Results 281-300 of 2,515 for speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Parents are doing their best to prepare their children for the new academic year and with so much pressure on household budgets due to the rising cost of living, by the time the bills are paid, they have little or nothing left to buy food, meaning that they are struggling to pay for schoolbooks and uniforms, as well as requested parent contributions. The bulk of announcements in last...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Government’s five-year policy aimed to deliver well-being for all in supporting an aligned approach to rural development, specifically in regard to access to good quality public services such as public transport, healthcare and housing provision. I acknowledge the tremendous work the Minister has undertaken in implementing this plan, providing a flexible approach using rural...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (14 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for further information on proposed refund to parents who are forced to seek private assessments for their children if waiting lists are not shortened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for adults looking to return to higher education in low-income, single-parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Jun 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans his Department has to ensure that all breeders selling animals as pets online are registered with his Department under The Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of pet animals) Regulations 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27505/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Drogheda is the largest town in the State, with a growing and diverse population. The town, however, has faced significant challenges as a result of the actions of those involved in criminal activities, including activities linked to organised crime. This has severely affected the feeling of safety and security for members of the local community in recent years. Similarly, Dundalk faces...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Previous Governments promised to rectify the errors that resulted in the CervicalCheck scandal of 2018 involving several women, including Vicky Phelan, Eileen Rushe and Lynsey Bennett, receiving incorrect smear test results for cervical cancer. For reasons that must be obvious, many women in Ireland have lost confidence in the outsourcing of lab tests to the United States. Yet cervical...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: We all know that not everyone who develops cervical cancer will have HPV found at screening.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Why then are we not testing for abnormal cells while we are testing for HPV? Is this a money-saving initiative?

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This Government promised in the programme for Government to make home ownership affordable and accessible again to an entire generation who are locked out of home ownership. Home ownership rates among young working adults in Ireland have collapsed in the face of rising house prices and, unfortunately, the myriad of issues impeding home purchase look unlikely to be resolved in the short to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Suicide Prevention (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide in detail the funding amounts that are allocated to various organisations (details supplied) and other charity groups working directly in suicide care in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding ASD placement in Dundalk; if the family situation will be taken into consideration; her plans to approve an additional co-educational class at a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (30 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 646. To ask the Minister for Health when the approved GP visit card extended in budget 2023 to children aged under seven years and approved from April 2023 is expected to be implemented, given that to date it is yet to take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25593/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Please come to County Louth and-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: There is a housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I receive calls weekly regarding planning permission rejections, with some people spending between €15,000 and €20,000 in the planning process before any works are done. This is not just hearsay. It was reported at the May meeting of Louth County Council that planning permission was refused for 40% of rural homes in Louth in 2022. This means that 70 out of the 177 planning...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: There is in County Louth

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I live in County Louth and I know what is going on there. The refusal rate in rural County Louth was 40%. That equates to 70 families that have to live in mobile homes, live with friends or live wherever they can because they cannot get planning permission. The Government is instructing local authorities to build houses on local authority-owned land. However, our local authorities are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I know of a young girl who is married with two children. Her family has loads of land - 40 or 50 acres. What did the council tell her? It told her to build an extension onto the existing house of 50 sq. m. One cannot put a family into an extension measuring 50 sq. m.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The family already has the granny living in the house. I want the Tánaiste and the Minister to come to County Louth and have a look.