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Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Pat Buckley
759. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the ongoing failure of his Department to consistently meet forestry licence issuance and afforestation targets. [53139/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Pat Buckley
760. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in Budget 2023 to support young farmers. [53140/22]
Wed, 19 Oct 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Pat Buckley
100. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if her Department has plans to extend the roll-out of additional DEIS school status to additional schools in east Cork that were not included in the last round of expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52149/22]
Thu, 29 Sep 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pat Buckley
265. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health when the Covid payment will be made to the staff of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47812/22]
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pat Buckley
548. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45854/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Marine Accidents
Pat Buckley
239. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will publish the results of a recent feasibility study which was carried out at Ballyandreen, Ballycotton, County Cork at the site of a vessel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pat Buckley
796. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces will receive the €1,000 Covid payment [43886/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Naval Service
Pat Buckley
798. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish Naval Service ships that are currently in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44047/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Naval Service
Pat Buckley
799. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service seamen and seawomen that have been recruited in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44048/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Naval Service
Pat Buckley
800. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Defence the number of officers that have been appointed to the Naval Service in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Pat Buckley
1271. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if proposals have been brought to Cabinet regarding the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; when this process for payment will commence; the process for these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43887/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Health Services
Pat Buckley
1726. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of new long-term and short-term respite beds that have been approved and allocated in each of the electoral areas in east Cork in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Health Services
Pat Buckley
1727. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of new long-stay and short-stay mental health respite beds that have been approved and allocated in each of the electoral areas in east Cork in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Home Care Packages
Pat Buckley
1886. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if a service will provide additional hours of care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43483/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pat Buckley
465. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38199/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Rail Network
Pat Buckley
273. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if the contracts for electrification of the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines have been signed; if his Department has signed any procurement contract to purchase new electric trains to service both railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37582/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Rail Network
Pat Buckley
274. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has ringfenced moneys from the European Union stimulus plan (details supplied) to fund the new rail work in Cork; the amount that has been ringfenced; if this will also include a number of new railway stations along the existing lines on the Cork to Cobh and the Cork to Midleton railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37583/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Rail Network
Pat Buckley
275. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport when his Department will have approval of all procurement contracts for new electric trains and carriages for the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines to be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Housing Policy
Pat Buckley
376. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some local authority areas including Cork County Council, recipients of the increased disability allowance payment will have this included in their means testing if they are also in receipt of HAP and will lose out on this increase through their rent contribution; the steps that he is taking to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Housing Policy
Pat Buckley
377. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work that he is undertaking to ensure that HAP recipients benefit from increases in other social protection payments that they are entitled to and that means testing of income in relation to HAP does not cancel out such increases in future. [37027/22]