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Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: 398. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the funding announced for mental health in budget 2020 does not include the overrun of funding already announced in budget 2019 or subsequent budgets. [41909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all new funding provided for mental health in budget 2020, excluding money that had been announced in budget that which will not be spent by the end of 2019. [41910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the €39 million of additional funding for mental health in 2020 includes funding that had been previously announced in 2019 but had gone unspent. [41911/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply, but I am very sceptical of his claims. It is more spin. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Daly, told the media at a press conference yesterday that CAMHS waiting lists have been impressively reduced by 20%. The latest data we have, which were published in The Irish Timeson Monday, 9 September, indicate that more than 2,500...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: The Government is unable to do so.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: One person dies every 40 seconds.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I wish to take this opportunity to express the condolences of Members on this side of the House to the family of Ms Frances Devlin from Ballinacurra, Midleton, Cork as well as to her extended family and friends, at this very sad time. I thank everyone who assisted with the search over the past four days and who worked so hard to bring Frances Devlin home. May she rest in peace. Today is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: There is €26 million for pay increases and €13 million for the Portrane unit and nothing else. There is nothing for Rehab, CAMHS, A Vision for Change or counselling - absolutely nothing. This Government is supported by Fianna Fáil. I do not intend to let its members get away with this either because they are propping up the Government. What is the truth? The only...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Hospital Consultant Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister and welcome the news. It is to be hoped such provision will progress. I welcome that there is an increase in the number of psychologists and dietitians because key findings were made recently and staffing deficits were also identified across other disciplines with a national working time equivalent percentage deficit of 95% in psychologists, 74% deficit in dietitians...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Hospital Consultant Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the Minister's commitment to addressing provision for teenagers transitioning to adulthood. I look forward to receiving reply on behalf of Deputy Jonathan O'Brien and Cork University Hospital.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Hospital Consultant Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I ask the Minister for Health to indicate when the new endocrinologist for the paediatric diabetes service in Cork University Hospital will be appointed and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: This may be called, by some, the Brexit budget but Brexit did not cause the mental health crisis in this country, the Government did, by not investing in the services properly. Brexit did not have anything to do with the housing or homeless crisis in this country but the Government did. Brexit had nothing to do with the lack of services in the disability sector, but the Government did....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank all the witnesses for their honesty, which is important. Being the final speaker has given me a great opportunity to listen. I want to pick up on a few points that kept coming up, before throwing a few other points into the conversation. I will try to be as fast as I can. We have heard about coping skills, funding and joined-up thinking, the many programmes and the 47 reports...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I totally respect the data. I believe that where there is an action there is always an instant reaction and I do not want to specifically dwell on the series. Is it possible that children did not have the skills before watching the series to realise what was wrong with them but afterwards saw it as an outlet and an opportunity to cry for help? Does Dr. Dodd understand my point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: Education is key. Everybody knows what to do if they break a leg. When a person feels confused, his or her heart and mind are not in the right place. It takes a lot to hurt oneself. A person may think he or she is abnormal and wonder why he or she is doing it. Nobody else knows because he or she believes he or she is the only person in the world doing it. Thankfully, that attitude is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: We will agree or disagree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I asked questions about a certain platform and appreciate what Mr. Meehan has said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: Mr. Meehan is spot on and I thank him for that. This crosses every sector, including banking, housing and the general health service no more than mental health services. It is difficult for us to cross all the sectors. Deputies encounter barriers too. When we raise an issue with a certain section, we may be told that responsibility lies with the Department of Justice and Equality and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: We need to get the Bill passed.