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Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak. As a member of the Regional Group, I am delighted that we have brought this Private Members’ motion to the Dáil today. We call on the Government to publish all data on mental health and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. We want the Government to give a commitment to the effect that mental health will be central to the plan to combat...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I raise the issue of the location of the Covid-19 test centres around the country, in particular the test centre in Ardee, County Louth. The Covid test centre in Ardee was opened in October of this year. It has the capacity to carry out 3,500 Covid tests per week. It operates with a six-lane capacity and can operate on a seven days a week basis when needed. I visited the site shortly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Peter Fitzpatrick: One does not have to be a genius to realise that there is a problem in Ardee. A few weeks ago the incidence rate was 5 per 100,000 compared to 205 per 100,000 now. It is vital to get the bottom of what has gone wrong in Ardee. I appreciate the Taoiseach's promise to come back to me. I ask him not to put this on the long finger. The last thing we want is for more people to catch the...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Peter Fitzpatrick: One of the most contentious issues which I deal with in my constituency office concerns planning, and particularly those people looking to build in their home parishes. The opinion now seems to be that county councils, and Louth County Council in particular, do not want any one-off housing construction to take place. The current Louth county development plan severely curtails one-off...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am delighted to hear that a fourth vaccine could be available to this country very soon.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A 97-year old woman in Dundalk is being looked after by her six daughters. The family has contacted the GP and I have contacted the HSE. I have her details. She is no burden to the State. Is that the reason she is not entitled to get the vaccine? At 97 years of age, she is entitled to get it.

Covid-19 (Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I wish to raise three issues with the Minister. Covid is rampant within our community and it is spreading quicker than ever before. As reported this week, Ireland has the highest rate of infection in the world in recent weeks. This is a truly frightening time for everyone. With this in mind, the first issue I wish to raise is the safety of students and staff in schools once they return....

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak. I thank the Members who brought this motion to the House and in the main, I fully support it. Student nurses and midwives must be treated fairly, with respect and above all, with dignity. Student nurses and midwives who are working on the front line are no different to other essential workers on the front line and this has never been more...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I wish to raise a very serious concern around the vaccination programme and the fact that only 100 minutes has been set aside this week to debate this very urgent topic. I and many other Members are facing phone calls from our constituents to get answers on the roll out of the vaccine programme. In my Louth constituency there are major concerns about the roll out of the vaccine in Our Lady...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (20 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a pesticide control service, PCS, number by a person (details supplied). [2426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (27 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a PCS number by a company (details supplied). [4320/21]

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am sharing time with Deputy Verona Murphy. I will take four minutes and she will have four and a half. The Minister recently brought a memorandum to Cabinet proposing the extension of the pandemic unemployment payment scheme until the end of March. This is very welcome news and an action I support. In light of the extended lockdown, and the prospect that it could be extended even...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister's statement and the measures he has announced in recent weeks. I welcome the announcement of youth funding of €67 million for 2021. In particular, I welcome the announcement of €968,490 for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board. However, this allocation seems low compared with allocations in other areas. Will the Minister clarify the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I want to raise with the Taoiseach a very important issue in respect of which clarification is needed. Last week, my local radio station, LMFM, made a number of claims in respect of the HSE temporary accommodation programme. It claimed that the HSE is using a local hotel under the scheme to accommodate healthcare workers who are Covid positive and those who are not Covid positive. It has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Late last night, the HSE contacted the local radio station and confirmed that the incident it had raised was true. This is a very serious breach. We have healthcare workers who are putting their lives in danger for other people. They are being put in hotels with others who are positive for coronavirus. I am a wee bit disappointed. Yesterday, I gave the Taoiseach's assistant the full...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes. It was confirmed to the radio station.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The station was contacted.

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The front page of today's The Irish Timesleads with a headline stating that new Covid restrictions will target foreign travel. It also states that a revised plan for living with Covid will be unveiled by the end of the month and that there will be some form of restrictions until at least the end of the year. It further states that the Minister and officials intend to introduce legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is not using the temporary accommodation system to accommodate HSE workers countrywide who are Covid-19 positive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (17 Feb 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 823. To ask the Minister for Health when the processing of primary medical certificates will recommence such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8484/21]