Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with several notices under Standing Order 32.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, 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 threat of closure of our unique boglands, with the ensuing loss of an essential part of our heritage and the huge implications for employment of our turf-cutters, many generations of whom made their livelihoods from cutting turf in rural Ireland as others do to the present day; and the adverse economic impact and the environmental threat to flora and fauna native to such bogs.

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the orthopaedic service at Cork University Hospital was allocated just 100 outpatient referrals under the national treatment purchase fund for 2008; that this allocation has already been filled; that no additional referrals can now be made until 2009 and that patients are suffering as a result.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, 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 seizure of heroin worth €250,000 in Walkinstown, which while welcome is also another reminder that the heroin crisis continues; the further examples of drug-related crime including a pipe-bomb in Crumlin and a drive-by shooting in Limerick all of which took place in the past 24 hours; the need for the Government to acknowledge and fully recognise its failure to resource and implement the national drugs strategy which is now in its final months as a starting point for future progress and to encourage communities, those involved in frontline service delivery and all those affected by drugaddiction to participate in the upcoming public consultation meetings on a future drugsstrategy.

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the fact that 9,600 children are on a waiting list for the BCG vaccination in the Cork area. Over the past two years there has been a rise in TB notifications in the HSE south region with 96 cases notified in 2006 and 110 cases in 2007 — the highest level of incidence in the country — and yesterday a new case of TB was confirmed at one of the largest schools in Cork city. Cork is the only county where the BCG vaccination, which inoculates against TB, is not routinely administered to newborns and, despite assurances that additional clinics would be set up to deal with the backlog, only 30 children are being vaccinated each week, which is less than the number of children born at the Cork University Maternity Hospital during the same period and therefore the waiting list continues to grow. I request a debate on this issue.

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.