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

Pat Buckley: I again thank the witnesses for coming in, and thank them for their honesty. Two sayings were always being repeated during my experiences on building sites over the years. It was said that one should always measure twice and cut once. That refers to forward planning. The other thing people would say was that if one ever wanted to make a mistake, one cannot sit into a wheelbarrow and wheel...

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

Pat Buckley: We need to get into Cork.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: There are 700 vacancies within the mental health services. We will probably agree to disagree. There is still an embargo on recruitment and the HSE is not offering permanent posts to this year's graduates. This has also been the practice in recent years. Will the Tánaiste or the Minister for Health instruct the HSE to stop this practice? It seems senseless that we are training...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: The Government trains graduates but does not offer them jobs so they are going to leave.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I will not shout down the Ministers as I want them to listen to me. The deal seems to go out of its way to tick all of the boxes as being the unacceptable face of big European trade. It says a lot that it was 20 years in the making. It is an indictment of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael which have played a central role in the European Union for decades. It also speaks to how grossly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates since January 1991 on which the Revenue Commissioners published advice to the effect that the zero VAT rate for food supplements was specifically restricted to vitamins, minerals and fish oils by concession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29106/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners first publicised it had been operating a zero VAT rate concession to food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29107/19]

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and I thank the Deputies for introducing it. Many points have been made so I will cut to the chase. I spoke to many of the affected employees in the past week or ten days. They are absolutely devastated. Some of them have been treated in a disgusting manner. While senior staff met in hotels, these people were doing their jobs. All of a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for attending and giving of their time. There is much to take in, so I will try to be as brief as possible. There seems to be some confusion, in that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing at times. My feeling from the presentations is that there are a number of organisations that cannot pull together towards the reinstatement of the original weir...

Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: They are directed at anyone who is willing to answer. As I stated, Cork County Council is hindered and can only do so much. IFI has advised on another site but cannot guarantee that it will allocate funding and does not want the weir reinstated to its original condition. If the weir has worked for 200 years, surely, a short-term solution is to reinstate what is there and to go forward with...

Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: Ten years.

Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I just want to make a few observations. I am not pointing the finger at anyone. As Senator Buttimer said, this is about trying to find a solution and getting joined-up thinking. We can read through all the excellent submissions but I have marked just one that is very worrying. It states: "It is understood that in order to accommodate the Fermoy Rowing Club and other Community interests,...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “advance healthcare directives respected;”: “- the reinstatement of the post of National Director for Mental Health to provide accountability, transparency and strong national leadership for mental health; - the development of an information system for mental health, starting with basic indicators so that outcomes can...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank Fianna Fáil for using its Private Members' time to raise these extremely important matters. I would also like to take the opportunity to commend the proposed Sinn Féin amendment, which I believe is very much in keeping with the spirit of the motion and adds positively to it, with policies for which Fianna Fáil has recently expressed support. I thank Deputy Browne and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I do not have much time so I will touch on just two points, the first being that once again we are talking about money versus people. The Minister of State appears to be very supportive of the Sláintecare report, the introduction to which states that patients are treated on the basis of need rather than means. It should not be a money...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: There has been a decision by the HSE to cap the number of transitional care beds that it funds for patients waiting for places in nursing or convalescent homes. In the Cork and Kerry region, as the HSE has stated, the knock-on effect of this would be that it would add to bottlenecks in acute hospitals. HSE officials have indicated that this will result in additional delays to discharges....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: Is there an update on the Mental Health Act 2001? It has seen very little progress or movement in legislative programmes over the last three years. Mental Health Reform has called for a draft to be published fairly smoothly. Will the Minister do this?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report of the Mental Health Commission which found unacceptable failings in hygiene and maintenance at units across services; and his plans to improve conditions and strengthen mental health patients' rights. [27651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the model he is planning for the crisis text line service for mental health; the other models this is based on; the rationale for choosing this model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27650/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2019)

Pat Buckley: I did not even get an answer to my question.