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Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I commend Deputy Martin Kenny on introducing it. I had many points to but I had the opportunity to sit for a long time and listen to many of the previous speakers. To be honest, I am a bit confused. The Minister stated that there would continue to be support for the provision of one-off rural housing where it is needed and wanted and where...

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: When I was a member of Cork County Council, we discussed one of the county development plans. It was called a common-sense approach. If a family and some siblings wanted to build on land, they should be facilitated if they work in the locality and are contributing to it. It was not an issue because there was a common-sense approach. The Minister of State referred to some of the specific...

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: Did the Leas-Cheann Comhairle mean the Minister of State? I have no problem speaking twice.

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: We will wait for the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am speaking on the same issue. It is very worrying. We are coming up to Christmas.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: Yes, I am speaking about the mail centre in Cork. It is very worrying that there is a possibility that over 200 people will lose their jobs before Christmas. The issue of new equipment was raised, but that will probably never happen now. There will be no investment in Athlone and Portlaoise, never mind the Cork mail centres. I did not want to bring it up here today because I respect...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dóigh léi go bhfuil cothrom na féinne á thabhairt aici don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht, do na hOileáin agus don Fhoras Teanga leis an ardú 8% atá beartaithe aici dóibh i mBuiséad 2019 agus é beartaithe aici ag an am céanna ardú 14% a thabhairt do Chultúr agus 15% a...

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, for giving the Minister of State an in-depth account, with plenty of notes. I am proud that I served on Middleton Town Council, the East Cork Municipal District Committee and Cork County Council. Team Sinn Féin in Cork County Council has put much work into this issue. I acknowledge all those councillors who have worked on it for the past...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the service location of each neuroradiologist positions occupied or vacant across the State, in tabular form. [46716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the service location of each radiologist position occupied or vacant across the State, in tabular form. [46717/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (13 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount drawn down and spent in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively, by Cork County Council for disability adaptation grants; the amount of separate projects this funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47025/18]

Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Motion (8 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank Members for letting me speak on this and congratulate members of the committee on this report on an important subject, positive mental health in schools. The core principle of addressing mental health at a school level is early intervention. Early intervention is often talked about as some quite prescriptive model which needs to be implemented in a service and that is part of it but...

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I will make things easier for the Minister by asking all of my questions in a single contribution. I suppose he has inherited a disaster. It is not very promising and I will get straight to the point. I have a number of questions. In his opening remarks the Minister confirmed that "the certificates signed by WBS are on the Department's files" and mentioned that "significant issues...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. We have been informed today by groups working on the front line that the specialist ACCES team for homeless people with severe mental health difficulties, located on Conyngham Road in Dublin, is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages. This special community mental health team for homeless people is a vital service that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I will revert to what I mentioned earlier about the problems with staff shortages and forward planning. It is not a personal attack on anybody but if somebody is going out on maternity leave, surely there is forward notice or somebody will cop on that if somebody is expecting to go on leave, which they are totally entitled to, something should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied) who recently corresponded with him in relation to efforts to secure mental health support for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for allocating just one place on a training course for a group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44665/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received classes with a group (details supplied), respectively each year for the past three years; and the estimated number of trainers that will be trained in 2019. [44667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 704. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to staff shortages the ACCESS programme for mental health care for persons in homelessness at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 has closed to new referrals; the rationale for same; his plans to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45547/18]