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 and will call on 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 crisis in the health service, particularly in respect of patients being on trolleys at Beaumont Hospital. I call on the Government to implement an action plan placing investment, reform and additional beds as part of the health strategy and urge all Members and the Government, in particular, to do something urgently about the crisis in the health service.

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 dearth of diagnostic and assessment services in the Cavan and Monaghan region for young children under three years of age with sensory disabilities; the inordinate waiting time being experienced by both parents and children for assessment, which can run to more than two years; the acute scarcity of speech and language therapists, paediatric neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists, which adds to the difficulties in accessing services. I call on the Minister for Health and Children to take the necessary steps to ensure the earliest possible intervention for such children.

John Gormley (Dublin South East, 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 Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to make immediate statements to the House on whether the Government is still fully committed to incineration in general and the Poolbeg incinerator, in particular, given that they have now sought to give the impression that the 750,000 tonne incinerator is not going ahead——

Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Before the general election.

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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——despite the fact Dublin City Council has stated it is still on track; and the need for both Ministers to explain why the Government voted down a Green Party motion and Bill which would have stopped the incinerator.

Deputies:

Hear, hear.

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

Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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This gives a new meaning to Ash Wednesday.

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It is a burning question.