Séamus Kirk (Louth, 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 the 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 debate the following urgent matter: the serious income situation at farm family level and in respect of other self-employed people; the fact that social welfare inspectors are not taking into account the massive drop in income for beef and dairy farmers, due to, for instance, the fall of more than one third in milk prices or the fact that many self-employed builders no longer have work; that in both sectors, despite the denial by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, personnel on the ground still insist on using previous years' records with the result that, for instance, a number of young farmers with wives and children to support who have applied for farm assist have been granted nominal figures, such as €6.50 per week in one case, or in some cases nothing at all, even though they can prove beyond doubt that at present they have neither income nor resources.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to support the 130 sacked Coca-Cola HBC Ireland workers, where some members have in excess of 30 years service; and to call on all Members of the Oireachtas to support them in their efforts to get fair play and justice.

Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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I now call on Deputy Bannon.

Peter Kelly (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Welcome back, James.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Are the Members on the Government side getting worried? I hear nervous laughter.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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They were nervous last week and the week before and the budget has yet to come.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Gallows humour.

Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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Deputy Bannon, without interruption.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the discontinuance from 1 October 2009 and without prior notification of the hardship scheme under which patients were supplied with essential medication, leaving those unable to pay without access to medicines which could be life saving; and the need for an alternative plan to be put in place immediately to cover hardship cases before lives are lost.

Deputies:

Hear, hear.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Ba mhaith liom cead a lorg an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32 chun an gnó práinneach seo a leanas a phlé: the need for the Tánaiste to inform Coca-Cola Ireland that she will not tolerate its activities in ignoring the Labour Court recommendations regarding 130 of its distribution and warehousing staff at sites in Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Tipperary, Galway and Dublin that it has sought to have made redundant and whose jobs it has outsourced, despite being a highly profitable company with an excellent labour relations record until now; and the need to discuss whether this House should support the call for a boycott of Coca-Cola products until such time as it implements the recommendations.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to discuss the proposed lay-off of 130 workers, as well as cuts in wages and undermining of conditions of employment for those remaining, as part of the decision of Coca-Cola Ireland to outsource its distribution network to make savings even though the company still is making huge profits and its Irish operation remains extremely successful.

Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 32.