Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31

 

4:00 pm

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 items 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 debate the following urgent matter: the recently commissioned HSE report entitled Improving Safety and Achieving Better Standards, known as the Teamwork report, and the report on the death of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh encompassing the proposed future delivery of hospital services in the former North Eastern Health Board and the implications for Monaghan General Hospital and the four other hospitals in the north-eastern region; the failure to consult the service users, hospital patient associations and service providers, hospital staff and GPs, and calls for an in-depth debate on those reports, which will significantly affect the quality of hospital service delivery in the north east for generations to come.

Photo of Séamus HealySéamus 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 urgent necessity for the location of emergency ambulance services in Carrick-on Suir, County Tipperary as the lives of heart attack and road accident patients are put at risk because the existing emergency ambulance services operating from Clonmel and Waterford cannot meet the required standard response times.

Photo of Seymour CrawfordSeymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Above all else I welcome the Ceann Comhairle back. We are glad to see he is safe. I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the Teamwork and Carey reports into the death of the late Mr. Pat Joe Walsh and their implication for the services of Monaghan General Hospital if acted on as proposed by the HSE and supported by the Minister for Health and Children in her television interviews. The Minister supports the proposals in spite of the fact she has never visited Monaghan General Hospital or discussed the issue with the doctors and consultants there who have written to her through the HSE begging for the retention and upgrading of services in Monaghan General Hospital. Can this Dáil ignore the anger of 10,000 people on the streets of Monaghan?

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín 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 urgent matter: the crisis in hospital services in the north-east region in the wake of the Teamwork report and the report into the death of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh and the resulting decisions of the HSE to cut vital services at Monaghan General Hospital thus placing further pressure on hard-pressed accident and emergency and other services at Cavan General Hospital and the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and the need for the Government to reject the unacceptable recommendations of the Teamwork report which have met with widespread opposition throughout the region.

Photo of Arthur MorganArthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: that this House instructs the Minister for Health and Children to immediately lift the ban on recruitment to key positions in the health service as it is causing untold hardship to patients and staff. The Minister has demonstrated complete incompetence in this portfolio.

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 debate the following urgent matter: the Government's failure to channel enough resources into the fight against drugs and related gun crime demonstrated by two shootings in the Dublin 12 area in 12 hours today and the failure of Operation Anvil to deliver on its purported objective of tackling gun crime as a result of under-resourcing and despite the courage of the gardaí, leaving thousands of Dublin residents at risk.

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: to ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will immediately review his directions to the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, in advance of the imminent massive price hikes of 34% for gas from next Sunday and 19.4% for electricity early next year; if he will ensure the needs of consumers are adequately taken into account in energy pricing policy; what measures he intends to bring forward to address the increase in fuel and energy poverty as a result of the massive inflation in energy prices that has occurred during the last nine years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the crisis which exists in Ballina, County Mayo with the loss of 1,000 jobs net in the past nine years; where the unemployment rate is twice the national average at 11%, more than the numbers on the live register in the entire County Roscommon; where another 42 jobs have been lost recently in Duffy's bakery, with no Government action plan in place to help this employment black spot, which is directly due to the infrastructure deficit, as proved by the €3.9 billion underspend in the BMW region and the lack of action by this Government.

Photo of Trevor SargentTrevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the need for the Taoiseach to explain to the Houses of the Oireachtas and to answer questions from all parties regarding the clear contradiction between his statement in 1997 that "politicians should not be under a financial obligation to anyone", friend or other, and his admission yesterday that in 1993 and 1994 he received financial assistance of around €50,000 from friends.

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the difficulties now faced by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste in exercising any moral authority over their Ministers following revelations that the Taoiseach did not abide by his own stated standards for public office.

Photo of Dan BoyleDan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the serious questions regarding the Taoiseach's tax affairs following his statement that the €50,000 given to him by friends has not been paid back, no interest has been paid on it and that it therefore appears to constitute a gift that would be liable to tax.

Photo of Ciarán CuffeCiarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the appropriateness of the Taoiseach accepting payment for speaking at business conferences while Minister for Finance.

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: the statement by the Taoiseach yesterday that he appointed friends to positions in State bodies and if he is aware of the Standards in Public Office Commission Guidelines for Office Holders which state that appointments should be made on merit.

Photo of Paul GogartyPaul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance: to discuss the comment by the Taoiseach that claims that money paid to him in 1993 by friends amounted to between €50,000 and €100,000 were off the wall when in fact he admitted yesterday that the amounts were close to €50,000.

Photo of Rory O'HanlonRory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.