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Order of Business (6 May 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When will the human tissue Bill to meet the key recommendation of the Madden report that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained after post-mortem without consent and to address other matters relating to human tissue, including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes, be published?

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When will the gambling control Bill, the purpose of which is to update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling, be introduced? Many families have been destroyed as a result of gambling and I am seeking clarity in respect of when the legislation will be forthcoming.

Order of Business (13 May 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The purpose of the promised criminal records information system Bill is to provide for the exchange of criminal records information with other European Union member states and designated states. When is publication expected?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: That is correct. The incremental purchase scheme has been introduced as a new purchase option to meet the needs of those requiring long-term housing supports and to assist those households with low incomes to make a start on the route to home ownership whereby the house is sold at a discount price and the purchaser becomes the full owner at the time of sale. The incremental purchase scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Chairman. I welcome all the witnesses. The voluntary agencies, which are being funded by the HSE to the tune of €3.1 billion, are doing a wonderful job. Some €2.5 billion, which is a great deal of money, is being given to 44 agencies under section 38. Some €600 million is being provided to the remaining agencies, which are part-funded under section 39....

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is very important that every child receives-----

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is very important that every child receives a school place. When can we expect the publication of the education (admission to school) Bill which is to make the admission process more inclusive and equitable? The framework also proposes a mechanism to ensure that every child receives a place.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014, which has three main objectives. First, it will provide for the subsuming of the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, CORU. Second, it will make certain amendments to the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 in the interest of...

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The purpose of this Bill is to provide for the establishment of a new body which will replace the Irish Sports Council, ISC, and the National Sports Campus Development Authority, NSCDA, and the merger of their functions into a single identity to be established as Sport Éireann or Sport Ireland. The establishment of Sport Ireland will result in a more streamlined organisation for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome Mr. Gordon Jeyes and his team. Tusla is a child protection, early intervention and family support agency. This year Women's Aid Dundalk almost closed. It provides services to women and their children who have experienced violence in the context of an intimidating relationship. The work involves human rights, justice, sexual violence, accommodation, housing and homelessness....

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Smoking places a vast burden of illness and mortality on our society with over 5,200 people dying every year from tobacco-related diseases. One in two of all smokers will die from their addiction. Standardised packaging of tobacco products will remove all forms of branding, trademarks, logos and colours. The new packets will be presented with a uniform typeface for all brands and the packs...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect the building control Bill, which will place Construction Industry Register Ireland, CIRI, on a statutory footing and, therefore, provide in law for the registration of builders, contractors and specialist subcontractors, to be before the House?

Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012 is to prohibit smoking in cars where children are present. It will be enforced by the Garda Síochána. The Bill stems from a growing range of legislative and other policy initiatives designed to reduce smoking and smoking related illness over previous decades. Some of the key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the witnesses. I have been very lucky over the years in that I have been involved in a lot of sport and have received no serious injuries, except for four months ago when I fell off my bike and broke my hip - these things do happen. My focus is players' concerns. Players have to be educated and informed about the research and the culture change. As far as I am concerned there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A young student, then, from St. Michael's, who suffered a second brain bleed, was selected to play while still symptomatic with an undiagnosed initial brain bleed. There was also a young rugby schoolboy who tragically died from second impact syndrome, and a young schoolboy from Tralee who, if not for the prompt action of his mother in bringing him immediately to hospital, would have had...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The budget is a start to get Ireland working again, secure our recovery and bring to an end the recent era of austerity budgets. The decision to reduce the top rate of income tax from 41% to 40% and to increase the standard rate tax band, above which the top rate of tax is paid, by €1,000 to €33,800 will make a significant difference to entrepreneurs, the self-employed and...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This will see €2.2 billion in capital investment in social housing and more than 7,500 new homes will be provided. An additional €10 million will be provided for accommodation and related services for homeless people. Child benefit and the new back-to-work family living allowance will provide additional financial help to jobseekers.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The 9% VAT rate for tourism and the hospitality sector, which has created thousands of jobs and protected thousands of others, has been retained.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government is absolutely determined that we will not allow this country to slip back to boom and bust. Growing a sustainable economy is what we promised when we entered Government and the budget is another positive step towards that goal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister and his Department for their excellent presentation. As the Minister knows, many Irish people are concerned about the high risk of the Ebola virus spreading globally. He answered many of my questions in his presentation. I welcome the fact that the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has issued guidelines to hospitals and general practitioners, GPs, but were they...