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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for being here. I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue. I will provide a brief background. It was the wording in the previous Mental Health Commission report in 2018 that got me. It said the Owenacurra centre "was" a 24-bed unit situated in the middle of the town. It "was" a single-storey prefab building centred around an internal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, but while it is welcome, the Central Mental Hospital is in Dundrum not Midleton. We are talking about getting local services. Local knowledge is local expertise. When any service is run in the community, people get to know each other and more trust is built up. I would not say there is a more laid-back working relationship but there is more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a medical card. [33362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a social welfare payment other than child benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [33363/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision Report: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I have a couple of points. The big one is on the fabulous work that has been done. The reports are fairly in-depth. The one about living in lockdown was quoted in the media back in March. It is Dr. Muldoon’s own quote to the effect that children in lockdown are living in “low-level melancholy”, with a lack of joy in their lives. It is a damning indictment of what...

Committee on Public Petitions: Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision Report: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: No. I thank Dr. Muldoon.

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister for his opening contribution. While we might not agree on some matters, we can agree that the Common Fisheries Policy has not been great for Ireland. It is archaic and dates back to the 1970s. We can also agree that the latest trade deal, incorporating a 15% reduction in quotas, will lead to an additional loss to fisher of €43 million. We can further agree that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ship Disposal (17 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to offers made for the removal and scrappage of the MV Alta wreck in Ballycotton, County Cork; if so, if these offers have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Yield (2 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of road tax revenue for County Cork in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, in tabular form. [29888/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (2 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of projects of road maintenance and upgrade expenditure in County Cork in each of the years of 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [29889/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in the teaching staff allocation numbers at a school (details supplied); the measures that will be taken to resolve this issue in order to ensure adequate capacity for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28872/21]

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: The EU has given a very clear response to this, otherwise we are giving all the wrong signals. European leaders will, I hope, send a very strong signal to a regime that is repressing its own people, expelling foreign journalists, silencing civil society and human rights defenders. If indecision or weakness is shown by the EU, it will reinforce in the minds of the decision makers in that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the disparity between the fares charged to Bus Éireann passengers and Dublin Bus passengers, when taking into account journeys of the exact same distance. [27814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the National Transport Authority has failed to use a radius method for the selection of fares that are being offered within Cork county instead of the chosen routes which would supply equality of access to fares and encourage greater use of public transport post-pandemic. [27815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of the Leap card on the Cork to Mallow rail service. [27828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the next stop audio project that the National Transport Authority undertook to deliver as part of the findings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport report on the Accessibility of Public Transport Services for People with Disabilities which has yet to be delivered across Bus Éireann services. [27816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority is instructing Bus Éireann to operate its new low floor coaches on specific routes, while not operating them in cases in which there is a known requirement. [27817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with the groups that represent mobility impaired persons that require the use of a wheelchair to ensure that the fleet being purchased is fit for purpose and not just compliant with international standards which have not kept pace with the development of powered wheelchairs. [27818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with a committee (details supplied) to avail of its unique knowledge regarding the needs of disabled customers across the public transport network. [27819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of drivers and supervisors that have been trained in the use of wheelchair lifts on high-sided coaches as classified by the National Transport Authority. [27821/21]