Results 121-140 of 2,388 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Traveller Accommodation (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Buckley: 316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the funding allocated for the Cork County Council Traveller accommodation programme that has been drawn down in 2016; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of Traveller families are homeless in the area without any plans for them to be provided with housing at this time. [39783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Buckley: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instructions given to nurses to physically remove patients from beds; the details of such instructions, if they are still in place; the rationale for these instructions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Buckley: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the licensing of the drug naltrexone; and when it will be available on the GMS scheme to a person (details supplied) [39790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Buckley: 469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for alpha-1 patients to receive treatment with Respreeza or Zemaira; if he will reimburse those that have already started treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39791/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: With all due respect, Sinn Féin proposed that a couple of weeks ago.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put in place a mechanism within his Department to track house price inflation and assess whether any such inflation is being caused by the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will provide a commitment that if such evidence emerges, he will suspend the scheme pending a full review. [35458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount Cork County Council was allotted for group housing in 2016; the amount that was drawn down by the council; if any has been returned; and if he will provide a breakdown of the projects in which the money was used, in tabular form. [41364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of repossessed shared ownership houses, including details of any which have been sold by local authorities since 2013 on a county by county basis and the moneys recouped by these sales, in tabular form. [1476/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 1297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of funding for the new day care centre on the grounds of the community hospital at Cork Hill, Youghal; and if this funding has been drawn down. [1588/17]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: I will be very brief. I appreciate the honesty shown on the issue of beds. I am delighted with the honesty shown on the issue of accountability because it has come up over and over again. In the past ten years have the delegates seen a lot more demands on private hospitals? Based on the current system, do they think there will be a demand for a lot more private hospitals? Is it a...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: I am sorry, but I missed that point.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a county or city manager can pass a review of differential council housing rents without the consent of the council members. [3315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed review of differential local authority housing rents postponed by the previous Minister. [3316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any review of differential council housing rents in Cork county council. [3317/17]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. In his opening statement, Dr. Turner mentioned the current funding model, but he also referred to a reallocation of that funding. Will he expand on what he meant by that? Where would he prioritise and reallocate the funding? Would a new bed capacity review be needed to get exactly what we need as an answer for where the system is failing?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: I understood Mr. Turner to say that the funding could be reallocated better. Is he suggesting that it is not being spent properly or the resources are not being properly utilised despite the money that has gone into the health service?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Buckley: 530. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a psychiatrist who had been dealing with inpatient care at St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital, Fairview, tendered a resignation in the summer of 2016 and left the post just after Christmas, and has not yet been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Awareness (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to deliver a comprehensive mental health education package for schools and to work with the Minister of Education and Skills to improve school environments to improve mental health for young persons. [4632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the multidisciplinary group set up in 2016 to combat the recent spate of suicides in Cork; and his plans for a statewide framework for tackling such crises in the future [4630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (7 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the exclusion of the drug roflumilast from being covered by medical cards in view of its prohibitive cost for persons and its effectiveness in treating the severity of COPD. [5661/17]