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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: SNAs are being denied equal health and safety leave provisions in employment. The potential risks for injury are greater for SNAs due to the physical element of their job. There is a clear disparity between the provision afforded to teachers and that afforded to SNAs. SNAs work with children with a range of care needs, many of whom exhibit extremely challenging behaviour that requires...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for her reply. A lot of good work is being done in education. There are a lot more teachers and SNAs. There is a lot of early intervention and children with problems are being diagnosed early. I appreciate the Minister's response but all the SNAs are looking for is the same treatment as teachers. As I have said, they play a very important role in the future...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: As recently as five years ago, Ireland was being celebrated within the EU for road safety following a reduction in fatalities of over 40% yet this week Ireland's road death toll hit 100 people, meaning the overall number is now 14% higher than last year and we are just over halfway through the year. The year 2024 is on course to prove the most lethal for traffic fatalities in 15 years. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Our roads are not safe. I ask the Tánaiste to please listen. Our footpaths are not safe. You cannot even go on a footpath now because of e-scooters and bicycles. Our loved ones are passing away. These are things that can be prevented. On behaviour, when the Tánaiste and I were children - we are roughly the same age - we could go out our front doors and play a bit of football...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I acknowledge the foundational importance of agriculture in our society. Agriculture is not merely an industry; it is the backbone of the economy and provides sustenance and livelihoods to millions across our nation. Our farmers, often the unsung heroes, toil day and night to feed our burgeoning population and contribute significantly to our GDP. The agrifood sector is our oldest and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to address the chronic under resourcing of special education needs supports and provisions for the upcoming school year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30518/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 802.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Housing for All targets will be reviewed and updated, given the significant migration in recent years; if funding will be allocated to these updates in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 927.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the entitlements to a jobseeker's allowance payment to those employed as a retained firefighter with a county council on a part-time basis and who are paid a retainer fee for training and callouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34122/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1220.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ash crop owners, out of the 6,500 individual owners, that have applied for the RUS scheme; the number of hectares in total that have been approved for clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34117/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1631.To ask the Minister for Health the plans to give access to CPD training (details supplied) for allied health care professional social workers in the HSE adult mental health services Louth-Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1708.To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all unfulfilled and frozen roles within hospitals, community health services, mental health services, children's mental health services and disabled services in Louth and east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1709.To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applicants awaiting a GP assignment in County Louth and east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1712.To ask the Minister for Health if the 20% of HSE-owned properties (or 400 vacant properties enlisted to the State), which, according to a person (details supplied), are lying idle during record numbers of homelessness in Ireland, are being considered for return to public use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34407/24]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The public interest in this Bill has been overwhelming, and it is no wonder. For too long, our mental health legislation has been outdated and people with mental health issues have faced delayed treatment, limited access to services and a lack of clarity surrounding their rights. It is in this context that the amendments to the Mental Health Bill 2024 come into play. They are critical to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is time for us to recognise the profound impact the carer’s means test has on the lives of carers and those for whom they care, and to advocate for its abolition. The means test undermines the principle of fairness and social justice that should underpin our welfare system. This test assesses not just the needs of the person being cared for but also the income and assets of carers...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for his response. In fairness, a lot of the things he mentioned are very good. However, in my situation, and I am sure it is the same for nearly every TD in the Chamber, many people come into constituency offices with the problem of having loved ones stuck in hospitals and nursing homes, and they have nobody to look after them. Nobody wants to be stuck in a hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 2493.To ask the Minister for Health when the CNM2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment following recommendation 45 of the expert review body regarding nursing and midwifery, clinical placement coordinators (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (18 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) does not have broadband access in line with the national broadband plan; when they are likely to get access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the lack of strategy in relation to regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; and if she will support a dedicated regional strategy as part of Budget 2025, to specifically address the development of the sector in the regions. [36189/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Sep 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of orthodontists in Dundalk HSE; if he expects children (details supplied) to avail of the cross-Border scheme as a result of lack of services; if they are eligible for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36228/24]