Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with several notices raised under Standing Order 31. I call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the report by IBEC which highlights the economic difficulties that will arise as a result of the agreement with the US Government to cease the dual gateway transatlantic air transport arrangement and the urgent need to put in place an immediate programme to offset the probable economic difficulties that will arise from that decision.

Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to immediately cancel the cutbacks, amounting to €750,000, notified to regional fisheries boards last Monday week —€62,000 in the case of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board — and to instead properly fund the various fisheries boards which are already running on shoestring budgets and to ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the serious situation facing hundreds of families in Dublin 15 whose junior infant children have been refused a primary school place for next September and the need for the Minister for Education and Science to take urgent steps to ensure that places are available for all children when the new school year begins.

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Ministers for Transport and Defence to carefully study and comment on the submission by Weston Limited to the Irish Aviation Authority in respect of plans to turn Weston Aerodrome into a business airport for Dublin, in light of the fact that the company's proposals were made without consultation with local residents or, it appears, the local authorities in Kildare and south County Dublin, which would, obviously, have some input into the planning process.

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 national importance, namely, the decision of the British Government to privatise the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. This plant is vulnerable to a nuclear accident or terrorist attack which could have serious consequences for generations in Ireland and should, therefore, remain under direct British Government control and ownership.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the ongoing appointment of outside study groups regarding the hospital services in the north east despite the fact that similar reports in the past, such as the Bonner report, advised that at least €14 million should be spent on Monaghan General Hospital. In spite of this report and many others, the leaders of the health system have put more than half of the beds in Monaghan General Hospital out of service, thus adding to the crisis in the other hospitals in the region and being directly responsible for loss of life. The Dáil should decide that the millions being spent on reports would be better utilised building up the services.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need to ensure that any future change affecting salmon drift net fishermen is carried out in consultation with those involved in the industry, that a non-compulsory buy-out provides adequate compensation and that adequate quota and fishing days are made available to those remaining in the industry.

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the reason people's lives are being put at risk in west Mayo due to the continuing failure of Government to set up an ambulance base in the Achill, Mulranny and Ballycroy areas of County Mayo using minimum international recommended standards of ambulance availability, that of having an ambulance base available within 20 miles of any populated area.

Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.