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- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: Sorry-----
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I do not think the Acting Chairman is being fair.
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: In my first five years in the Dáil, all we heard was the word "guillotine". The Opposition was always accusing the Government of guillotining business. The Deputy made a speech last week and said it would not be fair to have 51 or 52 hours of speaking time. At the moment all we have had is 17 hours, which is a third of what the Deputy said. There was a problem earlier on and there is...
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: But-----
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: What I said was that there was confusion. I did not say-----
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I did not say there was confusion on the Acting Chairman's behalf. I said there was confusion here.
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: The Ceann Comhairle summed it up well.
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: He did the right thing. The Business Committee will have an opportunity next week and I hope common sense will prevail. This is a very important issue.
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I would not like for people-----
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I would not like people to use this as an excuse not to give an opportunity-----
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: 120. 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. [3698/18]
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I was very pleased to have the opportunity to serve on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. I found it very testing and, I have to be honest, sometimes very troubling. The proposal that we are debating here today about repealing the eighth amendment and also the number of weeks at which any legislation will permit abortion to take place is not something that was...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: 161. 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. [2391/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Appeals (16 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: 1582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54549/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (16 Jan 2018)
Peter Fitzpatrick: 1602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to initiate legislation to regulate tip sharing arrangements in the service industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55201/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I have raised concerns about Down's syndrome children from day one of this committee. I think that the email that the committee received from Ms McDermott should be read aloud for the simple reason that the letter from the Danish ambassador was read into the record. Ms McDermott's email also contains a clarification for Deputy Jonathan O'Brien who asked her to clarify a few issues. She...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I accept what the Chairman has said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)
Peter Fitzpatrick: A press release yesterday, 12 December, from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists welcomed new figures that showed that Ireland was one of the safest places in the world in which to have a baby. A maternal death rate of 6.5 per 100,000, or one in every 15,301, is extremely low compared with a rate of 8.8 per 100,000 in the United Kingdom and 26.7 per 100,000 in the United...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)
Peter Fitzpatrick: I was not going to say anything. After 21 days, an unborn child has a heartbeat. I think that-----