Results 1-20 of 85 for going forward speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...to improve the offer and make it more attractive for people. The enactment of this Bill will give effect to associate membership of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, which is imperative with respect to pay negotiations and restoring oversight to the Defence Forces, which was removed by the Department of Defence in 2018. This will make a real difference to the retention of Defence...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...However, the facts are still the same; people got packages they should not have got and there is no transparency or accountability, which is what is needed. At the end of the day, RTÉ staff are hurting. This ongoing scandal affects them every day they show up for work at the broadcaster. Their wages were cut and infrastructure was devastated in the period of cutbacks. Despite...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. What I am asking is that we make sure we have the funding and services going forward. As the Minister for Health knows, Louth County Hospital has a very good stroke unit, and the people from the local area avail of it. My problem is that the prediction for the period up to 2025 is a 60% increase in strokes. Therefore, it is important that we invest...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Will the Taoiseach liaise with the Minister for Health to ensure that adequate funding is provided? It is very important that these services are saved. The prediction up to 2035 is that strokes are going to increase by 60%. Some 25% of people will survive if they get the proper services. It is important that we invest in these people. In respect of home care packages, there are...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly at Stormont. The people of Ireland, North and South, have been adversely affected by the behaviour of the DUP and its boycott of the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. The political institutions of the agreement have not been fully functioning since February 2022. Since October 2022, the all-island institutions of the agreement have...

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Revolut turned into a fully-fledged licensed bank, as it did in January 2023, it migrated accounts, replacing the Lithuanian IBAN with a brand new Irish IBAN. The benefit of this was that any complaints, after going through the internal process, could be taken to the FSPO in Ireland, rather than the Bank of Lithuania, in respect of services provided by the Irish branch. The same...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...September 2023 than in September 2022. This indicates that energy providers are passing falling prices on to customers, with price reductions of between 9.5% and 30% in recent months. This is a good sign. However, 50 years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current war in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. According to the...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...rising demands in the health sector. Notwithstanding this, the question of a bailout for the Department of Health will only be considered later in the year. This seems paradoxical considering the official policy of the Government is to expand access to healthcare under the Sláintecare programme. When Sláintecare was published in 2017, demand projections were based on...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...budget in budget 2024. Various reasons are given for presenting as homeless, including the landlord selling the property, relationship breakdowns, overcrowding and rent arrears. Yet, while the Government's ten-year housing plan may bring relief in the long term, more immediate action is needed to relieve the burden on renters. The private rented sector has virtually collapsed, and to see...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am a sportsperson. I am also chairman of the Louth GAA county board. I am a GAA fan and a soccer fan. I am looking forward to the ladies doing well at the World Cup, to seeing the under-20s doing very well next Friday night and to watching the GAA matches at the weekend. My question is mainly for Mr. Ryan. It is being asked by people on the ground and we have to listen to those...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Sorry, I will go back to this again. Have previous auditors, before Grant Thornton, brought to light anything disguised previously? Was there anything that came up before the Ryan Tubridy one? Basically, I am asking is there anything out there that we should know that will come forward? They got auditors to sign off. What were the auditors looking to sign off?

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...when it comes to housing costs. Last week, An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, suggested Ireland is short of 250,000 homes, which is contributing to inflated house prices and rents. Last July, the Government announced reforms to protect renters’ rights through the rent pressure zones, RPZs. The Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 introduced measures to extend the operation of RPZs...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: First and foremost, I commend the Government on the national drugs strategy, which rightly promotes a more compassionate and humane approach to people who use drugs. By treating addiction as a health issue rather than solely as a criminal justice issue, we have the opportunity to educate and empower people at an individual level to improve their health, well-being and quality of life through...

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...to contribute to this debate. I thank my colleagues in the Regional Group for tabling the motion before the House. In recent years, I have lost count of the number of times I have heard of people going up to the North to Newry, or even abroad, for dental treatment due to the cost and availability of dental services in my constituency of Louth and East Meath. In tabling this motion,...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: .... What then? We scramble to replace a housing Minister or have a new Government. How will this help the people? How will this help solve the homeless problems? Starting from scratch involves going back to square one and being unwilling to wait any time for targets and goals to come to fruition. Goals take time and yes, while you can cherry pick low-hanging fruit for quick gains,...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ..., set up a new company and build down the road from the defective buildings. That is not right. The homeowners are not responsible for these defects. Light-touch building control regulation by the Government and shoddy practice in the construction industry were the cause of these defects, yet the homeowners are being made to pay for these errors and the crooked developers are getting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (8 Nov 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...use for all families, broadband has become a necessity, even for phone use as we also have very limited network coverage to use mobiles phones. Can you please give me any help or advice on how I could move forward to get the process of broadband connected in our area or who to contact. I have spoken with most residents and they have all agreed they would help sign a petition or anything...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government is faced with a very challenging situation. From an economic perspective, we face two enormous challenges, namely, an electricity crisis and a cost-of-living crisis. I am pleased that the budget is framed mainly around them. There is no doubt that the last few budgets have been very difficult for everyone. We often hear of the squeezed middle who have shouldered most of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...get on to the EU and ask how come we in Ireland are paying above the average prices. It makes no sense whatsoever. I come from a business background. God forgive me, when I had my company going I put my best price forward. These companies should deal with the tariff prices instead of messing around. We are in different times. People are really bleeding. People are looking for...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and I thank my fellow members of the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion. The purpose of this motion today is to discuss energy security, including supply and demand, electricity generation capacity, plans to best manage supply and demand and, of course, to protect vulnerable users in the coming months. At the outset, I...