Results 161-180 of 493 for cork speaker:Pat Buckley

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (10 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has sold the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (10 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to sell the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/22]

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I would say it is my Cork accent, Chair. Do I have to say it again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...referring to the Cope Foundation's Scoil Bernadette. She said she was open to correction but she could not see anything like this enrolment policy in any other special secondary schools in east Cork or the Cork city area, under which a child meeting the criteria of having a mild intellectual diagnosis was placed last on a list because she was coming from a mainstream school. There are 24...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: ..., who could blame them? That fear factor dates back generations, which is why we are having this discussion. I am familiar with the situation in Tuam and, especially, the situation in Bessborough in Cork. Every year, we go down there to meet survivors and listen to their stories. Unfortunately, the numbers are getting smaller each year. It is harrowing to hear those stories. All...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (1 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that no provider in east County Cork can provide 30mb of speed to a housing estate (details supplied); if his Department will undertake an investigation on his behalf; if the premises will be included in the fibre rollout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11627/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. I thank Mr. Feeney for his honesty - he is breath of fresh air - and for all the great advertising for the real capital, Cork. Everything I wanted to ask has been well covered and Mr. Feeney addressed it nicely, bluntly and honestly. I thank him once again. I have learned a lot today.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time this morning to take these questions. It is a Cork thing this morning, for some reason. In 2019 there was a chemical explosion in a factory in Cork. It is well documented. It was documented by the Irish Examiner. A protected disclosure was lodged. Obviously there is a health and safety procedure and it went to the Health and Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he considered developing sustainable transport plans for IDA business parks or explored the potential for park and ride systems in Fermoy, County Cork to shuttle persons to IDA parks in Cork. [6622/22]

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...to people, the Government - it does not matter what Government will be there - and the HSE how and where it works? Then we could start replicating it and use a common-sense approach. If you are in County Cork and County Donegal, it is probably cheaper than in Dublin city. You would have to find an equalisation or incentive from there. The three main questions are around how we can get...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, surely had some paperwork to say who owned the land or whether they were just minding it for somebody. In my constituency, in Youghal and east County Cork, there are agreements going back to 1604. The Duke of Devonshire still holds the rights to the seabed in Youghal. Waterways Ireland stated, “Currently, 52% of our property portfolio...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...centre. Whether he is using “political” as in politically motivated or as referring to the Opposition, I have been on the record in my own town of Midleton, with the other Deputies in east Cork, to say that we would not be politicising it and we will not play party politics on it because it is a local issue about local services. I want that on the record. That is why I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the Minister's reply. That this is the largest single school building project ever undertaken by the Department shows that the population of east Cork is absolutely ballooning and is also set to balloon in the next ten years. I wanted to raise the matter because we are at maximum capacity in other areas. In Midleton, St. Mary's High School has major capacity issues. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: ...was set up in Fota Park. In early December, children from Carrigtohill village were trying to walk and cycle to the temporary campus. Some paths were very dangerous and overgrown, and I thank Cork County Council for moving very swiftly on that. It made the area very safe. I suspect other Deputies in east Cork have also been in contact with many worried parents and children. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland’s fuel security at Whitegate Oil Refinery east County Cork; if the industry is protected and preserved into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department has been in discussion with a company (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss preserving Ireland’s only oil refinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland’s only oil refinery (details supplied) at Whitegate, east County Cork will be nationalised in the event of the refinery facing closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 537. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the St. Raphael's Covid-19 test centre in Youghal, County Cork has been removed from the HSE website; if the HSE plans to cease its testing operation in Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Zone Management (16 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: ..., known as a receiver of the wreck, to organise the process of dealing with it. If I go back to where we are today, that ship is still below. The onus, from the Minister of State’s reply, is on Cork County Council but that council will have to do it for free because there is no money, so we are back in the same situation again. It is amazing, because the MCIB that was set up does...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Zone Management (16 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...busy. People in Ballycotton have raised the issue with me to ask why the Department has not got rid of this wreckage. On top of that, the Department gave responsibility for removing the wreckage to Cork County Council. They are not experts in salvage in Cork County Council. In fairness, the county council did tidy it up and they did make it safe. Unfortunately, as we speak, that...