Results 41-60 of 502 for cork speaker:Pat Buckley

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: .... The way our guests are talking is the way it should be said. The caravan loan scheme is just not fit for purpose. It does not make sense and it is not working. As John says, 32 families in Cork are on a waiting list for the scheme. It just does not make sense. The witnesses spoke about talking shops and committees and implementing things. One thing we are very strong about here...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware that a creche will not be able to reopen until May 2024 due to the recent flooding in East Cork; if there is anything his Department can do to support the 100 plus children and their families find immediate creche places for family members; and if he will make a statement on the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Visit of Kenyan Delegation (30 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...the Ceann Comhairle to have a heart attack if we implemented them, such as the way we invite witnesses and so on. I thank the delegation sincerely. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. As we say in Cork, it is nice and fresh out there today. I hope the delegation are enjoying the weather they are used to. It is a grand fresh day.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: .... I thought there would be more kick in it. He is being politically correct, to an extent. I know where he is coming from. Many years ago I sat on the Travellers consultative committee on Cork County Council. A very large number of Travellers sat on the committee, were very vocal and went on strike one time in protest. It shows powers. I see frustration from Traveller...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief (23 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...entrance to Tir Cluain estate and Moore's Bridge on the Sunday. I want to give a synopsis of why we are here tonight. These are the words of one of the volunteers in the hub in Midleton, County Cork: The events of Wednesday 18 October 2023 will forever be engrained in the memory of everyone in east Cork .... Within hours of opening our doors the true devastation became obvious and we...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ..., if we are lucky enough to have them, and our kids. The Government policy over the past number of years has been centralisation. I heard the population comparison between the mid-west and Cork and Kerry. Every one of us has been in an accident and emergency department. It is the same story around the country. People do not want to go there any more. They are afraid to go to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a family (details supplied) will receive payment for the recent flooding in east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49334/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (19 Oct 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...or a swamp on media this morning, but it is not alone when it comes to this disaster. Killeagh, Whitegate, Lady's Bridge, Mogeely, Youghal, Inch and many other single dwellings dotted around east Cork have been affected by this flooding. Roads have been ripped up. In addition, more than 9,000 people in the same area are now on boil water notices. When shops in the hardest-hit areas are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (19 Oct 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...town, handing them out. That is the community spirit we need. It is all about communication which is the most important thing here. I hope that by working together we can get this right for everybody in east Cork. Then we can truly, genuinely start addressing where we went wrong, and it is to be hoped this will never, ever happen again. I thank the Minister of State for his time.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...it I said I would write to my own council. I have put the question to it and I mentioned authorised and unauthorised developments on its section of Waterways Ireland waterways. In fairness to Cork County Council, it came back very fast in response to authorised developments but there was supposed to be another section for unauthorised developments and, unfortunately, I have not received...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...to raise this matter for the following reason. People are going on about the carbon footprint. For one thing, there is a carbon footprint in running 13 daily services from Youghal all the way to Cork city and all the way back. I understand many of these services do not run at peak time but the peak services are probably the most important for connectivity. The express route is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: ..., for connectivity. It would service Youghal, Killeagh, Castlemartyr and go into Midleton. Unfortunately, the response I got from the NTA was that, building on the work developed as part of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy 2040, the park-and-ride design office, PRDO, is carrying out a demand analysis to identify the zones on the main traffic corridors. It goes on to say...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...of fear, distrust, or is it a lack of education? It is about trying to harmonise things. The Chair referred to the Ombudsman for Children report, No End in Site, on the Spring Lane halting site in Cork. I like the Ombudsman for Children's report because it is brutally honest and raises issues. Many of these issues seem to stem from the lack of trust and education between Departments....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the proposed reduction in hours of SouthDoc services based in Fermoy, County Cork; the rationale for this reduction; and details of the planned timeline. [35415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...for Health what efforts he and his Department are making in conjunction with the HSE to ensure the best levels of out-of-hours GP care for regional towns and rural areas, especially in the east Cork area. [35416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a commitment to work with his Department and the HSE to stop the planned reduction of out-of-hours GP services under SouthDoc in east Cork. [35417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 828. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2023. [35418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 829. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2022. [35419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pat Buckley: 830. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2021. [35420/23]