Parliamentary questions

Vacant Properties

Peter Fitzpatrick

111. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns and villages; the number of local authority requests to date under her Department's building acquisition measure to tackle vacancy and dereliction in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3829/24]

Third Level Education

Peter Fitzpatrick

75. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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]

Road Safety

Peter Fitzpatrick

147. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Transport 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]

Further and Higher Education

Peter Fitzpatrick

341. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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]

Social Welfare Appeals

Peter Fitzpatrick

154. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for 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]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peter Fitzpatrick

244. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for 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]

Middle East

Peter Fitzpatrick

147. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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 permanent and sustainable ceasefire and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52894/23]

Official Engagements

Peter Fitzpatrick

239. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set out the matters raised by him, and the responses received, in his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he specifically raised the topic of a permanent ceasefire and peaceful resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Peter Fitzpatrick

226. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of the average pro-rata national capital spend in County Louth and east-Meath over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52447/23]

School Transport

Peter Fitzpatrick

289. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Education for assistance in securing transport arrangements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52471/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Fitzpatrick

228. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51518/23]

Vacant Sites

Peter Fitzpatrick

8. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49614/23]

Flood Risk Management

Peter Fitzpatrick

21. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural Ireland that were built on floodplains and have been affected by recent and potentially future flooding; if there is targeted funding via the rural regeneration and development fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49611/23]

Rural Schemes

Peter Fitzpatrick

29. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details on the total amounts of monies awarded to Louth County Council by her Department for all rural schemes including the town and village renewal, CLÁR, Leader, local improvement, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration schemes; the total monies drawn down and spent by Louth County Council over the same years, in tabular form; if not spent, the total monies that were returned to her Department respectively over the same years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49612/23]

Community Development Projects

Peter Fitzpatrick

36. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends introducing a new scheme for the development of new community centres where there is a clear community need for same due to population increases; if there will be a pre-planning requirement and a requirement of co-funding from the local authority for such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49613/23]

Departmental Funding

Peter Fitzpatrick

629. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which other State or local authority funds can be used in conjunction with community centres investment funding to carry out works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49724/23]

Residential Institutions

Peter Fitzpatrick

294. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the launch of a scheme of restitution and enhanced medical card benefits for the mistreated mothers and babies in the residential institutions as was promised two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49116/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Fitzpatrick

542. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a referred appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46288/23]

Road Safety

Peter Fitzpatrick

169. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Transport the reason why, at a time when road traffic deaths are on the rise again, BoxyMo supervisory type insurance which could prevent at least 100, and possibly up to 200 road traffic accident deaths per year, and has been in use in Ireland for over ten years, is not made mandatory and rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45880/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Peter Fitzpatrick

233. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a carer's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45892/23]