Results 61-80 of 2,759 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on an application by persons (details supplied) for a local authority home loan with Cork County Council; the reason for the delay in processing this application; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [7917/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who is being denied carer's allowance on the grounds that they receive a fostering allowance from a fostering agency that is not funded under section 38 of the Health Act 2004, but the agency has a contract with Tusla; if this anomaly will be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (25 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 736. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure that they are granted access to dietetic support. [7173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 793. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth `her plans to reduce the waiting times for assessment of needs in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (25 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all youth clubs in east Cork. [8066/25]

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: I congratulate the Minister of State. We have been at this a while now-----

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: -----and unfortunately it is still going at a very slow pace. In Cork city and county, 336 adults and 921 children and teenagers are currently waiting for mental health services. Some are waiting for 12 months, while some are waiting as much as four or five years. The Minister of State mentioned A Vision for Change. We definitely need to refresh that strategy. There is a recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding noise level limits for car exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to clear the backlog of driver test applications in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing stock and making them available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16 years-of-age, given no reference was made to it in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether noise level limits for car exhausts are being enforced by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department ever provided funding to a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 652. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all family resource centres in east Cork. [5954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 653. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be made available in 2025 for family resource centres to cover their programme costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 700. To ask the Minister for Health to take urgent action to address the crisis in mental-health care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist teams and dedicated inpatient beds in County Cork for patients suffering from eating disorders. [5735/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is currently no public health nurse in Midleton, Cork, meaning that the children of this area are suffering as this nursing shortage means they are missing out on vital checks; and if she can take urgent action to ensure that this shortage is addressed without further delay. [5797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 742. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on staff shortages in the Cork east public health nurse network; if vacant positions have been filled; if a full service is now available in all parts of Cork east; and if not, the areas which remain impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Pat Buckley: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the east Cork area and the areas they cover; the current number of vacancies and the areas without a public health nurse service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5984/25]