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Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: 31. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing issues with the ambulance service in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (8 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: 73. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: 640. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty many parents are having in accessing child and adolescent mental health services for their children even when in severe and urgent circumstances; and his plans to ensure services are in place to avoid further use of adult services for children. [12182/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Buckley: The Minister received a report on medicinal cannabis from the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, on 31 January and at that time the Minister gave a commitment that he would move very quickly on this issue. I am in constant contact with Ava's mother, Vera, even up to last night when I spoke to her, and I reiterate what other Members are saying. This is an extremely sad case but it...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: The Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 has passed Second Stage. Can the Tánaiste give me an indication when Committee Stage will be taken?

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: At the outset, I am very disappointed with the position taken by Fianna Fáil on this Bill. Judging by the eagerness with which Fianna Fáil representatives were scrambling to get into photographs beside striking Tesco workers this week, I was almost fooled into thinking that the party had experienced a road-to-Damascus moment and had been converted to the side of workers....

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: On Thursday, 9 February I raised concerns with the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, about the reduction in the ambulance service in east Cork and Midleton. He assured me that he would come back to me on the matter. As of last Monday, the ambulance service has been removed from Midleton. This raises major concerns in east Cork. This ambulance covers over 50,000 people and nothing has...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: I am still asking for support because it is a major issue and will cost lives.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings that would accrue if a €100,000 salary cap was placed on all civil servants including the Judiciary, public servants and public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8381/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings that would accrue if a €100,000 cap was placed on all pensions paid out of the public purse including civil, the Judiciary, public servants and public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8382/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was no ambulance or rapid response car in east Cork available to respond to an emergency involving a suicide on 11 February 2017 and local fears that the second ambulance in Midleton, County Cork, which operates on a 12-hour basis only, will be removed soon; if this is planned, the rationale for same;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 410. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service in Midleton, County Cork has been fully staffed each day for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused more resource hours for their child in view of the stress caused to the family in providing care; if he will examine the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: They are serious accusations.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: We would not mind a bit of stability.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 434. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the continuing operation of an ambulance service based in Midleton, County Cork, and increase its hours of operation from the current 12 hours, in view of the heavy demand on this service relative to neighbouring areas which retain a similar service. [6961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (14 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs for services in each area of Cork, particularly Midleton and Youghal, for 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [6962/17]

Topical Issue Matters: Flood Risk Assessments (9 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. I thank the Minister of State. I have developed a bit of a knack of speed and power reading so I will get to it straight away. The answer is very welcome and I welcome these major projects. I also welcome the minor ones. In the conclusion of the Minister of State's written reply, he says in the last line: "In the interim I am satisfied that the identified and assessed...

Topical Issue Matters: Flood Risk Assessments (9 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: May I respond to that? I have one tiny response to that.