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National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Please check the record. I was allocated three minutes. I did not get my three minutes. I do not have a problem with that and I do not mind other people speaking. Please check the time. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is totally wrong. It is very unfair that I was rushed in making my speech.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I had three minutes to speak. I did not get my three minutes.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Please check it. The speaker before me had two minutes to speak and, fair play to her, she got over four minutes.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is not fair. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle accused me of being wrong when I am not wrong.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Can the Leas-Cheann-Comhairle check the position?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Minister has stated that every action possible will be taken to ensure that this does not happen again. Our Government must move swiftly to establish the facts, restore confidence in cancer screening and ensure that this does not happen again. What happened to these 208 people should never have happened. I have full confidence in the Minister ensuring that this will never happen again.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The deaths have occurred of 17 women because they were given the all-clear following smear tests for cervical cancer checks. Since last Saturday some 8,000 women have contacted the HSE helpline because of these deaths. Out of the 17 women who died, 15 did not know of the misdiagnoses. As with other issues such as the mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries and the hepatitis C...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a family (details supplied) that has been discharged from bankruptcy is unable to get mortgage approval two years later; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18588/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (1 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18674/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the significance of the opening of the Chinese market to Irish beef, particularly in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to seek new markets for Irish agriculture in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/18]

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Many people believe that community employment schemes are very much linked to the economic state of the country. Generally, when the economy is flourishing, the need for community employment schemes is less evident, while the opposite is true in times of recession when these schemes become hugely important for many members of local communities. While unemployment impacts on people of all...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: They do Trojan work in the community. I will give them as much support as I can.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: On 7 March 2018, during questions on promised legislation, I raised the issue of the Rights of Grandparents Bill 2013, which did not proceed through the Oireachtas. This Bill was intended to deal with issues around grandparents' access to children, and sought to provide for the continuous development of the relationship and bond between a grandparent and his or her grandchild. The Children...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the roll-out of a strategy for the future development of greenways and rural cycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the inclusion of persons with disabilities on the boards of public transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17718/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason agencies which refuse to accept the public services card as personal identification will accept a passport which cannot be obtained without the applicant producing a card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17632/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Data Protection Bill 2018 proposes to give further effect to the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and to transpose the 2016 directive on data protection in regard to law enforcement functions. It will enter into force across the European Union on 25 May 2018. An accompanying directive, which establishes data protection standards for the processing of personal data by competent...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. It is very important that gardaí be allowed to do their job and that we see a Garda presence on the streets, motorways, back roads, etc. It is great that the Garda College Templemore has been reopened. It means that we will have extra gardaí coming out every year. I was delighted when I heard that there would be an extra...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen the Garda Reserve to deliver on the commitment to visible and responsive policing in communities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16484/18]