. 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 31.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the planning requirement that one must now secure a neighbour's written permission to maintain his or her hedgerows, the stipulation that applicants for planning permission must produce a legal document signed and witnessed by their solicitor indicating the approval of the adjacent neighbour or neighbours on both sides to care for the hedges adjoining the proposed dwelling, the possibility of double jeopardy applying with farmers already obliged to maintain the hedgerows in a manageable state of repair while legally requiring adjacent planning applicants to maintain the same hedgerows and the consequent conferral of a right of veto on such neighbours which will impact seriously on planning proposals by placing intolerable burdens on people in rural Ireland who seek permission to build homes for their families.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the closure of the Irish Wheelchair Association's wheelchair sales and repair business at its national headquarters in Clontarf with the tragic loss of 12 jobs and the urgent need to devise a more creative and positive proposal to tackle unemployment among the disabled.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the dumping of documents from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in an illegal landfill site at Eskra, County Tyrone, the necessity for a full and frank statement on the matter by the Minister concerned, the implications of this discovery, the example this sets for members of the public and the knowledge, if any, of the Department and the Minister involved of this illegal activity.
The Deputy might be able to assist himself.
Having considered the matters, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.
Will there be bunkers involved?
If the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was more proactive, we would not have this problem.
I ask that the Minister for Defence be allowed to state the Order of Business without interruption.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is joking about a very important matter.
Deputy Morgan should allow the Minister for Defence to speak.
It is not a matter to be joked about.
Deputy Morgan, I ask you to resume your seat.
On a point of order, it is not a laughing matter.
If you do not resume your seat, the Chair will facilitate you leaving the House.
I do not want you to facilitate me leaving the House.
Deputy, you will leave if you do not resume your seat.
It is not appropriate for the Minister to joke about such an important matter. I ask you to rein in the Minister.
Resume your seat.