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Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Pat Buckley
830. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2021. [35420/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Pat Buckley
831. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding provided for SouthDoc out-of-hours services in the east Cork area for the year 2020. [35421/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Pat Buckley
832. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to provide details of any impact assessments or reports carried out in regard to SouthDoc services in Fermoy and the potential risks of the planned reduction in hours. [35422/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Pat Buckley
833. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of figures relating to the use of SouthDoc out-of-hours services in Fermoy in the past five years respectively, including 2023. [35423/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Road Projects
Pat Buckley
70. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if his Department can use powers under section 10 of the Roads Act 1993 as amended to reclassify the R624 N25 to Cobh road in east Cork to a national primary or national secondary route, in order that State funding can be used for the upgrade of construction of a new bridge at Belvelly Bridge, Cobh and also carry out improvement works on the R624 in conjunction with the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Dental Services
Pat Buckley
852. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason no person has had access to the Orthodontic Dental School and Hospital at Cork University since March 2023; the reason patients are being told that this practice will continue indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34381/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Dental Services
Pat Buckley
853. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason the dental treatment services scheme is available to medical card holders in Cork but the Cork University Dental School does not participate in the scheme and charges patients private fees for dental treatment; the reason for same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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School Admissions
Pat Buckley
324. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if pupils (details supplied) will have a school place after the summer break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Park-and-Ride Facilities
Pat Buckley
234. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA or TII have considered a park-and-ride-style model of transport to run from Youghal, County Cork, to the train station in Midleton, County Cork, so as to facilitate a proper public transport corridor to Cork city via the train to Cork city and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29809/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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School Funding
Pat Buckley
337. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education the reason the capitation grants differ so much from primary school (€183) to second level school (€316); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29772/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Policy
Pat Buckley
340. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if her Department is considering the full roll-out of mental health supports for schools in Ireland; if the establishment of mental-health supports on-site in schools is being considered, with 544,788 primary pupils (details supplied), which equates to €20 per pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29860/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Pat Buckley
286. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be open for students at the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pat Buckley
757. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will be waiting three years or more for an operation on their knees despite the fact that their health and mobility has worsened over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26159/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Pat Buckley
292. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the opening of a new school (details supplied) planned for this September; if she will reaffirm her commitment to seeing the school opened and fully operational in time for the next school year; if she will confirm this personally with the school committee providing it with a clear opening date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24370/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Road Projects
Pat Buckley
193. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if he will explain the rationale and reasoning behind issuing a section 24 letter to the TII as part of the roads allocations to County Cork for 2023, which effectively overruled TII’s proposal to fund the Mallow Relief Road to the amount of €1.4 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19406/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Housing Provision
Pat Buckley
248. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in east Cork in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Pat Buckley
526. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many assessments of needs cases for children with disabilities have been outsourced to the national treatment purchase fund in 2020, 2021 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15291/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Pat Buckley
375. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education the reason a young child (details supplied) with special education needs cannot get a school escort even though their school transport has been sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7388/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Emergency Services
Pat Buckley
137. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an arrangement between the fire services and the HSE and the National Ambulance Service to provide a first response service nationally exists if there are no first responders in an area where there is a retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Ambulance Service
Pat Buckley
497. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the results of a pilot scheme launched on 1 October 2022 was a feasibility study of the ambulance service bringing patients to Mallow General Hospital instead of Cork University Hospital in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2743/23]