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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Oct 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The purpose of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill is to tackle alcohol misuse, underage drinking and overall consumption. It is in no one's interest to see alcohol products misused. I support the overall objective of the Bill but I have a difficulty with a small number of provisions, including that relating to the cancer warning. This label will destroy the reputation of Irish products which...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The main purpose of this Bill is to tackle alcohol misuse, underage drinking and the overall consumption of alcohol. I go to many functions where free drink is available. I attend many openings and many football matches. There is a thing called choice. I have been a pioneer for the past 40 years or so, but I do not have a problem with drink. I do not want to drink, but I do not have a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: One in six Irish couples struggle with fertility. There is no public system to allow for in vitrofertilisation, IVF, treatment. This Government has committed, from 2019, to funding IVF treatment for couples unable to conceive. The Minister, Deputy Harris, has stated that the assisted human reproduction Bill will regulate the area regarding the support that will be provided from 2019. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Please do not let the normal person who has not got a medical card-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Please do not let people without medical cards only receive the support.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Middle class people need to be looked after. This woman and her husband have spent over €30,000-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the commitment to address the anomaly caused by rate band changes in 2012; if the solution of a total contributions approach and home caring credits is on target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of auto enrolment for pensions further to the publication of the Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason no insurance has been provided by Tusla since 2011 to cover foster parents in view of the fact that they had been previously covered by the HSE; her plans to introduce insurance for these persons; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 376. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 511. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37475/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is responsible for the payment of their outstanding bill from the Mater hospital. [35994/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1037. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to a query raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding broadband in the person's area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35716/18]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 seeks to extend GP visit cards to those in receipt of carer's allowance or carer's benefits. It is welcome. The announcement that this legislation was to be brought forward was accompanied by an additional €10 million funding for respite care. I welcome the focus on the issues that carers face. However, Ireland has the only EU...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: As a former Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Tánaiste, more than most, will realise the Government has invested a lot of money in housing and homelessness. However, we have a number of serious problems. There are families who are struggling big time to pay their mortgages to the bank and to put food on the table and clothes on their children. In fairness to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (4 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to standardise and register home care workers in cases in which all carers are documented and regularised in their immigration status for the home care industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to standardise and register home care workers in cases involving carers who are documented and regularised in their immigration status for the home care industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29464/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Jul 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29174/18]