Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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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. I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of urgent national and local importance: the need to move beyond the existing sex offenders register as purely a means of notification and towards a multi-agency approach with the aim of reducing re-offending. Such an approach, in addition to monitoring the whereabouts of those on the register, should involve the Garda, the probation service, the HSE and local authorities and should be supported by legislation, national guidelines and a budget.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national and regional importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the scandalous proposals from the Health Service Executive to impose cutbacks in health services in the north-east region comprising counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath, including preventing vital improvements in services for cancer patients and those on dialysis, with other cuts in essential accident and emergency services, with serious implications for patient safety and hugely damaging effects for the overall health of the population of this region, and the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children immediately to intervene to prevent these cutbacks.

Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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I propose the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the implications of the reported €9.7 million budget deficit in the HSE north-east region for service delivery in the north east, particularly with regard to oncology services in Drogheda and kidney dialysis services at Cavan General Hospital and the implications for those in counties Monaghan and Cavan; the impact of the proposed ban on recruitment and other possible service withdrawals on an already chronically underfunded region; and calls for the urgent release of the Pat Joe Walsh report and the Teamwork Management Services report on improving safety and achieving better standards in the north-east region.

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 the highest national importance, namely, the passing last Friday of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006; this flawed legislation which, although it plugged a legal loophole for the protection of children, allows young victims to be traumatised in court, enshrines discrimination based on gender in our legislation and opens up the appalling vista of criminalising young men and having their names placed on the sex offenders register for engaging in consensual teenage sex.

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 local and national importance, namely, the urgent need for the Government to provide the necessary increased funding to the Health Service Executive in the north east so that essential and vital services can be provided within the region such as chemotherapy and dialysis; and the need for the Government to take into account the massive population increase that has taken place in this area, especially in counties Louth and Meath. Never before has the Government had such an amount of taxpayers' money available yet seriously ill patients are being forced to wait.

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, why Government has not carried out an audit of the role played by road conditions in fatal road traffic accidents, as demanded by me on 24 February 2005, which is needed in view of the gross underestimation, namely 2.8%, of road conditions as the main cause of serious and fatal road traffic accidents. The audit is needed because deaths due to road conditions are totally preventable. People such as Aisling Gallagher from Mayo, Sinéad McDaid from Donegal and the Kentstown bus accident victims would not have died if road conditions were in the state they should have been in.

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