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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (19 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no ambulance unit attached to the ambulance base in east County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: On the same matter and under the heading "building further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services", from mid-July this year Waterford and Wexford may not have any consultant psychiatric services for children. This comes after the resignation of three psychiatrists who cited a totally unsuitable working environment and unsafe work practices. In an opening statement from the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: If Government does nothing, mental health services are going to come crashing down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: I have heard a great deal in committees over the past two years. Today, I am just in shock. The opening statement states: "In short, the Irish health service is uncompetitive in recruiting and retaining the number of high calibre consultants it requires." If that is not a red flag, somebody is not doing their job. Last Saturday, hundreds of people marched in Tipperary because they have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: As far as I know, there are two accredited counselling bodies in the country. It was recently brought to my attention that if a person was registered with one, he or she could be employed by the HSE, but if he or she was registered with the other body, he or she could not. Is that true? I do not have the names of the two bodies - I was not given them - but there seems to be a conflict and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: It has been brought to my attention that one body seems to be able to get on with the HSE and the other one does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is just to maintain what we have.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24816/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if a report has been carried out regarding the impact on the loss of the ambulance base in east County Cork; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will institute a report on the impact of same. [24247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 1232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24815/18]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (31 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Today is a great day, as I have said already. It is the last day of May, which is mental health month, and it is great to see Deputies from all parties and none working together for the benefit of the people of this country. It is great to knock heads together, have proper dialogue and come to mutual agreement for the benefit of our citizens. I thank Deputy James Browne, the Minister of...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (31 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I move:"That the Committee do not agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 4 to the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017." We welcome the Bill and what has happened in the meantime. It is all about progression. I hope the Bill will pass today. It is six months since we began to discuss the Bill. That is a long time legislatively speaking but it seems to be a lot longer politically. I hope...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: This decision is detrimental to the whole Cork Harbour area. We are trying to promote tourism. This will be an absolutely diabolical scenario for the whole area of Cork affecting tourism and health. We have a hidden natural gem in the Cork area that we need to promote. People who are vehemently against this incinerator have put up a strong fight. I urge everyone to pull together and keep...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am disappointed. We are not here to pick on the witnesses but when other members and I approached the committee's work with a vision and a mission. This was to be an implementation committee and that is why we have focused on interim reports and I am disappointed. It was my view at the time, and probably that of others, that by running two parallel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: While I thank Mr. Kane for the answer, it worries me. I am not trying to be disrespectful. The oversight group and the committee are trying to predict and plan for the future. We can predict that in the next five years there will be a massive shortage of staff. In five years, we will ask how did it come to this and how can it be addressed. Can we not nip this in the bud? Can we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS budget in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (22 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22061/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (22 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical psychologists employed by the HSE in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22062/18]