Results 681-700 of 2,904 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that highly qualified and experienced paediatric staff in Mercy University Hospital, Cork, some of whom have 20-plus years service in paediatrics, are being ask to move to Cork University Hospital or apply for different roles due to the closure of the paediatric unit in MUH. [2907/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the plans to close the paediatric unit in Mercy University Hospital which would leave Cork University Hospital as the only hospital in the area which covers care for under 16 years-olds; and to provide a rationale for this change. [2902/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 644. To ask the Minister for Health to act to stop the closure of paediatric services at Mercy University Hospital until such time as a full and adequate paediatric wing is in place at Cork University Hospital in order to avoid overwhelming services and reducing quality of care and outcomes for children in the Cork city area. [2910/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 638. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that sufficient parking will be in place for Cork University Hospital if plans are true to make it the only hospital serving under 16-year-olds which will have an inevitable increase in patient load. [2904/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 639. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if accident and emergency care will still be provided to under-16 year-olds at Mercy University Hospital after the conclusion of the plan to move paediatric care exclusively to Cork University Hospital. [2905/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (23 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: 640. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns that accident and emergency services at Cork University Hospital will be overwhelmed following the closure of the paediatric services at Mercy University Hospital; and what resources will be put in place to expand capacity and avoid the prospect of children on trolleys in waiting areas. [2906/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the Cathaoirleach regarding accountability.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes, 100%.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: If I remember correctly going back years ago, it is on licence fees. As I said in the meeting, we took the remains of 92 nuns out of a graveyard in Youghal. To re-inter them we had to apply for an exemption licence to remove them. If the Department is using this as an excuse it is very wishy-washy.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is not my baby.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: If each body maintains that it is not its responsibility, then we request that it tells us what Department is responsible.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with option B.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations on the petition. We should get legal advice from the OPLA before it can be moved forward.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: I know there was a previous response from the Department but it just seems to be giving excuses to avoid carrying out what the families are requesting. Looking at the recommendations, I would certainly go back to the petitioner and wait for a comment on that. I would like to see what is stopping any Department from exhuming the bodies and reinterring them. It just baffles me.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (12 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: 458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of a confidentiality clause being signed within Waterways Ireland (details supplied); if this process is legal, given public money funds Waterways Ireland; if this development will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an elderly person has been waiting for over a year for a special bed for their home and still has not received one; the rationale for this (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55243/23]

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses. I sat on Cork County Council's Traveller consultative forum many years ago. There was a very powerful group of Traveller women on the group. We are now approaching the end of 2023. As Ms O'Donoghue said, the Government stated it would deal specifically with Spring Lane but we are 30 years behind when it comes to providing accommodation. I reiterate Deputy Stanton's...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: In case our guests are losing hope when they are talking about talking shops, everyone here has been a breath of fresh air. They have been fine and blunt. I like that. There was no mincing words; they all threw it up on the table and that is now on the record. There are people here and media that watches this stuff. The way our guests are talking is the way it should be said. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was already employed by the HSE who was on a career break will not be reinstated in their job once they return; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: 457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware that a creche will not be able to reopen until May 2024 due to the recent flooding in East Cork; if there is anything his Department can do to support the 100 plus children and their families find immediate creche places for family members; and if he will make a statement on the...