Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. I call Deputy Bannon.
Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.
I thank the Ceann Comhairle.
(Interruptions).
He is back.
Am I going to have ciúnas?
No chorus.
Give him a chance.
The Government side has a new lease of life after the other day, but I do not think it will last for very long.
The Deputy is the centre of attention.
Give him a chance. He is only young. He is only starting.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to health care in this country from the embargo on recruiting front-line medical staff to the health system, which will have a devastating effect on the provision of emergency services, in-hospital care, surgical procedures, the care of the elderly and the disabled, public dental services and the mortality rates of vulnerable and at-risk patients.
Hear, hear.
The threat to such services is indicative of the mismanagement of the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive, which are retaining top-heavy managerial and administrative positions and reducing the number of essential health care workers, to the detriment of the health of this nation.
Deputies
Hear, hear.
I could not have said it better myself.
He did not say it himself.
They are getting anxious over there. They will be more anxious shortly.
I wish Deputy Bannon a happy Easter.
I am glad the Minister is here to listen to me.
I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss an issue of national importance and concern. While I welcome the recent progress that has been made with the proposed cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital——
Deputies
Hear, hear.
——I ask the Minister for Health and Children to give a guarantee that 34 inpatient single en suite beds and a separate day care cystic fibrosis unit will be provided at the 120-bed development at the hospital. I call on all Members of the Oireachtas to support the development of a 34-bed national centre for cystic fibrosis patients.
It will cost more than the first unit would have cost.
We need a unit for the Deputy.
Take it easy, Johnny.
I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Transport to ensure that vital Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets and services are fully maintained and protected; to abandon the appalling programmes of bus cutbacks, which were apparently confirmed last night or this morning, in light of the critical role of buses for urban and rural communities across Ireland; to report to the Dáil, as a matter of urgency, on the steps he and his colleagues are taking to address the serious industrial relations difficulties at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and to use all of the State's industrial relations mechanisms to avoid a disruption to bus services from this weekend. If the Ceann Comhairle does not agree to this request, perhaps he will allow me to ask a Private Notice Question on the same subject later today.
Tar éis breithnithe a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.