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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak today. The upcoming European Council meeting is probably one of the most important in our lifetime. Not in the recent past have we faced such terrible aggression and challenging circumstances as those we are currently facing. Putin and his army are causing life-changing damage to Ukraine and its people. What we are witnessing right now is beyond what...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Mar 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 441. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for having a well-equipped Army if Army personnel are not well paid and motivated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13852/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I raise an important issue in respect of the support available to Irish people and families who opened their homes to many Ukrainian refugees who came here as a result of the terrible actions of the Russians. As the Taoiseach knows, the Irish people have never been shy when it comes to supporting those most in need. When the call for support came, Irish people answered in their thousands....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I said it before that we cannot put a price on a family atmosphere. These families are not looking for profit, they are simply looking for support for the extra costs that they have incurred. While I appreciate the Taoiseach’s reply, he never once mentioned the people. These people went up to Dublin Airport, they collected these families and they took them back in good faith. Now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Ireland is doing very well with Ukraine. I ask the Taoiseach please not to put a dampener on it.

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to contribute and I thank my colleagues in the Regional Group for tabling this motion before the House. Over the past number of years, I have lost count of the amount of times I have raised the issue of vacant homes in my constituency of Louth. You can walk through any residential area in Dundalk and be sure to see vacant homes. It is clear that this is a problem...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: On behalf of the Regional Group, I wish Teresa Doolan the best of luck in the Department of Justice. When I became a Deputy 11 years ago, Noel Murphy was the first person to introduce me to the Dáil. I would like to wish him and Liam the best of luck. The Government announced that a new national energy upgrade scheme will offer increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Today I will raise the question of housing again with the Taoiseach. I have raised it with him and his colleagues in the Government many times and to be honest, it seems we are only paying lip service at this stage. We are in the middle of a housing crisis. We hear from the Government about the many thousands of new homes that will be built every year but we are still are no better off...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I have already put on the record my complete support for all the efforts that are being made to find accommodation for the refugees. That is not the problem. The problem I am talking about is with the local authorities. The vacant house to which I referred was left in perfect condition last October. It is now six or seven months later. A year ago, if I had asked the council what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am just saying we have problems in our own country. I ask that the Government help the Irish people as well.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I thank Deputies from the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion. We are in extremely difficult times and face many challenges following the many restrictions imposed on us by Covid and with the rapidly rising cost of living, which is affecting everybody. I fully believe that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed. It cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 562. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the funding that is still allocated in relation to the €83 million of funding ringfenced for Louth County Council flood defences in 2018 (details supplied); the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1719. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment for surgery will issue to a person (details supplied); if they are on the waiting list in Beaumont Hospital for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20743/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In recent years, I have raised the rising cost of rent and property and the lack of rental properties. Trying to find a property in my area is like looking for hen's teeth. The problem is countrywide and affects every county. In my home town of Dundalk the rental cost of a standard three-bedroom house is between €1,200 and €1,600 a month. It is much more that someone would...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Every day the National Ambulance Service, NAS, deploys approximately 160 to 180 emergency ambulances, an average of 22 rapid response vehicles and in excess of 50 officer response vehicles operating in over 100 locations across the country. Life-threatening calls are split into two categories, namely, delta, which are non-cardiac and non-respiratory calls, and echo, which are...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A new living wage rate has been set at €12.90 per hour. This is the basic amount found to be necessary to cover workers' needs. This is €2.40 above the minimum wage of €10.50 per hour. This higher rate is due to hikes in rent, transport and energy costs. Rents are increasing daily and it is nearly impossible to find a rental property in some areas. In my own town of...