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 urgent need to support all people with a disability; the need to welcome the report by the Irish Human Rights Commission on how the way disability services are to be funded by the State needs to be radically changed; the need to welcome Down Syndrome Ireland's campaign, My Opinion My Vote, which demands easy-to-read information from all politicians; to support the urgent need for increased services including speech and language and occupational therapy in particular; and calls on all Members of the Oireachtas to defend and support services for all people with a disability.
I wish to seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the disastrous prices paid by Irish meat factories to beef farmers, whether the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is aware that over the past 12 months similarly classified beef cattle are worth €150 per head more in the United Kingdom, if the Government is satisfied there is no collusion between the factories concerning price, if the dominant position of the Goodman Group is adding to unnecessarily depressed prices——
Hear, hear.
——if large multinational supermarket chains are creaming off profits at the expense of primary producers——
Hear, hear.
——and if the Government is aware there are likely to be many cattle houses empty next winter as winter fatteners have traded unprofitably for three consecutive years now.
I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inequality of provision by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, which sees social welfare benefits being cut across the board, while taxpayers' money to the tune of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which had——
(Interruptions).
Will I have the protection of the Chair?
They are not taking him seriously. Deputy Bannon should start again.
I am sorry for the interruptions but Deputy Bannon should continue.
Will I have to start again?
Deputies should give the man a chance.
It is no laughing matter for the public. The Deputies opposite can snigger all they like here but the people of Ireland will give an answer in the not too distant future.
What about the people of Longford?
We have the——
Steady. Good man, Deputy Bannon.
A sum of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which has recorded the largest corporate loss in Irish history of €12.7 billion, in what is a blatant exercise in cronyism, while those in extreme poverty are being refused their entitlements for the most suspect reasons. Shame on the Government for the way it behaved and shame on Government Deputies for the way they react to questions concerning the poorest in society.
Deputy Bannon should not provoke reactions.
It is about time we provoked a reaction because there has been no reaction up to now.
I call Deputy Jimmy Deenihan.
Deputy Timmy Dooley has the knives out for the Taoiseach.
Deputy Dooley should hang down his head.
One of the few men in Fianna Fáil with a business background, we are told.
This is an urgent matter. I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the Government's decision to withdraw Irish troops from Chad at a time when talks at the United Nations to renew the MINURCAT mandate are at a critical juncture and being mindful of the warnings from senior officers in the United Nations that the Government's decision has had the effect of damaging those talks and also in light of additional warnings from the UN Humanitarian Chief and Human Rights Watch who have expressed the fear that the withdrawal of troops from eastern Chad will lead to increased violence and human rights abuses.
They are needed on the streets of this country.
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.
The beef matter is in order.