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Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I wish to share time with Deputy Joe Carey.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Like many Members from all sides of this House, I support the concept of an inclusive society and the need to remove all barriers that currently prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in society. I have no doubt this legislation will benefit not only those people affected by disability, but also society as a whole...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome both delegations. I am disappointed that the talks at the Workplace Relations Commission are not looking good and that it looks as though a strike will happen. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, as the major shareholder, should engage with all parties, even in a mediating role, to avert a strike that would be in nobody's interests. Ms Graham has stated that since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What steps or measures does the authority take to ensure on key routes served by both Bus Éireann and private operators that they are on a level playing field and that neither is disadvantaged when competing on the same route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: There have been many reports lately on Expressway routes being discontinued owing to losses. Yesterday, it was reported in The IrishTimesthat the Dublin to Clonmel route, with the Athlone to Westport and Dublin to Derry routes, would be discontinued. The NTA's submission to the committee states: "If it is the case that some Expressway services are discontinued at local level, the NTA will,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank Ms Graham. I have a few questions for Mr. Duggan. There has been a great deal of scaremongering recently by Opposition Members about the free travel scheme. My constituency office has been inundated with calls and other correspondence from concerned constituents who fear that the scheme will be abolished. There were even reports that it was planned to introduced a €50...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Duggan has stated an estimated €61 million will be paid to the CIE Group in 2017 under the free travel scheme and €8.5 million to private operators. Will he explain how these figures are arrived at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Following on from my previous question, how often can private operators request a review of the amount received under the free travel pass scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Have many operators taken that up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Just three?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I know from the reports in yesterday's newspapers that the consultant firm, Steer Davies Gleave, has commissioned a report for Bus Éireann advising it on route closures and depot closures. It would be helpful to the committee if we could get a copy of that report and discuss it in detail along with the representatives of Bus Éireann. It has also been reported that the depot in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: This has been going on for two or three years. These are people's jobs. People are very concerned about the situation. Where did this idea about depots closing come from? Why did these things come in to the main here? I am very disappointed. Will Ms Graham confirm to me today that she has no intention whatsoever of closing a depot like Dundalk?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of pupil numbers of all second level schools in Drogheda as at September 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (22 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of pupil numbers of all primary schools in Drogheda as at September 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help was reduced and then removed from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (21 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital , Drogheda, in tabular form; the number of vacancies at the hospital; the complete range of services available and carried out in the hospital; the future expansion plans for the hospital and the present capacity of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8732/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When I entered politics for the first time in 2011, I did so for one reason only, namely, I wanted to make a difference. In 2011, the Fianna Fáil-led Government left the country in a mess. Its governance and policies had bankrupted the country. We must never forget that its boom-and-bust policies left generations of families trapped in long-term, unsustainable debt. I know from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the witnesses. The action of Bus Éireann, in sending letters to staff in January, was unnecessary and unhelpful and was not a proper way to begin negotiations. I note from the opening statements that the last thing anyone wants is strike action. The effects of such action would be far-reaching and widespread. I am particularly concerned for schoolchildren, especially those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A common theme in each of the delegates' opening statements is that all of them feel that Bus Éireann currently does not receive enough from the Department of Social Protection under the free travel scheme. They also suggest that there is not a level playing field between Bus Éireann and the private operators, which, they suggest, generally do not carry passengers under the free...