Results 161-180 of 183 for long speaker:Pat Buckley

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: It seems like a very long time ago that Sinn Féin started to raise the alarm about water charges and water privatisation. We had always maintained vigilance against the creeping privatisation agenda of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael but we rightly saw in the economic chaos caused by the mismanagement of the economy and banking system what some would relish as an opportunity to asset...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...Will there be supports provided for them in accessing their payments? Perhaps the Minister could consider allowing some of those participants could stay on those schemes indefinitely to help them along. The Minister will enjoy what I am about to say about the public services card. I tried to figure out if was compulsorily or mandatory for people to obtain it. I tried to go on to...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...a process, which is immediately followed by the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and all the reform thereafter to live up to that convention. It is too long coming and we will not stand for any more undue delays. I ask that everyone in the House join me in this demand, especially members of Fianna Fáil who have the ear of Cabinet. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Pat Buckley: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of Midleton community hospital and long-stay unit under the residential care centres capital plan 2016 to 2021; and the amount of the €10.3 million proposed that has been allocated and drawn down. [32719/17]

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...pay for ordinary soldiers. New entrants earn just €200 a week, and that increases to €350 a week in their second year. The wages do not increase much more after that. It is impossible in the long term for a person to feed, clothe and house a family on such wages. In 2003, a total of 49 people in the Defence Forces were in receipt of family income supplement and by 2016...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: I remind the House that not too long ago Fianna Fáil voted against the provision of €37.5 million in funding. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the commitment in the programme for Government to improve the uniformity, effectiveness and timelines of support services to families and communities bereaved by suicide. Last week, UNICEF published a damning international report on...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...100 beds needed in the State are in place. Children are being turned away from child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in Cork and across the State because waiting lists are far too long. The inability to provide community care inevitably puts more pressure on the hopelessly inadequate inpatient services. According to the HSE, only 53% of CAMHS whole-time positions are...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...to be addressed. With Sláintecare, we will have a single-tier health service which will be based on a person's need, not on the ability to pay. This is something Sinn Féin has been calling for a very long time. Like every plan, not everything in it is perfect but there are massive benefits. One of the important points is the removal of inpatient charges in public hospitals...

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...reform that can be accepted by the House, whose Members do not always see eye to eye and can often seek to find any problem with proposed legislation in order to cast it aside. It was not too long ago that Sinn Féin brought two proposals in this regard. One concerned a €37.5 million investment in mental health services each year from 2017 to 2020 and we also called for 24/7...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Buckley: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a medical card to all persons that require long-term treatment for mental health problems. [18018/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...form, it would benefit many people. This matter needs to be addressed because we do not want to build up expectations. This legislation is part of a process and sometimes processes take a long time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (7 Feb 2017)

Pat Buckley: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the exclusion of the chronic disease COPD from those covered by the long term illness scheme; and his plans to change this. [5662/17]

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...A Vision for Change and the mental health services currently in place knows that while this objective is all too achievable, it requires significant commitment and political will, which has been absent in the last decade. One crucial part of seeing A Vision for Change implemented is the issue of funding. Our mental health services have long been underfunded, with their share of the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Community and Social Care Support: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...in taxes. I believe a person's life should be valued properly. That might sound strange but such a figure would highlight how much society loses when a young person dies compared with his or her lifelong contribution to society, thus showing it is a win-win situation. I am sorry for being a bit long winded.

Topical Issue Debate: Counselling Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Pat Buckley: The demand for counselling in primary care, CIPC, is steadily growing. The number of referrals increased from 14,407 in 2014 to 17,000 in 2015. Waiting lists for access to a first appointment are long and growing. A total of 2,496 people were waiting for counselling at the end of the first quarter of 2016. Of these, 45%, or 1,119 people, were waiting for between four and 12 weeks; 21%, or...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

Pat Buckley: ..., leadership, accountability or responsibility to deal with that and, despite the child needing a specific chair before leaving the hospital, they must make a business case and it will take too long?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Pat Buckley: I congratulate Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Their long running show is more like a documentary. On the one hand, Fianna Fáil is knocking Fine Gael for the budget, yet its Deputies will probably sit on their hands and support it very shortly. This is not a good budget for Ireland. It is certainly not a good budget for anybody under 26. It is certainly not a good budget for...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...service for people in need of emergency mental health care in this country. To where do people turn? At present, their options are very limited. When people take steps to seek help, they are left, along with their families and friends, with nowhere appropriate to go. Often the only option is the emergency department, which is the wrong place entirely for a person in severe mental...

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...the most part because of the failure of the State to provide adequately for the needs of the people. We are well aware of this. There is no state-wide crisis intervention service for adults and there are long waiting lists for counselling. This is the fault of the State for failing to deliver. It forces people to provide these services through charitable bodies which, unfortunately,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Pat Buckley: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care for persons undergoing long-term mental health treatment. [12106/16]