John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, 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 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, media reports that the Minister for Transport is to intervene to safeguard Heathrow slots for Cork and Dublin airports and is to abandon Shannon Airport leaving the entire region bereft of any connectivity and thereby abandoning the business and tourism sectors of the west. I urge the Minister to put the case for Shannon-Heathrow on the agenda for the forthcoming extraordinary general meeting.

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to establish its own team of scientists to investigate the impact of the 1957 fire at Windscale in Cumbria, now known as Sellafield, on the people of County Louth and to examine the latest report from the former British Atomic Energy Authority researcher, John Garland; to establish if there is enough evidence to pursue Britain legally after it was discovered that Britain may have lied about the impact of the 1957 fire and to examine the continuing radioactive contamination of County Louth by Sellafield, which many believe is the real cause of the high cancer rate in County Louth, which is constantly running at 12% above the national average.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to discuss the issue of the cutbacks in the hours paid to carers by the HSE and the negative effect this is having on elderly people who are dependent on this form of assistance, and the need to make the funding available to restore the hours and ensure that a proper service is provided.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the failure of the Government to attract British Midlands to replace the Aer Lingus slots at Heathrow and that the Government must as a matter of urgency use its Aer Lingus shareholding to call an EGM of the board to reverse the decision to move the slots from Shannon.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the very serious concern in the community child care sector at the implications of the changeover of funding from the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme to the community child care subvention scheme; the fear that this may result in the closure of many child care facilities throughout the country, that it will place an excessive burden of administration and bureaucracy on community child care providers; and the need for the Minister of State with responsibility for children to address these concerns as a matter of priority and to ensure that funding for the child care sector maximises accessibility and ensures the sustainability of community child care.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the refusal of the Government to call an EGM of Aer Lingus to retain connectivity between Shannon Airport and Heathrow and the refusal of the Government to date to fill the two Government vacancies on the Board of Aer Lingus.

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.

For the information of Members, I have introduced a new feature where the schedule of business for the day with provisional times is circulated to all Members every morning. Members should have received the most up-to-date version of this schedule of business for today, issued by the Office of the Government Chief Whip. In future it is intended to issue similar information in advance of each sitting. This new service complements a number of similar services which are already in place and I hope it will improve the level of information to Members.