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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the basis upon which this funding level was arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated at a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the rates of mortality or further transfer. [14303/18]

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I commend my colleague Deputy Ó Caoláin on bringing forward this motion on behalf of Sinn Féin. For two decades Deputy Ó Caoláin has been a tireless voice in this House for people badly let down by our health services, and he continues that work in this motion. In my own area of east Cork, more than 14,500 people recorded themselves as having a disability in...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am very proud to be a Deputy for the constituency of Cork East, particularly in this Dáil, which will finally bring to a close a shameful period in Irish history whereby women's health was turned into a political battle by the religious right. The eighth amendment was a grievous mistake, cooked up by a cabal of activists intent on holding back the social progress of this island. The...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Tánaiste said in the House today that the strategic communications unit was set up to communicate with the electorate. Instead it has turned out to be a Fine Gael propaganda unit. We should call it the "huff and puff and do nothing" unit at a cost of €5 million to the taxpayer. This certainly was a mistake. They say that a bad law is an unjust law. The strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 884. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that all files associated with Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in County Cork are being held in a safe and secure unit; the nature of the storage; the location of the unit; the efforts being made to preserve the physical integrity of the files; if they are digitally stored; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists employed by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the composition of the liaison psychiatry team at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of staff on the team; the profession of each; and if they are whole time equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the working hours of the liaison psychiatrist at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make it compulsory to have a public services card in order to access a range of services; the rationale for this; and the work being done to ensure that persons that do not have a public services card can still access the services they need. [11076/18]

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the visitors to the Gallery. I will cut straight to the chase. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a positive and important development. It is long since time that the Irish State lived up to the standards in terms of the rights and protections for those with disabilities. Mental illness is often left out of this discussion yet mental health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank Dr. O'Hanlon for his presentation. I have a few questions. The opening statement indicated that in 2016 alone, 31% of all approved consultant psychiatrists posts were filled on a temporary basis. Can one of the witnesses define "temporary" in that context? Is it three months, six months or five years? The opening statement also refers to non-specialists being appointed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: We have had an issue here all along with the retention and recruitment of staff. I cannot get my head around that problem. If we have people who are qualified to fill posts but we cannot employ them directly, yet we can sublet them to another company and pay them more to do the exact same job for which they are qualified, therefore, what is the problem? I cannot understand it. A photo and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: There is bureaucracy and red tape.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I will go through it as fast as I can. The presentation mentions the college requesting a 10% increase on the entrance for the BST in psychiatry and the HSE said it will only be a 5% increase. Why is that? That is the first question. There is a shortage of everything here but it is saying to keep that shortage. I will explain why I am looking...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: On the same matter, is it possible for the Government to put in place a proper strategic plan to assist the farming communities and rural dwellers? As the two previous speakers stated, many people in rural areas have been absolutely decimated. There does not seem to be any cohesion or strategic planning to work with county councils, NGOs and the voluntary sector regarding simple things such...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I commend the commission on its work. However, I am very concerned about the delays. Many Members have referred to victims, but in my eyes they are also heroes for standing up and speaking the truth. More importantly, they are heroes for seeking the truth. What sticks in my craw is that there appears to be delay after delay. Another Deputy...

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: First, I express my complete support and that of my party for this motion. Cost-rental has long been a pillar of Sinn Féin's proposed solutions to the housing crisis. Social housing is simply a recognition that the provision of this basic need is too important to be left to the whims of the private market. How much social housing a state is willing to build is indicative of that...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: The Minister said in her statement that red alerts are rare but if they are so rare, surely we have enough time to plan properly. My mum is 72 years old and is a home helper. She did not know what to do over the weekend but she knew that she had to get to the house to help the family. We did not have a structure in place and were putting people of all ages under pressure to turn up to work...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Pat Buckley: We need to put in place a strategic plan to ensure everybody is assisted. In an article posted last weekend, a psychiatric nurse said that psychiatric nurses were bottom of the pile as they struggled to get lifts to work from emergency personnel. She also said: "For some unfortunate reason people must think mental health goes away when the snow comes. Or, maybe we are not seen as "real...