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 Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office. I call Deputy Ferris.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter, namely, that workers on the N7 motorway in County Offaly have been forced to take industrial action because they have not been paid since 1 November owing to their immediate employer not having been paid by a major contractor and the need for intervention to ensure that the moneys concerned are paid down to enable those workers receive what they are owed.

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 national importance, namely, the continued administration of the Quinn Group and the huge financial costs occurred thereon owing to administration fees and penalties, the viable plan to recover the company from administration and to facilitate full repayment of €2.8 billion to Anglo Irish Bank, which effectively is the Irish taxpayer, the need to secure the future of 6,000 jobs in the Quinn Group and the need for the Minister for Finance to state his views on this issue of national importance and, more important, to state what he intends to do about it.

Denis Naughten (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 national importance, namely, in light of the threat of the imminent closure of the acute psychiatric unit at Roscommon County Hospital, the high dependency unit in Castlerea and-or the mental health day care centres throughout County Roscommon as a result of front line staff shortages, which will have a dramatic impact on the provision of health services throughout County Roscommon and the immediate need for the Government and Minister for Health and Children to lift the blanket ban on recruitment of nursing and front line support staff in order to maintain day-to-day operation of vital health services throughout this country.

Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to respond to the urgent need to provide consular assistance to an Irish citizen and her family. Having been struck down with a severe illness while in Vietnam, she and her family face enormous daily medical costs, including the cost of transfer home by air ambulance, which costs are beyond her and her family. Given our bilateral aid relationship with Vietnam it is essential that the consular services address this urgent situation as an emergency and seek in this regard the assistance of the Vietnamese Government in resolving this matter and also make contact with the Vietnamese ambassador in London.

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