It is proposed to take Nos. 4, 5 to 23 and 26. It is also proposed that No. 4 shall be taken without debate and that Private Members' Business shall be No. 47.

May I ask if the proposal that item No. 4 be taken without debate is agreed? Agreed.

I would like to give you notice, Sir, that I would like to raise on the Adjournment this evening, the question of the operation of export credit insurance in respect of exports to Iraq in the years 1987 and 1988.

I will communicate with the Deputy.

May I give you notice that I wish to raise on the Adjournment the proposed closure of the Royal Victoria Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in Dublin as and from 8 January next year.

I will communicate with the Deputy.

I wish to raise on the Adjournment the loss of 700 jobs in the taxi business in Dublin by reason of the huge increases in the premia levied by the insurance companies without consultation or reason.

I will be in touch with the Deputy concerning that matter.