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 propose to deal with these topics separately and I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.

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, to require the Minister for Health and Children to account to this House for her role in the chaos into which the health service has descended, an example of which can be seen in the recent case of a woman from Drogheda who, according to her GP, requires two hip replacements and who was given a date in January for an initial appointment with a consultant next January — a full year away so she is not even on a waiting list until then; and for the Minister to explain why such atrocious acts of negligence are being allowed to continue in the health service for which she is accountable to this House. I hope we can get a debate on that.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, 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, that in light of a decision taken by HSE West to close two therapy units at St. Bridget's Psychiatric Hospital in Ballinasloe last Friday and to suspend two members of staff in the units yesterday without due process and without putting an alternative treatment strategy in place, which will have a direct impact on patient care and rehabilitation, there is an urgent need for the Minister for Health and Children to take a direct interest in the treatment of people with a psychiatric illness and to ensure that the best possible treatments are immediately made available to people in Roscommon-east Galway area, which is serviced by the hospital.

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, 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, that the House discuss the national implications of the unilateral decision of the Department of Agriculture and Food to suspend all payments under the REPS 2 and REPS 3 schemes to farmers until the end of the year in view of the importance of the environmental schemes for the protection of the countryside, the importance of the rural community's perception of the EU in the build up to the EU reform treaty referendum and the potentially serious hardship facing 55,000 farmers financially committed to this scheme.

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