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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: Yesterday, Peter Hughes of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, representing workers on the front line of our mental health services, called for an end to lip service and idle promises. As general secretary of the largest representative organisation for mental health workers, he is surely well placed to make such an appraisal of the past few years of the Government's and the political...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in view of its growth in recent years and the resulting increased demand for such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review of A Vision for Change carried out during the term of the 32nd Dáil; his further plans for the implementation of recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 558. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain all additional staff hired in the mental health services during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all Covid-19 deaths recorded in the mental health services among prisoners waiting for transfer to the Central Mental Hospital and deaths of patients that contracted Covid-19 or were diagnosed while resident in a mental health setting,respectively in tabular form. [7562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen the greyhound industry as part of the phasing out of the Covid-19 lockdown (details supplied). [7645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 670. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (13 May 2020)

Pat Buckley: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the site of the former HSE health centre in Cloyne, County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the desire of a group (details supplied) to establish a base in this unit for training and storage; and his plans to assist it in this plan and to support such services in the local area into the future. [4193/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: The programme for Government deals with responsibility and accountability in the HSE. This is the third time I have raised an issue concerning protected disclosures. When a protected disclosure is made in the HSE, why is it that the HSE actually investigates its own? The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, and the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, have a copy of the protected disclosure...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: It is a pity the Minister of State has not dealt with it.

Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important motion. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, for bringing it forward. I thank most of the House for their genuine support. For the people outside who are wondering what we are debating I will put it in basic simple terms. The heart of the motion is calling on the Department of the Taoiseach to intensively engage...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: I raised with the Taoiseach the winter plan for the emergency department in Cork University Hospital, CUH, a few weeks ago. The information I received was to the effect that the plan was to open an additional 20 temporary beds in CUH. However, I have been told that no staff are available and that there are also 50 vacancies at the hospital. Has the Government any contingency plan to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the remaining €1.48 million allocated to CCP on eating disorders in 2018 was spent in tabular form. [52784/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made to recruit posts for the CCP on eating disorders to date in 2019. [52785/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no posts for CCP on eating disorders were progressed to date in 2019. [52786/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address recruitment for the CCP on eating disorders in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52787/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend long-term illness benefit to persons with enduring mental illness over 16 years of age that cannot work consistently due to their condition. [53231/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress in the recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist for Wexford CAMHS. [53232/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies in the CAMHS team in County Wexford; and the steps taken to improve recruitment and retention of needed staff. [53233/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to support an association (details supplied) to ensure the continuation of its living assistance service in County Cork indefinitely and to dispel rumours that the service may be coming to an end in 2020. [53234/19]