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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: My final question is for Mr. Killoran. It relates to human trafficking. Mr. Killoran mentioned that it could take up to two years to find or identify the woman involved. That seems a long time. I have seen many documentaries lately dealing with trafficking. It is frightening, especially for a father of three children, two of whom are girls. The last thing we want is for our children to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is putting in place to combat air pollution (details supplied); and the measures he is taking to reduce domestic solid fuel burning. [21787/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What measures is the Minister putting in place to combat air pollution to reassure GPs that it is safe for their patients to breathe in fresh air? Emissions from solid fuel burning throughout the country and transport emissions in large urban areas should not be taken for granted.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The air we breathe is growing dangerously polluted. According to the World Health Organization, nine out of ten people now breathe polluted air which kills 7 million people across the world every year. In Ireland premature deaths caused by air pollution are estimated at 1,200 people per year. Air pollution is an invisible killer. One in five children in Ireland suffers from asthma and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Air pollution is hard to escape as it is all around us. In my Louth constituency doctors are advising people not to go out walking as the air is polluted, which is very serious. The true cost of climate change is felt in our hospitals and in our lungs. Air pollution is harmful to everyone's health. What is the Government doing to combat the problem? What measures is it taking to reduce...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Over the past 12 months, I have raised the issue of local needs with the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the Minister of State with special responsibility for housing and urban development, Deputy English. Planning rules introduced in 2005 are stopping people who were born and raised in an area building their...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When can we expect the guidelines?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Incentives (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to put in place a payment for solar electricity in order that households and communities receive payment for the power they feed into the grid. [21788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 335. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [21363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21397/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 269. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [20319/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I refer to the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018. The Rehab Group does excellent work by providing a much-needed service or people with disabilities. The group has announced that it needs another €2 million to continue to operate. It has also given a notice of 12 months for the termination of all care contracts. There are 3,000 people in care with 1,500...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (8 May 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding legal fees being added to mortgage arrears accounts (details supplied). [18943/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A Dundalk women, Sinéad Browne, whose only son took his own life last month, wants to know why her son was sent home from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital twice, despite his saying he intended to kill himself. Ian Browne, 25, from Dundalk had a letter from his general practitioner asking that he be admitted to the hospital as he was going to commit suicide and was self-harming very...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: -----that 11,600 presentations were made over self-harming.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What are we doing about mental health and self-harming? We are spending millions and millions on the HSE. What is this family to do? They did everything right. Their only son-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: -----committed suicide. He needed help. We are failing our society.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I went to that funeral and looked at that poor woman straight in the eye, and all she said was "What happened to my son?"

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The hospital told Mr. Browne to come back in three weeks.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: He was put out on the street for three weeks.