Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call the Deputies in the order in which they submitted 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 discuss the following urgent issue: the threat made by the Tánaiste that the PDs will collapse the Government unless the break-up of CIE and the privatisation of transport services goes ahead, regardless of discussions with the unions.
I am touched by their concern.
The fact that this threat has undermined the social partnership process; the necessity for the Tánaiste to be relieved of her responsibilities for employment, as her unbridled Thatcherite right-wing rant to party zealots illustrate that she is——
The Deputy should confine himself to the notice submitted to the Ceann Comhairle.
——unsuitable to have responsibility for workers' rights; the necessity for the Tánaiste to apologise to workers in CIE and Aer Rianta for proclaiming the destruction of their jobs as her number one political objective; and the need to debate the issue in this House.
Why is the Deputy worried about the break-up of the Government?
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent issue: to ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, what he and the Government are doing to bring both sides together with a positive mindset in the industrial dispute within An Post; and most importantly, to ensure that while talks on the future of An Post are ongoing, Dublin and the rest of the country have an adequate postal service restored.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Education and Science to urgently approve a grant for Newtown Upper national school, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, for the replacement of outdoor toilets that have been condemned by the Health and Safety Authority; and the need for the Minister to make a statement on the matter, including the fact that the teachers have been forced to strike with effect from Friday, 2 April.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.