Results 21-40 of 43 for speaker:Dermot Fitzpatrick

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Apr 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide much needed accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13990/06]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I wish to share time with Deputies Keaveney and Carty. We have just heard the opening speech of the 2007 election campaign from Deputy James Breen. I wish him well in his campaign in Clare.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: We will vote with the Government later because we have an excellent and outstanding Minister for Health and Children, who is grappling with the issues as they come up. I suspect they are not as easy to address as she may have surmised when she took up the post but she will deal with them and on 17 May 2007 she will be able to tell Deputy James Breen that the health services in Clare are 100%...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children for my sins, and recently, Professor Drumm, the chief executive of the HSE, addressed the committee. He stated: What needs to radically change are some of the outdated work practices which exist within our hospital systems, practices that do not serve our patients or staff and sometimes manifest themselves in people...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (18 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's plans for the relocation of Mountjoy Prison outlining the major milestones in the project and the estimated timescales; the expected impact the move will have on Mountjoy Garda station and in particular the way in which the closure of this station will impact of policing in Dublin Central;...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (18 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to bring forward proposals to review residents only parking arrangements around Croke Park and other stadia; if he will have a public consultation on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/06]

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Deputy Twomey is usurping my time.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: We have an outstanding Minister for Health and Children and I commend her. She has undertaken a trojan task since coming to office.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: We can see the fruits of this coming through now. Deputy Finian McGrath may not believe me but I am a general practitioner and have seen the amazing changes in the health services since the Minister took office. This is not to denigrate her predecessors who dealt with serious problems and massive inertia in the health board system. The Ceann Comhairle has experience in this regard and if...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I thank Deputy McGrath for his support. This is where the bulk of essential surgical, medical and emergency expertise is based, with a tradition going back centuries. The Rotunda Hospital was founded over 250 years ago. I was a member of that hospital's board for some years and was delighted and honoured to serve there. The ethos at the Rotunda Hospital is nearer that of Tallaght hospital...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I do not represent the Deputy's constituency. He is well able to look after his own. Let us forget politics and how it arises in medicine; the well-being of the patient must be our primary concern. This Minister for Health and Children is the first to put the patient first and politics second.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Nov 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application from Dublin City Council for funding towards park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35660/06]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I understand the thinking behind this Bill but agree with the Minister of State that the system would become rigid and would fail to deliver Deputy Crowe's wishes. Like Deputy O'Connor I hate to be parochial but I note we have had the greatest boom in apartment building in the north-west inner city between O'Connell Street and Stoneybatter over the past five years. Most of the building has...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Nov 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the complement of Garda officers serving from the Cabra, Mountjoy, Store Street, Fitzgibbon Street and the Bridewell Garda stations during each of the years 2003 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37038/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Nov 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and number of affordable houses which will be available in Fingal County Council over the next 12 months; the expected timing for each development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38084/06]

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (14 Dec 2006)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the public opposition to the Office of Public Works plans to make Cabra and Ashtown gates, Phoenix Park one way, he will abandon the planned implementation of the one way system; if he will arrange for traffic lights at Ashtown gates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43649/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2007)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the future prospects for the present staff of the Office of Public Works contract engineering workshops at Jamestown Road, Inchicore; the proposed future development of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5522/07]

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I should first declare an interest in this area. I have practised as a GP in the north inner city for many years and have seen amazing changes over the years from the time I studied as a medical student in the Mater Hospital and did my training in Dr. Steven's Hospital, a hospital alas that is no longer with us. It was one of the tragedies of medicine in Dublin that Dr. Steven's Hospital...

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: I will not go any further than that other than to point out that the matter ended up in the High Court where a very learned judge castigated the perpetrators in no uncertain fashion. However, that is in the past. I wish to make a few points about the position in the north inner city. I accept there are problems in accident and emergency departments but during the years I have seen an...

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Dermot Fitzpatrick: The massive inertia embedded in the system is unbelievable. It is difficult to know how to address the problem. Gerry Robinson was involved in a three-part series on the BBC and was interviewed on "The Late Late Show" about his experience. It is easy to make such a programme. I agree with much of what he said but if he had to run a hospital on a daily basis, he would come up against a...