John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I call on Deputy Catherine Byrne to state her matter.

Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, 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 closure next week of Beeches ward, Cherry Orchard Hospital, resulting in 25 beds being closed due to cut-backs, staff holiday and maternity leave. Fifteen of these are long-term beds and ten are respite beds. These are vital services. The respite service is especially important for families who are worried about their loved ones and where they will go. The chief executive officer told me yesterday that the hospital will allocate some of the respite beds from Cherry Orchard to private nursing homes. I did not receive an answer when I asked where and when. I find it difficult to understand how in a time of cutbacks we can afford to pay for people to have respite services in private nursing homes.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, that the Minister for Transport would report to Dáil Éireann on what steps he is taking to facilitate an urgent resolution of the looming industrial relations crisis at Bus Éireann that may severely disrupt up to 70,000 commuters across the country and if he will confirm that he will utilise all of the industrial relations machinery of the State to bring about an immediate end to the dispute in light of the savage programme of cutbacks which he has instigated at Bus Éireann, including the loss of 162 buses and 320 jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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, the threatened national bus strike from next Monday, which has arisen as a direct result of the lack of Government joined-up thinking on public transport, which leaves commuters, the elderly and children, particularly in rural areas, isolated and without access to towns and villages, with depots such as Athlone closing with resulting hardship for drivers and their families and which has failed to provide a service that will persuade people out of their cars, to the detriment of the environment.

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Tar éis breithnithe a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Having given the matters full consideration, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.