Results 81-100 of 2,504 for speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Will the Tánaiste please provide some kind of clarity on what will happen to these fit people who are being forced to leave the Defence Forces?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In time for 2025.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand on the funding for which students from the Republic of Ireland can apply for in respect of medicine places in universities in Belfast and Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1717/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I ask the Minister to expand on the funding for which students from the Republic of Ireland can apply in the context of places on medicine courses at universities in Belfast and Derry, and to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I received an email from a third-year medical student who is attending Ulster University. The course is located on Magee campus in Derry and, this year, the students are based in hospitals throughout the east trust in Northern Ireland. Many of those studying medicine at Ulster University are from the Republic of Ireland. The student was shocked to find out this week that upon their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am surprised that no one else has contacted the Minister on the matter. In fairness, the Government is subsidising these medical students to go to Northern Ireland. The difference is that students from Northern Ireland who wish to attend university there have to pay up to £10,000 or £11,000 to do so. My big concern is that a recent ESRI study showed Ireland will need at...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the level of fatalities on the public road network, with an especially high number in January 2024 already, if road safety enforcement is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána, the motor insurance industry or the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are available for part-time students; if he will expand on the eligibility criteria for the scheduled SUSI grant scheme due to be implemented in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/24]

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Ireland used to have one of the highest rates of home ownership in the EU. Yet, despite reaching nearly full employment and economic growth, just 66% of housing is owner-occupied. Home ownership has collapsed particularly among younger generations and lower-income groups. Housing is consistently the number one issue of concern for my constituents in Louth and East Meath. Last week, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The word "cancer" puts fear into every household in the country. It changes peoples' lives. I guarantee the Tánaiste that not one person in this House does not have examples similar to those I will give him today. The bottom line is that if you are not working, you are not earning. I had a self-employed man come into my office this week whose wife was diagnosed with cancer. He is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It has been one year since the tragic death of Private Seán Rooney, a member of the 27 Infantry Battalion in Dundalk. Today our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. There seem to be more and more problems for cancer patients applying for a discretionary medical card. A discretionary medical card gives you the same services as a means-tested medical card, however, a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I raise an issue highlighted by a GP in my constituency that reduces patients' access to GPs. The issue relates to Revenue plans to change the current system in which GPs pay their taxes. GPs practising under the General Medical Services scheme often lodge money from it and from private patents into a partnership bank account of the practice that can cover running costs, including light,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their social welfare appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55684/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I welcome the opportunity to debate this important and long-anticipated legislation. The Bill impacts many areas, from housing to roads and from renewable energy to environmental and architectural conservation. Given this is once-in-a-generation legislation, we need to ensure we get it right so we meet the needs of society, enhance economic prosperity, promote a good quality of life and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details on the total amounts of monies awarded to County Louth via the Humanitarian Fund for flooded homes; the total number of applications received for funding under this scheme; the amount paid out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49610/23]

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In recent years Ireland's private rental sector has been used to plug the gap left by reduced social housing availability. The total number of occupied rental properties in the 2022 census was 513,704. However, while the ten-year housing plan may bring relief in the long term, more immediate action is needed to relieve the burden on renters. Combined with booming demand from private...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I condemn the barbaric attack on three children and their carer, crèche manager Leanne Flynn, outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Thursday, 23 November, and send my prayers to the two people still in hospital. There seems to be an idea that the Minister for Justice should have a hands-on role in day-to-day policing. The Minister's job is to be very clear on policy, put laws...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the devastating consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, if he believes that a two-state solution is still possible; the steps he is taking towards this; if he will instruct Ireland's representative at the United Nations to initiate a "Uniting for peace" initiative to discuss a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In view of the devastating consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, does the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs believe a two-state solution is still possible, what steps is he taking towards this, and will he instruct Ireland’s representative at the United Nations to initiate a "Uniting for peace" initiative to discuss a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I am delighted to see there is a seventh day of ceasefire today. I pray for it to go on longer and for a peaceful solution. The good news is that, over the past six days, Israelis and foreign national hostages have been released. Some 210 Palestinians have also been released. Like the Tánaiste, I condemn terrorism. I have no time for it...