Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31 and I call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
Request 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, namely the serious implications of the industrial dispute in An Post, which has lead to a 24-hour withdrawal of all postal services and the urgent need for Government intervention to bring about an end to the dispute and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to secure the future of all postal services, including the parcel service operated by SDS.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely in light of the settlement yesterday by the Department of Agriculture and Food of a legal case with Irish Edible Oils Limited and given that the Department vigorously defended the case for nine weeks, the urgent need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline the background to the circumstances surrounding the settlement and the liability to which the taxpayer is now exposed.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need for both sides in the An Post dispute to urgently engage in the necessary discussions to resolve the present difficulties and to recognise the important role of the postal and distribution services in the future and how best this vital network can be utilised for the benefit of the business and domestic sectors of both urban and rural communities.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the reason seven people requiring dialysis have to travel to Galway for treatment three times a week, bypassing a state-of-the-art dialysis unit in Castlebar, including one elderly Mayo man who is unfit to travel, because of the failure to put on a third shift at the dialysis unit at Mayo General Hospital owing to the inability of the Western Health Board to recruit four nurses as a result of the Government recruitment embargo.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the plans of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to build incinerators in Ringsend in Dublin, Ringaskiddy in Cork and Duleek in Meath when he has publicly admitted that he would campaign against any incinerator in his own back garden of Ireland.
Is mian liom gnó na Dála a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely to give the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government an opportunity to explain to the House his contention that the incineration of waste will eliminate landfill dumps and to explain where the resultant ash from incineration will be dumped.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to explain this country's appalling record on recycling and inability to process much of what is returned by the public for recycling, resulting in material being exported for dumping to countries such as China.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to act urgently on illegal dumping given the derisory fines being imposed on offenders.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to outline his plans, if any, to eliminate the uncontrolled export of waste from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to explain to the House the measures he has taken to ensure that there is no repeat of incidents of the mislabelling of waste for recycling, which was contaminated.
Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.