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Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Public Sector Pensions Data
Pat Buckley
362. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings that would accrue if a €100,000 salary cap was placed on all civil servants including the Judiciary, public servants and public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8381/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Public Sector Pensions Data
Pat Buckley
363. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings that would accrue if a €100,000 cap was placed on all pensions paid out of the public purse including civil, the Judiciary, public servants and public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8382/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Ambulance Service Provision
Pat Buckley
409. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was no ambulance or rapid response car in east Cork available to respond to an emergency involving a suicide on 11 February 2017 and local fears that the second ambulance in Midleton, County Cork, which operates on a 12-hour basis only, will be removed soon; if this is planned, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Ambulance Service Staff
Pat Buckley
410. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the ambulance service in Midleton, County Cork has been fully staffed each day for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Pat Buckley
453. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused more resource hours for their child in view of the stress caused to the family in providing care; if he will examine the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Ambulance Service Provision
Pat Buckley
434. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the continuing operation of an ambulance service based in Midleton, County Cork, and increase its hours of operation from the current 12 hours, in view of the heavy demand on this service relative to neighbouring areas which retain a similar service. [6961/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Ambulance Service Data
Pat Buckley
435. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs for services in each area of Cork, particularly Midleton and Youghal, for 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [6962/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Medical Card Drugs Availability
Pat Buckley
416. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
Pat Buckley
417. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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Mental Health Awareness
Pat Buckley
71. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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 in order to improve mental health for young persons. [4632/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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Suicide Prevention
Pat Buckley
112. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Pat Buckley
530. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing
Pat Buckley
137. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing
Pat Buckley
138. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing
Pat Buckley
139. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Help-To-Buy Scheme
Pat Buckley
45. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance if he will put in place a mechanism within his Department to track house price inflation and assess whether such inflation is being caused by the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will provide a commitment that if evidence emerges, he will suspend the scheme pending a full review. [35458/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
Pat Buckley
470. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Shared Ownership Scheme
Pat Buckley
510. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Health Services Funding
Pat Buckley
1297. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Traveller Accommodation
Pat Buckley
316. Deputy Pat Buckley asked 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]