Results 2,101-2,120 of 2,886 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a commitment to work with his Department and the HSE to stop the planned reduction of out-of-hours GP services under SouthDoc in east Cork. [35417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 828. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2023. [35418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 829. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2022. [35419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 830. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2021. [35420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 831. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2020. [35421/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 832. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of any impact assessments or reports carried out in regard to SouthDoc services in Fermoy and the potential risks of the planned reduction in hours. [35422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 833. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of figures relating to the use of SouthDoc out-of-hours services in Fermoy in the past five years respectively, including 2023. [35423/23]

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, but it is back to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. The Bill is a bit late. Given the effect of energy poverty we in Sinn Féin have called for this windfall tax for a long time. I will give the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, the story of a gentleman I know personally who went on radio and had no problem saying it....

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: Good morning to all the witnesses. I thank them for coming before the committee. Sometimes people come to these committees and think they are on trial but these committees were designed to share information. Sometimes hard questions are asked but it is not a competition. The questions are asked to see how we as a committee can function to assist the witnesses. Their opening statements...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I will make one brief point, so the witnesses are aware of it. I know of Traveller families living in council houses. Do not get me wrong; they are delighted. The place is spotless and pristine. The problem is that some have large young families where there is autism and other issues. There does not seem to be an alternative. I know one family where the child is seven years of age. He...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: Great news.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: The bang for buck.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I am very happy. It is nice to come out of a committee happy for a change.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for taking the time to be here. This is an ongoing issue. There is a greenway from Midleton to Youghal which is nearly finished. The railway used to go down there. This is about connectivity. I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister for Transport asking if the National Transport Authority, NTA, or Transport Infrastructure...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for the response. I had a feeling that was what would come back but I wanted to raise this matter for the following reason. People are going on about the carbon footprint. For one thing, there is a carbon footprint in running 13 daily services from Youghal all the way to Cork city and all the way back. I understand many of these services do not run at peak...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (26 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Waterways Ireland has entered into any contracts of confidentiality with land owners, jetty owners or marina owners in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41497/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (26 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to supply the number of contracts of confidentiality that were signed between Waterways Ireland and landowners, jetty owners, and marina owners, in tabular form for the years 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (26 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many serving members are presently on the Board of Waterways Ireland, and if he will provide contact details for each member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41499/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Mental Health Services: Discussion (28 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: I hear Mr. O'Sullivan's pain. I was lucky enough to be spokesperson on mental health in the last term so I am well aware of budgets and where money should be spent and where it is actually being spent. There are choice words that I would not use in this committee because I would not be allowed to use them. I see Mr. O'Sullivan's point about CORU. Whatever number it will be, you have to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Mental Health Services: Discussion (28 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: Absolutely not.