Results 1-20 of 502 for cork speaker:Pat Buckley

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: Before I let Deputy Harkin back in, I will come in. I represent east Cork. I have the benefit of the fact that it took us nearly 15 years to get the Cork-Midleton line reinstated. That line used to go to Youghal. We had many well-attended public meetings on restoring the rail line to Youghal and, obviously, taking traffic off the N25. At the time, obviously, it came down to money and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the overcrowded conditions in the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, which have resulted in some classes being held in a corridor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23928/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address overcrowded conditions in the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in the short term to improve the learning environment for students while plans for a more adequately sized facility are developed. [23929/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her long-term plans for the development of national schools in the Fermoy and east Cork area generally to avoid overcrowding and promote the best learning environment for students now and into the future. [23930/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...to ensure the best supports possible are provided for schools which have a high number of students with additional learning needs, for example the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in which 62% of students have an identified additional learning need but are experiencing overcrowded classrooms at present. [23931/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the rationale for housing the Educate Together National School in Fermoy, County Cork, in the basement of a shared building which is wholly inadequate for the school's size and needs and provides no space for growth or development of this school service into the future; if this meets the standards for a positive school environment;...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...and the NCSE and the Department will continue to work to ensure that there are sufficient special classes available to meet the needs of pupils in the Fermoy school planning area and across County Cork. How is the Minister going to make sure there are sufficient places when the principal of the school, every single parent and some grandparents who have contacted me from the school are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...recently in The Echo which states that pupils at Fermoy Educate Together National School are packed into classrooms and lessons are being held in corridors. Under the headline "Children at Cork school taught in hallways as principal pleads for more space" we read that: A Cork primary school is struggling with a lack of space, leaving vulnerable pupils being taught in corridors and...

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy Gould, who obtained the relevant information through a freedom of information request. This is the heading, "More than 16,000 bids made on 70 local authority homes in Cork county". The article states: More than 16,000 bids were made on just 70 local authority homes in Cork county in the first four months of 2024 ... Data obtained under the Freedom of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ..., "More than 13,000 people now on waiting lists for dental surgery". The issue of dental services was recently raised in the Seanad by Senator Tim Lombard. The information he received is that in the Cork and Kerry region, as of last June, while 860 patients had their orthodontic needs assessed in the first six months of the year, a whopping 2,900 patients were still waiting for an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of preschool places in Youghal, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new initiative involves rotating five people within the teams over a four-week period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...it was child poverty, health, mental health or school places, I noted that as Deputies, each of us has what is called a constituency dashboard. I can go into this in my office, click into East Cork and into my own town of Midleton or click into a village down the road, such as Ballynacorra as an example. I can go into it and can tell how many kids of a certain age group are there. I can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I reiterate what my two Cork East colleagues were saying about the flooding. I thank the Minister of State. I met him in Midleton and I put in a number of parliamentary questions which, in fairness, the responses were fairly detailed. I echo what previous speakers said. The three problems here are fear, frustration and the pace. It seems there are solutions but it is about the pace at...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...of respect, but also deserves an open, listening ear. I love to see so many young people. Young people are normally spoken down to by their peers. I normally speak a lot faster because I am from Cork, but I slowed down for this. A trick I learned is that sometimes we have to just sit back, keep our mouths shut, listen to the young people and listen to the older generation about their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for taking the question. There seems to bit of a Cork contingent here tonight, for a change. I wish to read into the record a statement from the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Gaeilge, the Gaeltacht, arts, culture and heritage, Deputy Ó Snodaigh. It is to do with the scrapping of the LÉ Eithne. It states: Opting to scrap the vessel without even...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (9 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: 363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on what interim measures have been implemented in east Cork after the most recent flooding disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15031/24]

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...also spoke about public sector training. I am very interested in that. She referred to cultural awareness training facilitated by the Traveller Equality and Justice Project at University College Cork. What they do there is absolutely amazing. I was lucky to attend night classes there for two years. It took me two years to learn one line, the last line that always stuck in my head. ...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: Following up on the last Deputy's point, I know the place he is talking about in the city. I am just throwing this out regarding local authorities and the county council. When I was on Cork County Council, we had a Traveller's consultative committee and it was absolutely excellent. Members of the Travelling community ran that committee. We were the ears while they were the mouths. It...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the proposal to bring in the responsible bodies because in Cork University Hospital, CUH, where staff are charged extortionate money for parking, they now want to use the car park for an extension that will leave staff with nowhere to park. They will have to move away from CUH and probably will go across to the private car park. We are going backwards. I sat on the autism...