Dáil debates

Tuesday, 5 October 2004

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.

 

3:00 pm

Photo of Rory O'HanlonRory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.

Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Government to approve the planning brief for the Tuam hospital so that a community hospital, ambulance base and ancillary accommodation can be provided on the Tuam health campus. The submission from the Western Health Board seeking approval for the community hospital has been gathering dust on the desk of the Minister for Health and Children since 8 October 2002 and has not been approved. As a result, the locked-up hospital continues to deteriorate resulting in a waste of public funds which were invested to purchase the property with the approval of the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin.

Photo of Pat BreenPat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 on a matter of extreme importance regarding Ennis national school in County Clare and ask the new Minister for Education and Science to avert the all-out strike on Thursday next by teaching staff by providing emergency funding for the provision of temporary accommodation for additional teaching staff, and to provide the necessary funding to deal with the deplorable health and safety conditions which are causing undue stress for pupils and teachers at Ennis national school, and that this work be carried out during the October bank holiday weekend.

James Breen (Clare, Independent)
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I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss an item of local and national importance, namely, the proposed strike in Ennis national school next Thursday. In view of the atrocious conditions teachers and pupils must endure in this school, I call on the Minister to ensure that this strike will not take place and to act immediately to address the reasons for the strike. I attended a meeting in the school last night where parents expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the lack of action over several years by the Department of Education and Science which has culminated in the proposed strike. The Minister must act immediately.

Photo of Tom HayesTom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a major issue, namely, the case of a student in County Tipperary. The student achieved good marks in her exams and was accepted by a school of nursing in Scotland. However, due to the delay in notifying her marks she could not enter the nursing school because places were filled in the meantime.

Photo of Arthur MorganArthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the cancellation of elective surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in the past week; the unacceptable situation whereby the same hospital was on the verge of having to go off call due to a shortage of resources; the urgent necessity for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure that no hospital is forced to go off call as a result of a lack of resources and for the reform of the health services to be underpinned by the goal of creating an accessible and equitable health service.

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I seek leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for all parties in the House to recognise that each must play its part and do everything it can to support the full implementation of all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement, which includes participation in the Joint Committee of Representatives of the two Human Rights Commissions and pre-consultation on the Good Friday Agreement, strand 3(10), which is committed to developing an all-Ireland charter of rights. It is a scandal that of all the political parties on this island, to date only Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party have done so despite the commission's call for all political parties to make their submissions by 1 September 2003, over a year ago.

Photo of Rory O'HanlonRory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order in accordance with Standing Order 31.