John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Before continuing with the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I call Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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I would say "Thank you" in Greek if I were able.

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following specific matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Taoiseach to make a full statement on the disclosure that the most senior official in his Department was aware of plans by Aer Lingus to scrap its Shannon-Heathrow service and transfer it to Belfast almost two weeks before the public announcement, and to outline why the Government took no action in regard to such a major threat to job creation and economic investment in the west and mid-west regions, despite extensive advance knowledge of the Aer Lingus plan within the Government system; and the need for an independent investigation to establish who in the Government system knew in advance of the Aer Lingus plan, when they knew and why no action was taken. In view of the importance of this issue, I hope the Chair will agree to my request.

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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I call Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek to adjourn the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the need for the Minister of State responsible for children, Deputy Brendan Smith, to suspend immediately the introduction of the community child care subvention scheme pending an urgent review, in full consultation with the community and voluntary child care sector, in view of the threat posed to community and voluntary child care provision by this ill-conceived scheme; its potential to create a two-tier child care system mirroring our two-tier health care system, with one tier for children of people on social welfare and a second for others; the consequential steep rises in child care costs for many families; the prospect of the closure of many community child care facilities; and the immediate threat of loss of subvention to child care facilities that do not complete the complex application procedure by 2 November.

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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I call Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I seek to adjourn the Dáil to discuss the following matter: the urgent need for the Government to take emergency action to locate the 328 children who have gone missing from HSE care, particularly given the established link between unaccompanied minors going missing from such care and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, as evidenced by the outcome of a case involving 50 Chinese children in Sweden in 2005, the international child trafficking ring smashed by Dutch police yesterday, involving one Irish arrest, and the disappearance of 130 Nigerian children in Holland. The Government's emergency action should include making additional resources available to ensure sufficient numbers of social workers are attached to safe accommodation and located at Dublin Airport and ensuring ample resources are channelled into the Garda operation SNOW.

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having given the matter full consideration, I do not consider it to be in order under Standing Order 32 .