Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Before proceeding to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.

Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the unanimous call by all seven consultant surgeons at Cavan and Monaghan general hospitals for the immediate restoration of acute surgical emergency services at Monaghan General Hospital, the implications of the consultant surgeons' appeal for surgical services in the Cavan and Monaghan area, the fact the consultants' letters amount to an admission that the steering group committee is wrong in this matter and that the CEOs' configuration of health services is not operating properly in the area.

Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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It is not appropriate that the Deputy should go beyond the statement he submitted to my office.

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, in light of the confirmation of avian flu within the borders of the European Union, there is a need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline the steps she is taking to protect Irish poultry flocks and those being taken by the Government to stop the entry of the disease into this country.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dail under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent concern, namely, the failure of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to intervene in the Monaghan General Hospital saga to ensure the hospital is put back on call for surgeries before more lives are lost.

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public concern, namely, the necessity for the Minister for Health and Children to intervene immediately to prevent the HSE further downgrading services at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk and to restore breast surgery services at the hospital, which the HSE terminated on 14 September, thus representing a serious reduction of services at the hospital, and to visit the hospital as she promised in July. There is still no sign of her there. She could take the motorway and be there in an hour.

Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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It is not appropriate for the Deputy to go beyond the notice he submitted to my office.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the need for legislation to give new powers to the Environmental Protection Agency to prosecute local authorities that provide a chronically contaminated public water supply.

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public importance, namely, the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh, aged 70 years, at Monaghan General Hospital, the need for the HSE to report back as quickly as possible on why three attempts were made to transfer Mr. Walsh to hospitals nearby and as far afield as Beaumont and the need for the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to ensure adequate facilities are now in place in Monaghan General Hospital to avoid a recurrence of such a tragic incident.

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public importance, namely, to have the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform explain to the House why 147 children have been placed in adult prisons, as these juveniles in detention are among the most vulnerable in the State but are being placed in settings completely inappropriate to their needs.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of important public interest, namely, the need for the Government to immediately cease its ruthless policy of forceful mass deportations, which resumed this morning and violates a prohibition on collective expulsions in Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights and upon which the Government continues to suppress debate despite Sinn Féin's demands for such.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the Dáil on the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for the Government to immediately cease its policy of forced deportation, and in particular for the Minister to use his discretion to withdraw on humanitarian grounds the deportation order against an autistic four year old boy and his family in Clonakilty, County Cork and grant them leave to remain so he can receive the treatment he needs and will not receive in Nigeria.

Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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I seek an adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of urgent public importance, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform come before the House to explain the circumstances whereby a Nigerian national, Ms Olivia Agbon Lahor, mother of twin children one of whom is severely autistic, was detained on foot of being deported from this country, the factors that have persuaded the Minister to intervene, and what implications this case carries for the Government's immigration policy.

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Under Standing Order 31 I seek the adjournment of the House to deal with a matter of urgent importance, namely why the Government has delayed ratifying the framework convention on tobacco control, which has already been ratified by 79 countries as a vital health initiative, and which has 8 November as a deadline. The HSE cannot be blamed for that one.

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major national and local importance, namely the need for the Department of Social and Family Affairs to extend free travel to older Irish emigrants, or at least to Irish pensioners living in the UK when they return here on holidays.

Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.