Dáil debates

Thursday, 29 June 2006

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.

 

10:30 am

Photo of Rory O'HanlonRory 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.

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 chronic shortage of neurologists to serve the approximately 500,000 persons with disabling neurological conditions; Ireland's total of 16 neurologists, or one per 250,000 people, the lowest in Europe, in contrast to the European norm of one per 40,000; the necessity to increase the number of neurologists to 90 over the next ten years; the average two-year delay in seeing a neurologist for diagnosis and commencement of treatment; and call on the Government to provide a neurologist for every 100,000 persons, as an interim step towards attaining the European norm in ten years' time.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Hear, hear.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, 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 continued delay in giving the go ahead for the purchase by Dublin Bus of 200 new buses. With traffic gridlock worsening daily, there is an urgent need to put measures in place to produce an immediate result. Bus-based transport can do that. I also raise the need for an immediate decision or an explanation of the reason this decision is being delayed.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Hear, hear.

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus 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 national importance, namely, the totally unacceptable arrival today in Dublin of HMS Ocean, one of the largest warships in the British Navy, and the hosting here of this warship, which played a key role in Britain's illegal invasion of Iraq, and the presence on this island or in its ports, airports, seas and skies of any part of the British military apparatus while the British military occupation of the Six Counties and of Iraq continues, and the Government's shameful invitation to the warship to come here which is in gross violation of the principle of Irish neutrality.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Warmongers.

Photo of Paul GogartyPaul 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 Government to commit to providing at least €1 billion in additional targeted funding in education in 2006, which will do much to provide a decent future for young people and their families, will provide new opportunities for those who missed out on education and will also save the State and ultimately the taxpayer from much harsher financial penalties down the line.

Photo of Séamus HealySéamus 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 Government to implement the terms of the 30 year old Kenny report on the price of building land in view of the fact that house prices rose by 270% in the past ten years and today's revelation that house prices in the first few months of this year have risen at three times last year's increases and to ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Hear, hear.

Photo of Michael D HigginsMichael D Higgins (Galway 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 urgent need for the Dáil to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, the unilateral actions that will result in civilian casualties and deaths, the arbitrary detention of elected legislators and members of government in the Palestinian territories and the need for such international intervention as will secure the safe release of hostages both military and civilian.

Photo of Seymour CrawfordSeymour 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 recommendations of Teamwork Management Services which gives priority to improving critical care by centralising all level 3 care where patients need ventilation or other organ failure support at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the next three months. This may be in action before the Dáil resumes meaning that critical care will have been removed from Monaghan, Cavan, Navan and Dundalk on the word of an outside body which did not even consult the stakeholders. The House must not wash its hands of this issue and we must have the opportunity to hold the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children responsible.

Photo of Rory O'HanlonRory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 31.