Results 901-920 of 2,877 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre device review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [38442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close the Castlemartyr health centre in Cork; if it is his decision; and if not, the person that made this decision. [38732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to relocate the public health nursing services from Castlemartyr, County Cork, to Midleton Community Hospital six miles away; and the person that made the decision. [38733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in January of 2019 permission was granted to carry out a single story extension including the remodelling of the interior and the installation of a wheelchair assessable ramp at Castlemartyr community health centre; the reason work was not started on this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38734/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the public health services in Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to close Castlemartyr health centre is finalised; and the final date for the closure. [38736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has put in place to facilitate patients and service users to travel to Midleton from Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible buses operational in east County Cork particularly operating on the N25 Cork to Waterford and along the Waterford to Cork bus route, respectively. [38738/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: It is a valid point on the basis of proof and so on. I agree with Senator Buttimer.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I am disappointed that this issue did not get as far as the Dáil or the Seanad, but I respect the rules of the committee.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: We have democratic rules and regulations which must be acknowledged.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank Cork County Council for progressing this issue and preparing some traffic calming measures. I hope it will be successful in getting Government funding for them in 2020.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: We may have to revisit the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for being here today and I acknowledge the fantastic work that is being done. The purpose of the committee's work is to identify the gaps that need to be filled. I will be frank, as always. Do the witnesses believe that we have made progress in this area in the past ten years? Mr. Ryan mentioned consultant-led multidisciplinary teams. I have received information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I acknowledge it totally. I respect the delegates' honesty which is what I want as I need people outside the realm to know that they are not being fully supported either. They want to do it. The Chairman will laugh and my wife will kill me for using this line, but "prevention is better than cure". We are a reactive society and have to change to become a preventive one. That is why I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: My question relates to the commitment in respect of disabilities in the programme for Government and is directed to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Minister of State with responsibility for disability. Why have their Departments not taken a more proactive role in supporting Youghal woman Sinéad Kane to compete in the world championship ultra-running event in France...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Cork County Council has made applications to the safety improvement grants scheme for 2020; and the details of these applications especially relating to Rostellan and the R630 in east County Cork. [39804/19]

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: School secretaries have my full support and that of Sinn Féin. Many Members have mentioned that secretaries are probably the first port of call for any situation. As parents, we have all phoned the school seeking assistance and it is always the school secretary who answers. Many points have been made about equality in wages and fair pay. This issue has been ongoing since 1978 and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief, which is a pity as I had more than one question written down. This time last year, the Government made a commitment to hire an additional 114 assistant psychologists, which it more or less followed through with. My understanding is that 300 people turned up for those interviews so we have roughly 186 extra people looking for a job and we talk about recruitment and...