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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: We have had an issue here all along with the retention and recruitment of staff. I cannot get my head around that problem. If we have people who are qualified to fill posts but we cannot employ them directly, yet we can sublet them to another company and pay them more to do the exact same job for which they are qualified, therefore, what is the problem? I cannot understand it. A photo and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: There is bureaucracy and red tape.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I will go through it as fast as I can. The presentation mentions the college requesting a 10% increase on the entrance for the BST in psychiatry and the HSE said it will only be a 5% increase. Why is that? That is the first question. There is a shortage of everything here but it is saying to keep that shortage. I will explain why I am looking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists employed by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the composition of the liaison psychiatry team at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of staff on the team; the profession of each; and if they are whole time equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the working hours of the liaison psychiatrist at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make it compulsory to have a public services card in order to access a range of services; the rationale for this; and the work being done to ensure that persons that do not have a public services card can still access the services they need. [11076/18]

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Tánaiste said in the House today that the strategic communications unit was set up to communicate with the electorate. Instead it has turned out to be a Fine Gael propaganda unit. We should call it the "huff and puff and do nothing" unit at a cost of €5 million to the taxpayer. This certainly was a mistake. They say that a bad law is an unjust law. The strategic...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am very proud to be a Deputy for the constituency of Cork East, particularly in this Dáil, which will finally bring to a close a shameful period in Irish history whereby women's health was turned into a political battle by the religious right. The eighth amendment was a grievous mistake, cooked up by a cabal of activists intent on holding back the social progress of this island. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 884. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that all files associated with Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in County Cork are being held in a safe and secure unit; the nature of the storage; the location of the unit; the efforts being made to preserve the physical integrity of the files; if they are digitally stored; and if she will...

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I commend my colleague Deputy Ó Caoláin on bringing forward this motion on behalf of Sinn Féin. For two decades Deputy Ó Caoláin has been a tireless voice in this House for people badly let down by our health services, and he continues that work in this motion. In my own area of east Cork, more than 14,500 people recorded themselves as having a disability in...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Deputy should ask about the €37.5 million needed for mental health.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: Under the programme for Government, on page 60, regarding the waiting lists, the latest figures for outpatient appointments put the HSE figure at more than half a million in the State. The numbers of people waiting in Cork University Hospital, the maternity hospital, the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital stand at 23,433,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the basis upon which this funding level was arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated at a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the rates of mortality or further transfer. [14303/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Parliament of Georgia Foreign Relations Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Chairman knows how fast those of us with Cork accents speak. I welcome the witnesses. I had the privilege and honour of visiting Georgia a number of months ago and I saw first-hand the situation at the border. I touch on the similarity between Ireland and Georgia. The best example is that a lot of Irish fans went to Georgia for the recent soccer match who would not have known about...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: But they are not outside the RPZs.

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I express my wholehearted support for the Bill, with my party, Sinn Féin. It is an incredibly important and worthy issue for us to take time in the House to discuss, especially in the context of what has happened in recent months which have thrown up so many situations where the need for sexual education which is real, inclusive and meaningful has been painfully clear. As a mental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming here today and, in particular, I thank Ms Magaharan and Mr. Walsh for their honest presentations. I have been a member of a lot of committees and conducted a lot of research on this matter over the years. I can honestly say that the submissions supplied by Ms Magaharan and Mr. Walsh have left me feeling very upset. The system is absolutely shocking,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: The state of the service angers me and I apologise for my outburst.