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.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national and regional importance, namely, the proposal of Eirgrid to erect a 138 km long 400 KV power line through counties Meath, Cavan and Monaghan into County Tyrone by way of overground cables and pylons; while there is cross-party agreement at local level that these cables should be underground, it is vital that there is a clear statement by the Minister and the Government as to what is the agreed route for this important connector.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the possible implications which the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy may have for farmers and assess whether the 2003 reforms have been beneficial and the extent to which decoupling, in particular, has impacted on farmers' incomes and viability.

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, 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 honour its commitment under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Ireland is a signatory, by continuing to subject children living in this country who are the children of asylum seekers or those seeking humanitarian leave to remain to the habitual residence condition for child benefit, despite the fact that this policy fails to take account of the best interests of the child; and as this is Universal Children's Day, I ask the Government to clarify its commitments under the UN convention and its own policies in the national children's strategy and Towards 2016 where it recognises the importance of child benefit in combating child poverty, and to clarify how allowing this condition to remain in place meets those stated commitments.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the permission being given to the construction of a mass-burn incinerator on the Poolbeg peninsula, particularly in light of the nature of the public private partnership which delivered a sewage treatment plant that does not even have a cover, and the fear that we will see an incinerator built with similar flaws, potentially without a chimney or some such problem; a related issue of grave national importance is the claim by the Minister, Deputy Gormley, to have changed Government policy through press releases and glib statements to the media, and whether his Cabinet colleagues, including the Taoiseach, are happy to accept this type of behaviour.

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I hereby seek the adjournment of the Dáil pursuant to Standing Order 32, to discuss a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the alarming growth in cocaine and heroin use throughout the State——

Deputies:

Willie.

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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——and the urgent need for a new, multifaceted and well resourced national action plan to address this mounting crisis.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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It is a sniffing crisis.

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, in light of the fact that some employers are using the growing phenomenon of obtaining staff through employment agencies to undermine and dismantle agreements on standards, pay and conditions, the necessity for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to take on board the recommendations being put forward by SIPTU in its campaign on this issue launched yesterday, and introduce legislation to protect the rights of agency workers to a standard equivalent to directly employed workers.

Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of urgent importance, namely, the impact on private sector public transport providers, especially those providing school transport services after the withdrawal without notice of the fuel excise duty rebate linked to the energy tax directive 2004; it is making business uneconomical for providers of school transport; private contracts for school transport services were tendered for on the basis of a rebate and if the fuel rebate is withdrawn operators will be unable to provide services in the absence of this rebate.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the implications for public transport of the removal of the refund of excise duty on fuel used in passenger transport services; and the need for the Minister for Transport to put appropriate alternative support measures in place.

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.