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Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: ...high calibre Consultants it requires." We also learned that in 2016 no applications whatsoever were received in respect of 44 consultant psychiatrist posts advertised. These positions were in the Sligo-Leitrim and Cavan-Monaghan areas, the Central Mental Hospital, the Carlow-Kilkenny area, Donegal, Longford, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Waterford, Wexford and Cork. Surely this is having a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (20 Sep 2018)

Pat Buckley: ...but we are probably going to get a lot of generic answers on this and we are well aware of it. Cork, Kerry, Wexford and Tipperary services are understaffed. We now have problems in Waterford and Sligo. I can tell the Minister of State how bad it is within 16 seconds. A 13 year old was in CAMHS but somebody in his or her wisdom decided that she may not have Asperger's, so she was...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...language at the time was, of course, everybody wanted the railway back but I am a realist. When Ms Brennan stated, "The closed railway line running north of Claremorris to Charlestown and on to Sligo is simply not going to reopen anytime soon." I noted she is a realist. Ms Brennan is correct, and I agree with it. We had 600 people in Youghal at a meeting one night, and I laid out the...