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. I will call the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, 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 urgent need to assist St. Paul's College, Raheny in its request for more resources and finance to deal with: the high insurance costs; the capitation grants and its inadequate contribution to school finance; the inadequate special needs services, such as delays in having children assessed and the lack of facilities for these children in terms of learning support; and to give St. Paul's College the maximum support on these important issues.

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 number of people being refused medical cards or having them removed at a time when the Government is claiming to provide additional cards or at least doctor only cards. Each application has to be scrutinised by many different people who must justify their existence instead of leaving the decision regarding cards to the community welfare officers who interview the clients and in many cases know the unique situation of each individual or family over many years. Would the money spent on increased administration not be better utilised on the provision of medical cards to those in need especially in cases like cancer etc. where families are in trauma?

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 national importance, namely, the exclusion from 5% or 10% top-up grants under the farm waste management scheme of young farmers under the age of 35 whose holdings are in disadvantaged areas, who first registered as herd owners more than five years ago and who have all the necessary requirements to qualify for the additional aid; and call on the Government to seek an amendment to the scheme at EU level to enable young farmers to receive the top-up grant necessary for their holdings' viability.

James Breen (Clare, 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 failure of the Minister for Health and Children and the Health Service Executive to provide 24-hour ambulance cover to the people of Scariff and all of east Clare. In this area, people's lives are endangered when they are left without rapid response ambulance cover which is crucial in emergencies.

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 to stop the cutbacks in the home help services; the need to extend these services; the need to significantly increase the nursing home subvention payment; the need to provide additional public funds for the elderly and in this regard to provide funding to renovate St. Michael's ward, St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, thereby providing 30 additional beds for the elderly at a minimal cost of €1 million; and to ask the Minister for Health and Children to make a statement on the matter.

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, 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 continuing crisis in Letterkenny General Hospital where, on a daily basis patients are being treated on trolleys in corridors due to the chronic lack of beds in the hospital and the urgent need to provide the necessary resources so that the extra beds can be provided to prevent the continuation of this unacceptable situation.

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.