Results 81-100 of 315 for cork speaker:Pat Buckley

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the Minister's reply. That this is the largest single school building project ever undertaken by the Department shows that the population of east Cork is absolutely ballooning and is also set to balloon in the next ten years. I wanted to raise the matter because we are at maximum capacity in other areas. In Midleton, St. Mary's High School has major capacity issues. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: .... I have a reply to a parliamentary question in 2018, and much of the Minister's response is actually in it. The Minister mentioned a review. I am sure she is aware of the document "The East Cork Secondary School Crisis - A Profile of East Cork Population Demographics and Other Rationale". I do not know about her office but the Department definitely has a copy. It might be a handy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (9 Jul 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to the club. Sometimes he will get an easy ride and sometimes he will not. This issue was only brought to me late last night. What is known in Carrigtwohill in east Cork as the CDYS, the Cloyne Diocesan Youth Service, is facing closure because of a lack of funding. From the information I received, it is a youth cafe that may close by 22 July and it is down...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...anything positive but, as Deputy Stanton said, Glanmire to Rochestown is a long way with traffic, the tunnel and the whole lot for families to travel. We have massive population growth in east Cork, predominantly on the Midleton side towards Youghal. On top of that, I have often discussed the constituency database here and a fresh one will come out shortly from the latest census. From...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: Good morning to all of our witnesses and I thank them for coming in. From my accent, they will know I am from Cork and not from Mayo, so I will concentrate on Cork. A number of years ago, I sat on the Cork County Council Traveller committee. This issue has been going on for a long time. I welcome the news that the stage 2 funding is on track and also the other information given in the...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Pat Buckley: Despite the proposed suspension of water charges, the people of east Cork are still receiving their water bills in full, in the boil water notice areas of Whitegate, Cloyne, Ballinacurra and Ballycotton, to mention a few. In recent days, I have received a number of complaints from my constituents in these areas complaining that Irish Water is still issuing bills for water in and water out,...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...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 there. We want to ignore it at present. The Minister of State also said that the early indications are that the number of households qualified...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Pat Buckley: I have spent the last three years raising the issue of school transport and catchment areas. In east Cork we have a problem with school places. Some people have to travel outside their catchment area and it is their only option to get a school place but when they go for school transport, they fall outside the remit and end up having concessionary tickets. They are not covered under the...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...a soccer match. We did not come out favourably from it. There is a very good story in sport helping communities and what it gives back. I am very proud of having taken part in a soccer match in Cork City FC's grounds in Turners Cross that involved Munster rugby players, Cork hurlers and footballers and Cork City League of Ireland stars. It was for raising awareness of mental health....

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

Pat Buckley: ...we were shocked? As public representatives, we deal every day with people who are living in unacceptable housing conditions. While Dublin might be the focus of media attention in term of housing, Cork too has serious problems of which anyone who would care to listen should be well aware. Last year, 90% of the rental accommodation inspected in Cork county failed to meet basic...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...goodness, one will get goodness back but this company has crapped them. That is as polite as I can be. I have been dealing with the workers in my office, as have my two Sinn Féin colleagues from Cork and the families are broken. I am not just talking about families close to the city where the Debenhams stores are located. The workers are well spread out and they are absolutely...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...of a break of a week or two. On 25 December, Christmas Day, another boil water notice was issued. We are now into May. As far back as March, Irish Water put out a statement that "Irish Water and Cork County Council would like to remind customers supplied by Whitegate Regional Public Water Supply that the Boil Water Notice issued on 25 December 2021 remains in place". This is affecting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Her statement is pretty similar to that in Cork Beo of 23 January; it just included fancy new words such as "coagulation, flocculation ... clarification [and] filtration system". When I previously had a response on this the filtration system and UV system were referenced. The previous excuse was that Irish Water was ordering a part. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (19 Oct 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...or a swamp on media this morning, but it is not alone when it comes to this disaster. Killeagh, Whitegate, Lady's Bridge, Mogeely, Youghal, Inch and many other single dwellings dotted around east Cork have been affected by this flooding. Roads have been ripped up. In addition, more than 9,000 people in the same area are now on boil water notices. When shops in the hardest-hit areas are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I raise two alarming issues in my constituency of Cork East. They concern Cobh Community Hospital and Castlemartyr Health Centre. On 27 August members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, contacted me to inform me that the hospital was in dire need of additional funding and that its budget would run out in five weeks. That was six weeks ago today. I have been in contact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...referring to the Cope Foundation's Scoil Bernadette. She said she was open to correction but she could not see anything like this enrolment policy in any other special secondary schools in east Cork or the Cork city area, under which a child meeting the criteria of having a mild intellectual diagnosis was placed last on a list because she was coming from a mainstream school. There are 24...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Infrastructure (14 Apr 2016)

Pat Buckley: 820. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the sale of the Whitegate oil refinery in County Cork; and if he has attempted to take it into public ownership. [6615/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2016)

Pat Buckley: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that MRI scans are not currently carried out at Cork University Hospital on weekends; the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16701/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Pat Buckley: 405. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on the 70% cut to funding for Leader Cork county scheme; if she will commit to restoring funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19605/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jul 2016)

Pat Buckley: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing arrangements for the MRI Centre in Cork University Hospital for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and if the number of staff available is hindering the ability of the centre to provide services when needed at these times. [22314/16]