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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank Cork County Council for progressing this issue and preparing some traffic calming measures. I hope it will be successful in getting Government funding for them in 2020.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: We may have to revisit the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for being here today and I acknowledge the fantastic work that is being done. The purpose of the committee's work is to identify the gaps that need to be filled. I will be frank, as always. Do the witnesses believe that we have made progress in this area in the past ten years? Mr. Ryan mentioned consultant-led multidisciplinary teams. I have received information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I acknowledge it totally. I respect the delegates' honesty which is what I want as I need people outside the realm to know that they are not being fully supported either. They want to do it. The Chairman will laugh and my wife will kill me for using this line, but "prevention is better than cure". We are a reactive society and have to change to become a preventive one. That is why I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his response and acknowledge he is speaking on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Daly. The Minister of State began: "The Government's core stated objective is to promote care in the community in order that people can continue to live with confidence, security and dignity in their homes and communities for as long as possible." If he was to cut the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: I raise two alarming issues in my constituency of Cork East. They concern Cobh Community Hospital and Castlemartyr Health Centre. On 27 August members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, contacted me to inform me that the hospital was in dire need of additional funding and that its budget would run out in five weeks. That was six weeks ago today. I have been in contact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre device review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [38442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close the Castlemartyr health centre in Cork; if it is his decision; and if not, the person that made this decision. [38732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to relocate the public health nursing services from Castlemartyr, County Cork, to Midleton Community Hospital six miles away; and the person that made the decision. [38733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in January of 2019 permission was granted to carry out a single story extension including the remodelling of the interior and the installation of a wheelchair assessable ramp at Castlemartyr community health centre; the reason work was not started on this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38734/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the public health services in Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to close Castlemartyr health centre is finalised; and the final date for the closure. [38736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has put in place to facilitate patients and service users to travel to Midleton from Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible buses operational in east County Cork particularly operating on the N25 Cork to Waterford and along the Waterford to Cork bus route, respectively. [38738/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: Only a number of weeks ago, I spoke in the Chamber about the Mercosur deal and highlighted that prices could fall dramatically. Couple this with the no-deal Brexit and we could be facing even stronger threats to the viability of farming in Ireland. Farmers are seeing that the action they have taken over recent weeks is their only option. They see this dispute as the last stand before their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the project will be delivered on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34709/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken during 2018 to improve outcomes for persons with comorbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [34710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the status of developing a no wrong door policy to address dual diagnosis in mental health; and the funding provided in future for services to adapt. [34711/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the witnesses. I worked on the Glanmire bypass in the 1980s and subsequently went on do work in Little Island and Carrigtwohill, and tied in with LotusWorks. I am well aware of the challenges. I could almost tell the witnesses where the ESB cables come down to light up the sign heading down to the tunnel. I want to touch on a few points although much of this is case sensitive....