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Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is important that DkIT becomes a TU. It has been left behind for far too long. The Minister said a couple of weeks ago, during his visit to Dundalk, that he feels that DkIT has a great future. Ireland's fifth TU, the Technological University of the South East, was established a few weeks ago. I congratulate Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow Institute of Technology on coming...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A housing adaptation grant is for older people and people with disability. It is available from the local authorities for people who need to make changes to their homes to make them more suitable for those with a physical, sensory or intellectual disability or mental health difficulties. Not a day passes when there is not a queue in my office of people looking for help to fill in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Budget 2022 contained an announcement regarding free GP cards for the under-sevens. Some 80,000 children will be able to avail of the scheme. The problem for my constituents is that not all GPs are accepting these cards. People are being told that if GPs are not going to accept the card or are not taking on any more patients, they have to find other GPs who are doing so. Families are...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: What is happening with passport applications is unacceptable. There is bad communication, people are not answering the phone and applicants are sometimes waiting for hours with no reply. I rang the office myself last week. Someone on the phone says you are number five on the list, then number four and then all of a sudden you are number 40. It is crazy what is happening. People think...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: People trust PayPal. Millions of people give PayPal their bank account numbers, credit card numbers and debit card numbers to serve an account so they can purchase online. In return, they are promised by PayPal that this is done in a safe and secure manner. Last Tuesday, PayPal announced 307 job losses - 172 in Dundalk in my constituency and 135 in Blanchardstown in the Tánaiste's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I agree with the Tánaiste that the most important thing here is communication. I welcome that PayPal is going to engage with its workers today. Rumours of these jobs being transferred to India do not help at all. The Tánaiste knows more than most people the amount of money the Government and the Industrial Development Agency, IDA, invested into PayPal coming here. It is very...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: A new living wage rate has been set at €12.90 per hour. This is the basic amount found to be necessary to cover workers' needs. This is €2.40 above the minimum wage of €10.50 per hour. This higher rate is due to hikes in rent, transport and energy costs. Rents are increasing daily and it is nearly impossible to find a rental property in some areas. In my own town of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome all the witnesses today. I congratulate Dr. May on her position. Mr. John Treacy has been good to us for the last number of years and I am sure she will be the same.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Dr. May mentioned earlier in her statement that "volunteering in sport needs to remain an attractive position". I agree 100% with her because if we look at sport nowadays, and especially the number of women getting involved in teen sports, we can see the Irish soccer, rugby and GAA teams all doing very well. I have been involved with sport all my life. At present, I am chairman of the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is important that we protect those who participate in sport. Sport is great for people’s mental health and everything else. A great deal of money is being given to organisations, and I hope that some of it is being used to look after the officials, coaches and people involved in sport. I thank the witnesses for attending.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Every day the National Ambulance Service, NAS, deploys approximately 160 to 180 emergency ambulances, an average of 22 rapid response vehicles and in excess of 50 officer response vehicles operating in over 100 locations across the country. Life-threatening calls are split into two categories, namely, delta, which are non-cardiac and non-respiratory calls, and echo, which are...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In recent years, I have raised the rising cost of rent and property and the lack of rental properties. Trying to find a property in my area is like looking for hen's teeth. The problem is countrywide and affects every county. In my home town of Dundalk the rental cost of a standard three-bedroom house is between €1,200 and €1,600 a month. It is much more that someone would...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I have already put on the record my complete support for all the efforts that are being made to find accommodation for the refugees. That is not the problem. The problem I am talking about is with the local authorities. The vacant house to which I referred was left in perfect condition last October. It is now six or seven months later. A year ago, if I had asked the council what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am just saying we have problems in our own country. I ask that the Government help the Irish people as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Today I will raise the question of housing again with the Taoiseach. I have raised it with him and his colleagues in the Government many times and to be honest, it seems we are only paying lip service at this stage. We are in the middle of a housing crisis. We hear from the Government about the many thousands of new homes that will be built every year but we are still are no better off...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I thank Deputies from the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion. We are in extremely difficult times and face many challenges following the many restrictions imposed on us by Covid and with the rapidly rising cost of living, which is affecting everybody. I fully believe that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed. It cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 562. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the funding that is still allocated in relation to the €83 million of funding ringfenced for Louth County Council flood defences in 2018 (details supplied); the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20074/22]