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.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, the proposed closure of the Seamount secondary school, Kinvara, County Galway, to impress upon the Minister for Education and Science the importance of the continuation of this successful school despite the decision by the Mercy Order to withdraw from second level education in the area, and to strongly urge the Minister to enter into meaningful discussions with the board of management, principal and staff of the college and the Mercy Order to put in place measures that will guarantee the intake of first year students at the college for the 2007-2008 school year.

Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of national importance, namely, the decision of the Mercy Order to close Seamount College, Kinvara, County Galway, the actions of the Mercy trustees in taking the decision to close the school in a totalitarian and undemocratic manner which allowed no consultation with board of management, principal, staff, parents or students, and the effect such a closure would have on the south Galway area, resulting in a total of 243 students being deprived of education in the school of their choice.

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, namely, the penalising of thrifty lower-income families whose children are in receipt of higher education grants because interest from their maturing SSIAs may take them marginally over the income threshold in future years, the fact that families who accepted the Government's advice to participate in the scheme and invested to save for their children's third level education now find their children's entitlements to education grants jeopardised as a result, that this is a departure from the spirit of a once-off savings scheme designed to encourage thrift among small savers, and to call on the Government to direct VECs and local authorities to disregard SSIA interest in assessing students' entitlement to higher education grants.

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

Aengus 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, namely, to welcome the most recent drugs seizures by the Garda Síochána, including approximately 10 kg of heroin and 4 kg of cocaine seized in Clondalkin and Swords last weekend, the potentially fatal danger of all drug abuse including the deaths of two men in Dublin last weekend as a result of an excessive consumption of cocaine, which points to the need for the Government to do more to tackle the myth that certain drugs are "recreational" and therefore "safe", and to resource the national and local drugs units and community policing to enable the Garda to effectively tackle illegal drugs supply in partnership with communities.

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, to finally address thelong-standing request which Marie ThereseO'Loughlin has made to the Government to take responsibility, through the Residential Institutions Redress Board, for the injuries she sustained at the mother and baby unit at the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home in 1952, a request which has seen her spend more than one year sleeping rough outside the gates of Leinster House without even the courtesy of a meeting with a Minister.

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, to ask the Government to direct Shell to cease construction immediately of the Ballinaboy Shell refinery, County Mayo, pending local consent to a method of bringing the Corrib gas ashore that is not detrimental to the environment and safety of the local population and that will bring significant benefit to County Mayo and to this country. Does the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform agree it is a terrible waste of Garda resources to be videotaping the four Deputies who attended the protest?

Rory O'Hanlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Ceann Comhairle)
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It is not appropriate to go beyond the notices submitted to the Office of the Ceann Comhairle.

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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It was certainly strange to see gardaí with video recorders last night.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of public interest, requiring urgent consideration, namely, that British Nuclear Group has been fined €743,000 for the leaking of radioactive waste that went undetected for eight months at its Sellafield plant, providing another example of the continuing poor management of that plant and the consequent threat posed to the Irish environment.

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.