Results 141-160 of 502 for cork speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of tackling the waiting list for ophthalmology services in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...I did not think about until Mr. Walsh raised it was spraying around public parks, children's playgrounds and so on. Is there any way to put up signage before this is phased out? In fairness to Cork City Council and Cork County Council, they are working on it and some of the municipal districts have taken this on board and will not use pesticides. Is there a way of putting up signs to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (24 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the closure of the Citizens Information Centre in Cobh in east County Cork, despite there being a ten-year lease on the property since 2020; the reason for this closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25719/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (24 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...Protection if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the decision by the Citizens Information Centre to reduce the number of volunteers in the citizens information office in County Cork from 230 to 100 for the entire country; the rationale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the serious shortage of general practitioner places in east Cork which is leading many locals (details supplied) to go without GP care; and the efforts he will make to resolve same. [26288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has looked at increasing the frequency of train journeys on the Midleton to Cork line and the Cobh to Cork line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24296/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...it is a very significant factor. Without losing the sense of what I am saying, there is an emergency in housing and so forth countrywide. I know there is not capacity. I recall that, under Cork County Council's 2012 county development plan, there were plans for a village in Monard, out beyond Blarney. The issue at the time was that Irish Water would not bring a water main in to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...of a break of a week or two. On 25 December, Christmas Day, another boil water notice was issued. We are now into May. As far back as March, Irish Water put out a statement that "Irish Water and Cork County Council would like to remind customers supplied by Whitegate Regional Public Water Supply that the Boil Water Notice issued on 25 December 2021 remains in place". This is affecting...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Pat Buckley: The Minister met with families of the Owenacurra health facility in Midleton, County Cork, and he is aware of that situation. The needs of some 400 people have not been met in the past two years because of two short-term respite beds. The Committee on Health and the Sub-Committee on Mental Health have called for the reversal of the HSE's decision to close the centre. I ask the Minister to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Apr 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State. As I said, this matter was not intended as a trick question but rather was intended to highlight the lack of respite care and the difficulties for all sectors in east Cork. I welcome the fact the Minister of State mentioned the Cope Foundation and the services it provides, which are only down the road from me. In some ways, it is like the council waiting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Apr 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...families are still ringing them and crying down the phone, asking whether they can get one of their family members into the centre. The centre covers a population of roughly 94,000 people in east Cork. I accept the HSE has indicated people can go to other centres, but the other centres are in Skibbereen, Kanturk or Sarsfield Court. I visited Sarsfield Court with the HSE four weeks ago....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Pat Buckley: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to build a new additional secondary school in Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Apr 2022)

Pat Buckley: 149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Youghal, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 911. To ask the Minister for Health if he will visit the Owenacurra Health Centre in Midleton, County Cork and instruct the HSE not to close the centre but to improve it and retain all the services that were present pre-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 913. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two short-term respite beds are closed in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork and all the associated services with those beds have ceased; when these services will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 914. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork have told the HSE that they do not want to leave the centre and want to remain in the centre as it is their forever home and want to see all the services retained despite the HSE saying that the centre is not fit for purpose (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 915. To ask the Minister for Health if he will obtain assurances from the HSE that the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork will remain open and that all pre-Covid-19 services will be retained and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not build a new fit-for-purpose mental health centre on the grounds of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork retaining all existing pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE would not build a new purpose-built mental health centre to replace the existing Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork on the adjacent grounds at the Midleton Community Hospital and retain all pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/22]