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Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: No, sorry.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Before the last Deputy spoke-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Sorry-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I do not think the Acting Chairman is being fair.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In my first five years in the Dáil, all we heard was the word "guillotine". The Opposition was always accusing the Government of guillotining business. The Deputy made a speech last week and said it would not be fair to have 51 or 52 hours of speaking time. At the moment all we have had is 17 hours, which is a third of what the Deputy said. There was a problem earlier on and there is...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: But-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What I said was that there was confusion. I did not say-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I did not say there was confusion on the Acting Chairman's behalf. I said there was confusion here.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Ceann Comhairle summed it up well.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: He did the right thing. The Business Committee will have an opportunity next week and I hope common sense will prevail. This is a very important issue.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I would not like for people-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I would not like people to use this as an excuse not to give an opportunity-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 120. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/18]

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the family courts Bill. The Department of Justice and Equality states that the purpose of the family courts Bill is to establish a dedicated family court in order to improve levels of judicial expertise and training in family law matters and streamline family law proceedings, thereby making them more user-friendly and less costly. As the Taoiseach knows,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 438. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4367/18]

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the Childcare Support Bill. The main purpose of the Bill is to provide a statutory basis for a new national scheme to provide financial support for children through universal and targeted subsidies. This scheme will also be called the affordable childcare scheme, ACS. The scheme will be open to all Tusla-registered child-care...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes, Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is in hiding.