Anois, iarratais chun tairiscint a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan-Ordú 32. Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. 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 32.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal to reduce to two from three the number of consultants operating in Mallow General Hospital, resulting in a dramatic reduction in surgical services from seven days to five days with the further increase in the workload of Cork University Hospital; and the need to debate the fact that this decision was taken without prior consultation with staff at either hospital, the net result being an increase in numbers presenting to CUH, which is ill-equipped to deal with the increased throughput, and the potential increase in the dangers to those served in the catchment area of Mallow General Hospital.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the continuous litany of gangland murders and atrocities of a criminal nature throughout the State, but particularly in the city of Limerick, and the need for an urgent, decisive and robust response from the Government.
Hear, hear.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the implications of the claim by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that there is not a red cent to develop the proposed north-east regional hospital, his further statement that the focus should be on services in existing hospitals and the statement from HSE chief, Professor Brendan Drumm, that these services will continue to be cut regardless of whether a new regional hospital is developed; and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to clarify in the Dáil Government and HSE policy on hospital provision in the north-east region and to answer questions, particularly from Deputies representing the relevant counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for Health and Children to indicate the current position that pertains in University College Hospital, Galway, where, in recent days, a wholly unsatisfactory situation has arisen, leaving as many as 40 people on trolleys inside and outside its accident and emergency unit, to indicate the reasons this position was arrived at, her explanations for same, her proposals to alleviate this unacceptable and dangerous position and her strategy to ensure it is not repeated; and the urgent importance that attaches to her reversal of the HSE's policy, which does not assure minimal standards for patients.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national and local importance, namely, to discuss the fact that, once again, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and the HSE have broken their commitment that no service would be removed from people anywhere, which should include County Monaghan, until as good or better services were in place. Professor Drumm clearly stated on national airways this morning that the winding down of the system in the north east will continue, in spite of the fact that he agrees with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, that no money is available for a new regional hospital.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter — the need to review and revise, in a solution-focused debate, the current approach to crime fighting and prevention in light of escalating violence and risk to communities across the State as evidenced by the following selection of incidents that occurred over the weekend, namely, cocaine worth €210,000 seized in Fermoy and Mitchelstown; various shootings including two killings in Limerick, despite the presence of armed gardaí in the city; the finding by gardaí, also in Limerick, of a machine pistol, semi-automatic handgun and ammunition; a shooting in Dublin's north inner city; and the violent stabbing of two brothers in a pub in Galway.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the need to provide a cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital to provide the necessary service for the many people in the Cork and Kerry region who at present are without adequate treatment for this condition.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the increase by 12,000 in this month's live register figures; the sustained loss of jobs in vulnerable sectors such as the construction industry; the Government's failure to identify in advance of, and prepare for, the slowdown in the economy when all economic indicators pointed to its occurrence; the need for investment in upskilling and retraining of the workforce to target the research and development sector in particular; and for the Government to accept that its policy of cutting PRSI contributions was wrong, based on the growing and predictable demand on the social insurance fund.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the serious situation regarding cervical screening in Ireland and the reported plans of the Minister for Health and Children to outsource the reading of all 300,000 cervical smears outside this State to another continent, causing the closure of all Irish cervical smear laboratories and the consequent loss of more than 100 highly skilled specialised jobs involved in the teaching on and reading of cervical smears at a time of economic downturn; and whether the Minister agrees this would leave this country at the mercy of international commercial laboratories and would conflict with the Dr. McGoogan report, which was agreed by the Government a number of years ago.
Tar éis breithniú a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. The matters raised are not in order under Standing Order 32.