Results 41-60 of 2,904 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 816. To ask the Minister for Health when the new wing of Midleton Community Hospital will be officially open; the date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if the old Midleton Community Hospital will be used for any specific alternative community services once the new hospital in Midleton is completed and open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 818. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to give the kitchen area in the old Midleton Community Hospital to the local meals and wheels in Midleton (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 819. To ask the Minister for Health when works will begin on the existing site of the Owenacurra mental health respite centre in Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider awarding discretionary medical cards to women who underwent pelvic mesh implant surgery and were left with crippling, life-changing complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (1 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: 863. To ask the Minister for Health if she will carry out an independent inquiry into mesh implants, to establish the facts, the extent of harm, and develop a registry of the individuals affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 352. To ask the Minister for Health to consider extending the temporary special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers with prolonged and chronic effects of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35178/25]

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: Presidential voting rights for all citizens of Ireland has always been high on the agenda for Sinn Féin. We strongly believe all Irish citizens resident on the island of Ireland should have the right to vote in our presidential elections. The President represents all the people of Ireland and it is only right that all citizens on this island be allowed to vote for their first citizen,...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. We meet again. I look forward to these reports. Many of these things are normally depressing. When I was reading the outcomes I was taken aback when the council refused to reinstate families' correct length of time on a housing list. I was glad that the Office of the Ombudsman had the power to investigate it, and the outcome was the common-sense approach, which I am...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Deering for his answer and the work his office does.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: The Chair is right. In light of what is going through other committees at the moment, this is vital for people who have been affected by the way pensions have been for same-sex couples compared with heterosexual couples or whomever. The timing is good. It is very important for the new members of the committee to get a feel for the real-life stories of how people have been treated and how...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank the committee, the secretariat and the case workers. We are presented with summaries. As we have seen from one of the documents, there are 26 or 27 pages of stuff to go through. This work is absolutely phenomenal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in east Cork will not be given an extra Autism class for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to instruct a school (details supplied) to open a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to increase the primary capitation grant by €75 per pupil to ensure schools can meet elevated running costs and reduce the burden on parents. [32654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reduce primary school class sizes to 19 pupils. [32655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national small school’s project will be introduced. [32656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to introduce special educational needs coordinators to support students with a disability in transitioning through all educational settings. [32657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Pat Buckley: 706. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) from the 2026 National Service Plan for a programme to directly employ nine senior physiotherapists nationally to enable 1,458 people living with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions to receive group physiotherapy programmes and...