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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes, but the statement by TII asserts that the project could be delayed for 12 to 18 months, if not two years, but the public is being led to believe that it will go ahead. There is no-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I would like be wrong about this but I do not know how anyone can guarantee this project, given the current situation. The Chairman has been in the Dáil for the last number of years along with myself and other colleagues. He will agree that nobody knows what will happen in the context of Brexit. Nobody knows what is going to happen with regard to the children's hospital or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Walsh made a comment to the effect that he does not see any reason for it to be delayed. If he is going to make such a comment then I am going to make a comment on the economy because nobody knows what will happen. He said that he does not see any reason for it not to go ahead but nobody knows. There is no point in us leaving this room and telling people in Ardee that the bypass will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Am I correct that we are discussing the plan approved in 2005?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is now 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Fourteen years on, TII is only now engaging in a consultation process. Why did this not happen sooner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I refer to the TII submission wherein it is stated that everybody - no exceptions - said that they do not wish to delay construction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: TII is holding up construction and the end result could be no construction. If Brexit happens and the Government decides to withhold funding for projects, there is a possibility that the Ardee bypass, which the people of the town and the mid-Louth area have been waiting for for the past 14 years, might not proceed. The message coming out of this meeting must be that this project is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am disappointed that the Ardee bypass is being delayed. We are facing Brexit and a possible change of Government and we cannot foresee what will happen in 18 or 24 months. It is a pity and a shame that, despite €34 million being allocated for this project, it might not proceed. Louth County Council has done a fantastic job in consulting the local community. This problem has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government promised to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and to introduce over 1 million electrically propelled vehicles by 2030. In the past 12 months, the number of electric vehicles has doubled. The function of the ESB's ecars programme, which was introduced in 2010, is to hasten the introduction of 1 million electric vehicles and to move transport away from the dirt,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Last week in the Chamber, I welcomed the Government's plan to introduce 1 million electrically propelled vehicles by 2030. However, I complained about the lack of the power points around the country, with approximately 1,200 installed at present, and I also complained about the cost of installing these operation points. ESB ecars has received €37 million since 2010, which works out...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (8 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the large amount of fish being reported as unrecognisable as normal fish (details supplied) in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40597/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am supposed to be sharing time but we will see if the Deputy turns up. Whether we like it or not, Brexit will affect everyone on this island of Ireland, everybody in the UK and everybody in Europe. This process has been going on for the past three years. It has been part of every conversation in every household in the country. Tuesday's budget was preparation for a no-deal Brexit but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Hyperemesis gravidarum is a serious and debilitating illness that affects fewer than 1% of women during pregnancy. It is an extreme form of morning sickness where the infected woman is unable to tolerate even moderate amounts of food, including water. Although the condition improves after three months for some women, for others the condition lasts for the full nine months. Cariban is a drug...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: -----the Minister was referring to the abortion pill. If it is unacceptable for a woman to be forced to source a pill online to terminate her pregnancy, surely it is unacceptable for a woman to be forced, due to the cost, to source drugs online-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: -----to help bring her pregnancy successfully to full term.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human assisted reproduction Bill in view of the fact that it has been two years since the announcement of the Bill with public funding proposed to start in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43707/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government must allow local authorities to build on their own landbanks. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has stated that the development of publicly owned residential land for social and affordable housing is a priority for the Government and he promised to make billions of euro available for this. Louth County Council has 52 acres of land...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A very serious drug turf war is going on between two criminal gangs based mainly in Drogheda, with members of both gangs living locally in Louth and Meath. This began in July 2018 when a drug dealer was shot and survived. A man was subsequently murdered in Clogherhead in August, and another man was recently shot dead in a lovely quiet cul-de-sac in Bettystown. The Garda and I suspect that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government has committed to having 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2030, which is welcome. The problem, however, is that the cost of purchasing such vehicles, compared to a petrol or diesel car, is far too high. Moreover, the batteries must be replaced after eight years at a crazy cost of more than €10,000. On Claire Byrne's television programme last Monday a family...