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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 601. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60352/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion. Along with colleagues in the Regional Group I bring this motion before the House today and hope that all sides of the House will support us. Ireland has one of the largest maritime areas in the EU and it is over seven times larger than our land mass. Our maritime area covers almost 500,000 sq. km, which represents a 220 million acre...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak. In Ireland our health insurance is supposed to be community rated. The Health Insurance Acts prohibit risk rating, the reason being to ensure people will, in theory, pay the same price regardless of their age or health status. The health insurance market in Ireland is worth over €2.5 billion and 2.31 million people are covered, which represents...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 178. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a guardianship payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60891/21]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I support the foetal pain relief Bill, which I was happy to co-sponsor when it was introduced in May. I continue to support its humanitarian measures completely and I encourage my colleagues to allow this Bill to progress to Committee Stage. The Bill will place an obligation to give pain relief to unborn babies before late-term abortions. Scientific evidence now suggests unborn babies can...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute. As we all know, we had our first official case of Covid-19 in Ireland in February 2020, almost 22 months ago. It is fair to say that, since that date, we in this country and everyone throughout the world have endured a very difficult period. So many people have suffered and continue to suffer. The many thousands of people who have...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It has been a tough two years. As a sports person and on behalf of all sporting organisations, I thank the Government for the funding. The €88.5 million last year was a lot to keep operations going. It was very good for health and well-being. This is my first opportunity to wish Mr. John Treacy, chief executive officer of Sport Ireland, the best of luck for the future. He has done...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome everybody. The most common word used today has been "volunteers". Without volunteers in all organisations we would have no sport. If we had no sport, there would be an awful lot of depressed people out there. I am a sportsperson and enjoy playing sport. I played soccer, Gaelic, rugby, athletics and tiddlywinks and did everything involved in sport. I have nothing but admiration...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the committee today. I know he is a sportsperson and glad to see the Dublin ladies' team and other women participating in sport. I have been involved in sport all my life and have trained and managed ladies' and men's football teams. In the Minister of State's introduction, he mentioned all the elite athletes doing very well in horse riding,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has handed its resignation into the Minister for Finance. This board plays a key role in the scheme to provide relief for vehicle registration tax, VRT, and VAT on vehicles for people with disabilities. The issue revolves around the disabled drivers and passengers’ scheme which provides tax relief on the purchase of specially constructed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (19 Jan 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1344. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card holders will be entitled to dental care cover for those in need of urgent care as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62954/21]

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate today. First, I would like to convey my deepest condolences to the family of Ashling Murphy, her boyfriend, her school community and the wider community in which she played such an active and important role. Her needless death has touched everybody in many ways. It has raised many questions that need to be addressed: about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is almost 41 years since the terrible Stardust nightclub fire in Artane in Dublin, in which 48 young people died and 214 were injured. The Stardust fire is embedded in the memories not only of the people of Dublin, but the collective memory of the nation. There was no one untouched by the fire, from Cork to Donegal, from Sligo to Louth. Everyone knew someone who was at the Stardust...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: We are all here today in a political arena. It is true to say that our politics stem from humanity. Before we are politicians we are human beings. We feel love and pain, and we feel the love and pain felt by others. Today I ask the Tánaiste, as a caring man, to take a personal lead in bringing about an immediate and unhindered commencement of the inquest into the Stardust nightclub...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Council (1 Feb 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4888/22]

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today. The Covid pandemic has been a life-changing experience for us all. Who would have thought a couple of years ago of the impact Covid has had on each and every one of us? Thankfully, it seems we are now over the worst of this pandemic and society is starting to get back to normal, although we need to remain cautious. We need to look after...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve the pay, benefits and conditions for professionals working in the childcare sector given that many of these employees are earning below the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What are the Minister's plans to improve the pay, benefits and conditions for professional workers in the childcare sector, given that many of these employees are earning below the minimum wage?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for his response. He will be aware that more than 30,000 people are employed in the childcare sector, most of whom are female. The minimum qualification they hold at the moment is FETAC level 5. Ireland has some of the most highly-rated qualified professionals who are paid some of the lowest wages in any sector, some below the living wage. The types of people who...