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Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I also wish to extend a welcome to everyone in the Gallery and commend Deputy O'Reilly on bringing forward this motion. It is often said that nursing is a vocation, and of course it is, but primarily it is a job and a profession that requires a minimum of four years of work and study. Nurses are held up as paragons of virtue, and maybe that is also fair, but primarily they are workers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ten new beds that were to be opened in the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the opening of Portrane mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (25 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting in the prison system and in approved centres for admittance to the Central Mental Hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (25 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the medium and long-term residential rehabilitation beds that are provided for by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18178/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: The real No. 4 rises to speak. Page 66 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to conduct an evidence-based expert review of the current status of implementation of international best practice in mental health services in Ireland. The review will also advise on providing further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. Yesterday I was informed at the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I was there.

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I express my wholehearted support for the Bill, with my party, Sinn Féin. It is an incredibly important and worthy issue for us to take time in the House to discuss, especially in the context of what has happened in recent months which have thrown up so many situations where the need for sexual education which is real, inclusive and meaningful has been painfully clear. As a mental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming here today and, in particular, I thank Ms Magaharan and Mr. Walsh for their honest presentations. I have been a member of a lot of committees and conducted a lot of research on this matter over the years. I can honestly say that the submissions supplied by Ms Magaharan and Mr. Walsh have left me feeling very upset. The system is absolutely shocking,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: The state of the service angers me and I apologise for my outburst.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: Yes. I am so angry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: Mr. Walsh has touched on his working environment and I would like to hear more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is a ridiculous situation to be in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: Why is it working so well in one area and not in the other? Is it because of funding or admission fees? One of the witnesses stated the HSE has indicated a willingness to fund admissions to private facilities. How many HSE patients are in that system or are they all private patients? There seems to be a huge disparity between the two services. Cash is king. The cash cow is working...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Buckley: But they are not outside the RPZs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Parliament of Georgia Foreign Relations Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Chairman knows how fast those of us with Cork accents speak. I welcome the witnesses. I had the privilege and honour of visiting Georgia a number of months ago and I saw first-hand the situation at the border. I touch on the similarity between Ireland and Georgia. The best example is that a lot of Irish fans went to Georgia for the recent soccer match who would not have known about...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: Under the programme for Government, on page 60, regarding the waiting lists, the latest figures for outpatient appointments put the HSE figure at more than half a million in the State. The numbers of people waiting in Cork University Hospital, the maternity hospital, the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital stand at 23,433,...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Deputy should ask about the €37.5 million needed for mental health.