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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I refer to the communications regulation Bill. The local Oireachtas reports provided to South East Radio in Wexford, LMFM Radio in Louth, Northern Sound in Cavan and Monaghan and Galway Bay FM ended on 3 April last. The print services, which Tom Ryan provides to 17 regional newspapers, ceased in mid-March. The services have been running since 2010. The reports compile a summary of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It has been said that the cost of the services does not provide value for money.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: If value for money is the issue, what about Oireachtas TV, on which €3 million a year or €60,000 a week is spent?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The audience of Oireachtas TV is between 10,000 and 15,000 on sitting days and only 200 on non-sitting days.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am a Deputy and people in my constituency listen to the radio-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I mentioned the legislation.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Deputies Shortall and Howlin were given an extra minute. I am the only one-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Will the Taoiseach answer my question?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the announcement of the new rent pressure zone areas especially in my county of Louth where we have Ardee, Dundalk south and Dundalk north. On numerous occasions I have raised the issue of the 60 vacant houses in Louth and the 50 acres of land we have there. We need to build social and affordable houses. The last time I spoke on this issue the Minister of State, Deputy English,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 209. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27423/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Commissioner and his team. I thank them for coming before the committee. I welcome the Commissioner's vision for protecting the most vulnerable people and providing a consistently high standard of service. I welcome the increase in the number of front-line gardaí as part of the move towards a more visible and more responsive policing service which is better suited to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: All the people in Drogheda want is help. It is a fantastic town. What has happened in the last few months cannot keep going on. The job that was done in Limerick was fantastic. It was fast and sharp. All that the people in Drogheda want is something similar to what happened in Limerick. On 13 February, the first occasion on which the Commissioner attended the committee, we spoke about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Commissioner. We spoke about the Smithwick tribunal in October 2012 which was run in closed session. We spoke about one file in particular which was compiled by the PSNI, the RUC and MI5, the British Security Service. That intelligence indicated that a senior Provisional IRA council member was directly involved in ordering the murder of Tom Oliver. The Commissioner attended...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Commissioner was asked whether he knew the identity of the Provisional IRA man. He said that he did and that he passed the information on to the Garda Síochána. He also wrote the name down on a piece of paper and gave it to Judge Peter Smithwick. The last thing I was told was that the paper was a matter for the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland. Mr. Harris is now Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: My main concern is that this murder happened in 1991. The Commissioner is a man of his word. At the meeting on 13 February, he said that he would meet the Oliver family, and he met them. The experience that he had in the PSNI and the job that he has done so far as Commissioner of the Garda is very good. People are responding to him. It is an awful shame that we cannot get closure on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Commissioner and his team for their presentation and answers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Every family dreams of owning their own house – the family home. First, they must see what they can afford, then get a solicitor, find the property, get it surveyed and seek mortgage approval. In Dundalk, as I am sure is the case in every other town, a large number of families are stuck in the middle. These families comprising a husband, wife and two children, can earn...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Only last week, a woman in Dundalk was sexually assaulted. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, has given €1 million in grant aid for CCTV in all villages and towns. The Government needs to look at local authorities' views. Most local authorities agree with the use of CCTV. Were it not for CCTV, there would not have been any convictions for the murder of Ana...