Parliamentary questions

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Peter Fitzpatrick

103. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress to date in overcoming barriers to the deployment of 100% population 5G coverage by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3828/24]

Departmental Schemes

Peter Fitzpatrick

60. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Finance the updated position regarding the review of the disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers' scheme; the criteria for the primary medical certificate; what stage the review is at; what steps have been taken since the publication of the working group report; what changes are being proposed; the timeframe for the implementation of the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10844/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Peter Fitzpatrick

454. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to extend the eligibility of the living-alone allowance to Irish citizens who have moved home from the UK, are in receipt of a UK pension but are not in receipt of any Irish social welfare payments. [10534/24]

Mental Health Commission

Peter Fitzpatrick

317. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health if he agrees with the Mental Health Commission’s Report that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services should be regulated in order to address the unacceptable waiting list crisis for high risk referrals, the highlighted lack of follow up, lack of monitoring of psychiatric medicines and many more operational issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9822/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Fitzpatrick

155. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment referral made in November 2023. [9558/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Peter Fitzpatrick

575. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health why funding for post-mastectomy products has been cut (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/24]

School Staff

Peter Fitzpatrick

297. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Education if she can make an exception for the teacher registration deadline (details supplied), considering there is such a need for teachers in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6353/24]

Revenue Commissioners

Peter Fitzpatrick

116. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Finance for assistance with a Revenue Commissioners issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Fitzpatrick

521. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their urgent referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5227/24]

Mental Health Services

Peter Fitzpatrick

155. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4377/24]

National Development Plan

Peter Fitzpatrick

75. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in County Louth, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3827/24]

Local Authorities

Peter Fitzpatrick

80. 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 in 2023; the total monies drawn down and spent by Louth County Council over the same year; if not spent, the total monies that were returned to her Department respectively over the same year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3826/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Peter Fitzpatrick

89. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs that have joined the connected hubs network and have been onboarded onto the connectedhubs.ie platform; her future plans for the development of additional hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3830/24]

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]