478. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health where a hospital (details supplied) will be relocated to at the end of November given staff have been told they will be moving building but have not been told where the new location will be. [75296/26]
64. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to proactively mandate and fund mainstream schools to open dedicated autism classes ahead of demand, ensuring no child is left without a suitable placement in their local community. [74852/26]
176. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to increase funding and staff assessment of need teams and children’s disability network teams to eliminate the backlogs that delay formal diagnosis (details supplied). [74854/26]
225. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to fund a funded DEXA screening programme for women over 50 years (details supplied). [74861/26]
353. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure occupational injuries do not ultimately consume an employee's ordinary sick leave entitlement while working in special education. [72152/26]
354. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to create an appropriate leave mechanism for staff employed in special education where occupational health advises that an employee should remain away from a particular working environment while identified workplace safety measures are implemented. [72151/26]
355. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide ring-fenced funding for additional staffing, specialist input and other control measures identified as necessary through individual and workplace risk assessment in special education. [72150/26]
357. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to establish meaningful national reporting and analysis of assaults, injuries and assault-related absence in special education, including mechanisms for identifying repeated incidents and ensuring that reporting leads to reflection and change. [72147/26]
377. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to calculate the true cost of workplace violence in special education including assault leave, ordinary sick leave, substitution, occupational health, healthcare, staff turnover and long-term absence; and to compare it with the cost of prevention. [72142/26]
381. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a review of the 92-day rolling four-year assault-leave limit, regarding teachers in special education settings, where employees experience separate workplace assaults will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72139/26]
510. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration noting a statement in Dáil Éireann on 23 September 2026 that 50 study visas were granted to students from Gaza in 2026, while figures provided by his Department indicate that 50 long-stay study visas were granted in 2026 to Palestinian nationals generally, including applicants from the West Bank and elsewhere, if he will clarify matter…
633. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the recourse an adopted person has when their adoption file reveals serious concerns about the circumstances in which their adoption took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71736/26]
802. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for a progress report on the Owenacurra Centre site in Midleton, County Cork. [72036/26]
Pat Buckley
Written
13 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
888. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71356/26]
39. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an immediate national moratorium on grid connections for data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70415/26]
118. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends to publish periodic implementation reports on the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029 setting out progress against each of the 26 actions in the Plan, as was done under the previous Action Plan, under which four implementation reports were published between July 2021 and February 2024; the expected date of publication of the firs…
370. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the cut-off year for eligibility for qualification under the warmer homes scheme has not changed since the revamped scheme was introduced; and when this date of before 1st January, 2006 is expected to move forward to include homes built in the years after 2006. [70417/26]
451. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to allocate multi annual funding to a programme (details supplied), as it is currently in jeopardy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70361/26]
Pat Buckley
Written
22 Sep 2026 · to Public Expenditure
196. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to install a river level gauge at a location (details supplied) as part of the flood prevention measures in East Cork. [66372/26]
558. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason paediatric epilepsy nurse service will be unavailable at Cork University Hospital from 3 July 2026; and the steps she is taking to ensure that this service resumes as a matter of urgency. [54613/26]
500. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to issue a directive to permanently abolish commercial rates for Men’s Sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51844/26]
406. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a person (details supplied) can be provided with an urgent date for an NEPS assessment. [49702/26]
925. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if a treatment (details supplied) can be made available under the medical card and the drugs payment scheme. [49703/26]
348. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider making changes (details supplied) to the carer’s benefit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48721/26]
461. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current graduation system in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46465/26]