Rory 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.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate an issue of local and national importance, namely, that the protocol and management structures of the Cavan-Monaghan hospital group be re-examined and dealt with as a matter of urgency in light of the extraordinary information emerging from the recent inquest into the death of Frances Sheridan. The €2 million lost would be a big help to Cavan-Monaghan hospital group——

Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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The Deputy is not allowed to go beyond the notice submitted to the office.

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 importance, namely, the loss of 100 jobs at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Davitt House, Castlebar, County Mayo, where Mayo people are being forced to move to Portlaoise or accept alternative employment on the Garda PULSE system for which they are not primarily trained and the need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to intervene.

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the necessity for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to make a statement on the persistent over-crowding problems at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda whereby elective admissions are being cancelled regularly because the day care unit is being used to deal with emergency cases, causing needless hardship to the patients affected, and what action she intends to take to address this unacceptable position.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the research just published that shows the rate of severe mental illness among prisoners on remand in jails to be almost 40 times higher than among the general community and depression and other forms of mental illness rates among sentenced prisoners of 29% for men and 60% for women.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, has failed the working partnership with the local drugs task forces and the national drugs strategy team and this, coupled with the measly funding provided for in the Estimates, which is totally inadequate to meet the needs identified in local communities, has forced the resignation of the experienced and dedicated Fergus McCabe from his position as community sector representative on the national drugs strategy team.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the Government has failed to commit the resources necessary to implement the national drugs strategy and to realise the full potential of the local drugs task forces and regional drugs task forces, a failure that is evidenced by the Estimates which involve a shortfall of €15 million and which must be rectified by additional funding, through the budget, if adequate support is to be provided to meet the likely needs in 2006.

Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the necessity for an additional €4.8 million to be provided in the budget for the emerging needs fund if the demands for 2006 as identified by the local drugs task forces are to be met. The increasingly crucial purpose of the fund is to address identified emerging needs on the target basis by facilitating local drugs task forces in recommending responses that build on existing projects.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Government to advance and implement an immediate strategy on homelessness as we enter the bitter winter months and as an increasing number of people find themselves having to survive on the streets. This requires urgent action to be taken before any further deaths occur this winter as a result of homelessness.

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the plight of Afghani citizens seeking leave to remain in Ireland and the uncertain future they face if returned to Afghanistan.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the deportation of 120 Afghan men seeking asylum in Ireland who failed in their appeal for refugee status, the major concerns for their safety and human rights in a war zone such as Afghanistan and the need to allow them to stay in Ireland as a matter of urgency.

Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the immediate need for the Government, particularly the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, to stop the wholesale sacking of community employment workers and supervisors and the destruction of community employment schemes by immediately removing the cap on these schemes; and the need to allow the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

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.