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Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: This is the second time this has happened to us.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I echo what Deputy Cullinane said. I wish to focus specifically on mental health funding. The budget made little mention of what funding would be available apart from a measly €35 million to be put into mental health services. Unfortunately the Government did not clarify if this was additional money or whether the €20 million announced in last year's budget would be carried...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: That is fantasy.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak tonight. We might get Deputy Healy-Rae a Cork passport. I have one - they were given out a number of years ago. It goes to show how big is Cork county. I acknowledge that Cork city has long outgrown its 1965 boundary. I also acknowledge, however, that a merger of both the city and county councils would not be in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in the lead up to the 95th anniversary of the execution of Liam Mellows by the Free State in Mountjoy Gaol to issue a State apology to the families of the at least 77 persons executed in this period (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health in 2017; the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 taking into consideration reclassifications of expenditure between those dates. [43698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of that funding for each calendar year that was actually drawn down or spent on mental health services, in tabular form. [43699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the €35 million in additional funding for mental health announced in budget 2017 that was spent in the 2017 period; the amount that was included in the expenditure figure for 2017; the amount that was carried over into the budget 2018 figures announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I have a number of questions and will try to ask them as quickly as possible. I do not want to see the work of this committee running parallel to any other review. There have been too many reviews of reviews of reviews. We already had reports from the psychiatric nurses and the Royal College of Surgeons. We had a review of A Vision for Change and we are talking about another. We have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Kane for being very frank. While we spent considerable time today talking about this, we must remember that this committee is a driving committee, not a talking committee.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget adjusted for population growth and increase in demand by year in tabular form (details supplied). [44962/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: On page 66 of the programme for Government, the Government committed to increasing funding for mental health services, but we have once again only seen €15 million in additional funding this year, with €20 million carried over from last year. My question is simple: will the Government commit to spending and providing extra money for mental health services?

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: There was €35 million-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: When will the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act be commenced? We are aware there are a number of Bills on the Order Paper which refer to the Act. One was passed in the Dáil and is now with the Seanad. The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is also outstanding and needs a bit of attention and action.

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: The House may not be aware, but council housing waiting lists have increased by 9% in the last 12 months. What this means in real terms is that the housing waiting lists for local authority housing has increased from 91,600 households in September 2016 to 99,555 in September 2017 in this State. In my county of Cork, Cork County Council local authority area waiting lists have increased from...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his frankness. We can argue about percentages but we will not fall out over that. The Minister of State referred to households appearing on multiple lists in different authorities. I am a little confused by that because it is extremely difficult to move from the county housing list to the city housing list in Cork. I assume there is airbrushing of figures...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: Any decent human being would be disgusted by what he or she saw on "RTÉ Investigates" last week. I do not think anybody with a shred of respect for human dignity could stand over the conditions we saw on television. It was like something out of a Dickensian drama. As disgusted as we were, can we really and truly say that we were shocked? As public representatives, we deal every...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: An old man once said to me that a bad law was an unjust law. The setting up of Irish Water privatised water services installation, shut down small companies and destroyed work within the local authorities. Irish Water held businesses and local authorities to ransom and forced county councils to give data for residents on the housing list, which was another breach of data protection...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 relating to treatment of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; to improve the provision of mental health services; to promote the rights of persons subject to the Mental Health Act 2001 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."