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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties schools are experiencing owing to the deficiencies in the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016; if his attention has been further drawn to the practicalities of the employment of substitute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 374. 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. [13793/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 425. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive notification of their appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general practitioners are accepting patients for just six months at the request that they allocate themselves another general practitioner within the six month timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the capitation grant to primary schools to €200 per pupil; his views on whether choosing not to do so will result in schools continuing to have to fundraise and to seek donations from parents and other sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14274/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting of Personnel (29 Mar 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to resolve the deficiencies in the vetting regime for special needs assistants in view of the difficulties this is causing for children with special education needs and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen the Garda Reserve to deliver on the commitment to visible and responsive policing in communities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16484/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 701. 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. [15159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 934. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive an ENT clinic appointment in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16200/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Data Protection Bill 2018 proposes to give further effect to the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and to transpose the 2016 directive on data protection in regard to law enforcement functions. It will enter into force across the European Union on 25 May 2018. An accompanying directive, which establishes data protection standards for the processing of personal data by competent...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. It is very important that gardaí be allowed to do their job and that we see a Garda presence on the streets, motorways, back roads, etc. It is great that the Garda College Templemore has been reopened. It means that we will have extra gardaí coming out every year. I was delighted when I heard that there would be an extra...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: On 7 March 2018, during questions on promised legislation, I raised the issue of the Rights of Grandparents Bill 2013, which did not proceed through the Oireachtas. This Bill was intended to deal with issues around grandparents' access to children, and sought to provide for the continuous development of the relationship and bond between a grandparent and his or her grandchild. The Children...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Many people believe that community employment schemes are very much linked to the economic state of the country. Generally, when the economy is flourishing, the need for community employment schemes is less evident, while the opposite is true in times of recession when these schemes become hugely important for many members of local communities. While unemployment impacts on people of all...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: They do Trojan work in the community. I will give them as much support as I can.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the roll-out of a strategy for the future development of greenways and rural cycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the inclusion of persons with disabilities on the boards of public transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17718/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason agencies which refuse to accept the public services card as personal identification will accept a passport which cannot be obtained without the applicant producing a card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the significance of the opening of the Chinese market to Irish beef, particularly in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to seek new markets for Irish agriculture in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/18]