668. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the significant disparity between the rate of illness benefit, currently €244 per week, and the rate of jobseeker's benefit which can be up to €450 per week; and if consideration will be being given to reviewing the illness benefit payment rate to ensure parity and adequate income support for persons who are unable to work due to serio…
863. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently grant a person (details supplied) an appointment to receive occupational therapy and speech and language therapy with east Cork CDNT. [61402/25]
1020. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if an urgent CT scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in St. James's Hospital. [61597/25]
532. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps being taken to ensure that the people of Midleton, and east Cork, can be safeguarded against the vulnerability of future flooding. [58188/25]
704. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider waiving the fees for the Leaving and Junior Certificate 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58295/25]
1488. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Cork living in State care. [58211/25]
1490. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to arrange for an independent review of Tusla’s structure, oversight, and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58253/25]
1491. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to take steps to improve aftercare support and a guaranteed transition plan for all young people leaving care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58254/25]
206. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will arrange for an independent and transparent investigation into the recent Blackwater fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57239/25]
Pat Buckley
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21 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
332. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a project (details supplied) has not yet been approved to commence by the OPW; when will it be approved; and the reason for the delay in it being approved. [56581/25]
Pat Buckley
Written
21 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
333. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to instruct the OPW to pursue all avenues to provide flood mitigation in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56582/25]
380. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the science implementation support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56569/25]
381. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the policy rationale for the continued exclusion of minority faith schools from the school improvement service guarantee, the free schoolbooks scheme, and similar supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56570/25]
382. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's long-term strategy for supporting the sustainability and inclusivity of minority faith schools and their pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56571/25]
576. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether anyone has ever been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act 2001 specifically for the theft of an animal(s); and, if so, what animal(s). [56678/25]
591. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí stationed in the east Cork constituency from 2020 to date in 2025. [56935/25]
621. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda vetting applications currently being processed for individuals living in County Cork. [57402/25]
622. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for Garda vetting applications for individuals living in County Cork. [57403/25]
623. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic violence refugee accommodation places in County Cork. [57404/25]
627. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of prosecutions taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since its implementation; the details of which organisation brought each prosecution; and for a breakdown of the sentences imposed. [56675/25]
628. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of prosecutions taken under the Ear-cropping of Dogs Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 412 of 2023) since it entered into force. [56676/25]
629. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any prosecutions have been taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 specifically for ear-cropping offences. [56677/25]
630. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is legal for a greyhound to be killed at a knackery; and if so, the legal basis for undertaking this practice. [56679/25]
631. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the proposed statutory instrument to provide that euthanasia of a greyhound must only be carried out by a veterinary surgeon (details supplied). [56680/25]
632. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an exhaustive list of those who have been appointed as ‘authorised officers’ under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. [56681/25]