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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...card scheme. Because of that we are getting strong indications they will be the first thing to go,” he said. Currently, dentists can perform routine dental work, such as examinations, fillings and extractions on medical card patients without receiving authorisation from a HSE principal dental surgeon. More expensive treatment items, such as advanced gum treatment, large x-rays...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...is required to support the provision of emergency care to adult medical card holders who have difficulty accessing a local dentist." In the case I am talking about, the gentleman was told a year and three months ago he would be waiting two years. Three weeks ago, he was told he would be waiting another two years. That is not a very proactive way to provide emergency care for adults. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of preschool places in Youghal, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new initiative involves rotating five people within the teams over a four-week period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: The name of the report, Falling Behind, explains it all in terms of children's rights and we are in 2024. I wish to follow on from what the Chair was talking about with regard to mental health, the Mental Health Commission and CAMHS. Was that clinical audit of all the CAMHS teams ever done? I ask because in my former position as a member of the mental health committee here, which was a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I even know the figure. The total package is approximately €300,000. When the budgetary Revised Estimates are looked at every year and one sees how much additional money the HSE gets to pay compensation, legal fees and stuff, it is really frustrating for families to be in that situation for so long. They have been very open and frank with me. They have given me full permission to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...as much last year; it was around €56 million. It just goes to show how money is not being spent properly when we have this document ready to go but we cannot get it done for a couple of hundred thousand euro. We speak about figures here but this is a minuscule amount of funding and the benefits of doing it would be absolutely priceless. It does not surprise me. As I said...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I put my hand up straight away. The Minister of Health passed on my case to another Minister. That is the only response I did get. I must give credit where it is due. Like Dr. Muldoon's experience, when a Department is contacted, it is not their responsibility and issues go from one Department to another. I just wanted to put that on the record.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree that there is a great deal of correspondence. Many responses that came back are regulations about how they do X, Y and Z, but nothing real or formal. One of the responses indicates that under SI 460/2009, "The AAIU shall be functionally independent of the State aviation authorities responsible for the operation or regulation of airworthiness, certification, flight operations,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: No, just to thank all the staff again. We have just a summary but there are reams of research and responses going to and fro among the whole committee. I thank them for their work, as always.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I reiterate what my two Cork East colleagues were saying about the flooding. I thank the Minister of State. I met him in Midleton and I put in a number of parliamentary questions which, in fairness, the responses were fairly detailed. I echo what previous speakers said. The three problems here are fear, frustration and the pace. It seems there are solutions but it is about the pace at...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: I have been observing most of this meeting. In our job, we listen to two sides of the story and somewhere in the middle is the truth. We are very familiar with this. It is down to communication, unfortunately, whether it is the people of Kiltimagh or anywhere else. We have had issues before with communications with county councils breaking down, memorandums of understanding being signed...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...echo the Chair's sentiments. It is a disgrace. For the benefit of the people out there, it is just a matter of having 10% additional time for these people. That is all it is. It is not millions and millions. It is about the urgency, but also the regression if they are not given enough time to do these junior certificate exams, for example. They will not progress to the next stage....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: No. I just thank everybody for facilitating the meeting today. People never see the reams of paperwork and research that goes into this. I thank everybody involved.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...groups. We even raise funds for the St. Patrick's Day parade. For me, the Government is shutting down the heartbeat of any community. Sport, in particular, is vital for the mental health and well-being of people in the community. It feels like the Government is threatening the only possibility some people have of maintaining their sporting organisations and giving back to their...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...Group for bringing forward the motion. We heard from previous speakers about the people who care for others. It is personal but there is the knock-on effect of poverty, mental health issues and so on. I am going to concentrate on the good work that carers do, in particular on an amazing and successful story that I raised in the House a number of months ago. One woman cared for her...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (23 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: 664. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 22 February 2024, if hexahydrocannabinol is defined as a psychoactive drug under existing legislation and relating schedules; if not, the steps he has taken to regulate the sale of the drug for human consumption, especially in circumstances where it may be purchased by minors or without any information regarding...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: .... At this stage I was going to say, "No, you are fine." I will be very brief. I want to congratulate all in attendance. They probably do not realise it, but this is a very historic day for each and every one of them. They are now all part of history. Senator Flynn is an amazing Chair. We have had very frank conversations here, but the beauty of this committee is that it is...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister for being here today. I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for tabling this motion. Much has been covered here. This is about disability justice and disability injustice. Many people have covered the options of trying to get work, proper living accommodation and public transport. There is a myriad of barriers after barriers. I have raised how bad the system is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...by the fact that the contracts have been signed, but contracts can be pulled. I will go to both Ministers who are responsible because, as I said, the amount of history attached to this boat and the harbours can be seen in the first half of the Minister of State's response. I cannot believe that the councils were not interested. There must have been money involved, but surely a State...