Results 1-20 of 159 for cork speaker:Mary Butler

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (22 Jun 2022)

Mary Butler: I note the Deputies representing Cork are out in force today. This is the third Topical Issue from Cork. Kudos to them. I thank Deputy Stanton for his question on the Cork county development plan, which I am answering on behalf of the Minister of State with responsibility for planning and local government, Deputy Peter Burke, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: ...asked about Linn Dara. The Deputy will be aware that everything that we can do is being done. There was a report in the newspapers yesterday when I said there was capacity of 16 beds available in Cork. This is actually correct. There are 13 inpatients there at the moment. To the end of March this year, thankfully, no child had been placed in a psychiatric ward so far this year. If...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to progress the project-led development and planning of a flood relief scheme for Bantry. As Deputies will be aware, a steering group comprising representatives from the Office of Public Works and Cork County Council is in place to progress the Bantry flood relief scheme. The plans, with outline designs of possible measures, estimated a preliminary total project cost of €6.7...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Mary Butler: ...two weeks ago tomorrow. As I said to her then, the HSE manages operational issues. It is not unusual for staff in multidisciplinary teams to be moved into different areas, whether it is from Cork south Lee to Cork north Lee, or from south Wexford to north Wexford. I am not able to comment on the young girl in question but if the Deputy send me on the details, I will look at them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Butler: ...their areas based on the housing need and demand assessment, HNDA, tool, and to plan their provision accordingly. Local authorities with a strong and identified affordable housing need, including Cork County Council, were asked to prepare specific affordable delivery action plans. An identified high-level housing need arises where the HNDA indicates that, of the total projected need for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (19 Jan 2023)

Mary Butler: ...years, the Government committed to providing an additional 136 posts in 2022 to facilitate the reinstatement of services in 104 special schools. The allocation for special schools located in Cork is 22 whole-time equivalents and the HSE is actively allocating posts here. Cork-Kerry community healthcare - and this might be important in respect of what the Deputy said about organising a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: To reiterate, a number of organisations, including Dublin Port and the local authorities in Cork and Limerick indicated their interest in taking the LÉ Eithne as a museum piece or a tourist attraction, following her decommissioning in 2022. However, despite extensive engagements and lengthy discussions and inspections all these parties withdrew. Dublin Port commissioned two reports in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Butler: Glenwood House, Carrigaline, County Cork, is to be a 10-bed mental health community residence. Community residences are to enable people who have experienced mental health difficulties to live more independently. In November 2020, Glenwood House in Carrigaline, County Cork, was purchased for €750,000. Since purchase, approximately €500,000 has been spent to bring it up to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...and operational changes have been implemented. As the Senator knows, this is not only in podiatry. Indeed, as part of the enhanced community care programme there are several vacancies across Cork and Kerry, including in west Cork. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare teams continue to run recruitment campaigns at a local, national and international level to fill these vacancies. The teams...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: ...the voids are not being turned over fast enough. Can he comment on the fact that last year in Waterford, 46% of the offers made by the local authority were turned down? I believe the figures are quite high in Cork too. Choice-based letting has come up a few times at this committee. This works quite well in Cork and Dublin and it might be worth looking into whether it could be rolled...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...for Government: Our Shared Future has committed to the continued implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy. The HSE has also advised that the South/South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare are progressing discussions in regard to the development of a rehabilitation unit in Cork which is consistent with the recommendations of the review of rehabilitation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...of modal shift away from private car use. The process of identifying such projects is undertaken by the NTA in collaboration with the relevant local authorities. Walking and cycling projects are funded across the Cork City Council area through allocations from the NTA's active travel infrastructure programme. As with all local authorities, funding allocation is based on demand, user...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...of special classes in the shortest possible time frame. The Department continues to engage intensely with the NCSE on the forward planning for new special classes, which is really positive. I know the Cork area well, including Mitchelstown and Fermoy. I know Cork is a big county and it is difficult for families when they have to travel. I think of my constituency of Waterford which has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: Cork is very well represented here with four Deputies in the House. I thank them for their comments. In fairness to them, they have advocated for their constituents since the flooding happened last week. I also thank them for acknowledging that we have had similar situations in Clashmore, Tallow and Kinsalebeg in west Waterford,. I visited houses last Friday. It is devastating to see the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...in the coming years. In line with recommendations in the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology: Model of Eye Care, published in 2017, and the Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital Services: Cork and Kerry, it was decided that there should be a regional department of ophthalmology. The South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital was chosen as the site best suited for this. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Butler: This is a matter for the Independent Board. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare appreciates the important role which Mount Cara House plays in its community. Mount Cara House is run by an independent board of directors. Alongside some limited funding from HSE Social Inclusion, it is also funded by Cork City Council and by residents themselves. The independent board recently informed the HSE...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ..., on the whole, supply for early learning and childcare is meeting demand, although there are pockets of undersupply in certain areas and for cohorts of children, particularly babies and toddlers. Cork city and county childcare committees are in a position to support children and families to identify services operating with vacant places. The childcare committees also engage proactively...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: ...intervention at University Hospital Waterford is time sensitive so if any patient presents requiring cardiac intervention outside the opening hours, his or her only option is an ambulance to Cork. Last Sunday, Mr. Thomas Power, 39, recently married and expecting his first baby, presented at University Hospital Waterford with chest pains. A decision was taken that he should be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Mary Butler: ...vacancy. The CHO put in place a Saturday clinic facilitated by local CAMHS consultant cover to target the waiting list. Having spoken to the chief officer of CHO 4, which covers counties Cork and Kerry, in the past week, I can confirm it has secured a second consultant psychiatrist in CAMHS in Kerry on a temporary basis. The CAMHS teams in Cork and Kerry are both now fully populated in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Butler: .... I can assure the Deputies that efforts continue to develop and maintain GP capacity throughout the country and that progress is being made. As Deputies noted, GP out-of-hours services for Cork and Kerry are provided by SouthDoc, a private organisation with more than 20 health centres located across the two counties. In March, the board of directors of SouthDoc informed the HSE of...