Results 1-7 of 7 for "direct provision" speaker:Pat Buckley

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Ombudsman for 2018, 2019 and 2020: The Ombudsman (30 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...'s remit to investigate complaints from all sectors in receipt of significant public funding. During his term in this office, the following came under his jurisdiction: private nursing homes, direct provision accommodation services and more than 200 regulatory and other public bodies. Mr. Tyndall has also been involved in internal developments and international contributions. He has...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...because it is necessity. Professor Lynch is right that bringing families together grounds people and gives them a sense of security. We have heard other witness statements in this committee about direct provision and how people feel trapped in there. A number of people there are qualified doctors, nurses, people who drove buses, you name it. We have heard repeatedly in other committees...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses. Much has been covered. I want to go back over a few issues. We are having a conversation about conditions in direct provision. I have spoken to Mr. Henderson and a few of the people who were outside yesterday. Let us be honest. The majority of these people come from very bad situations. They come here hoping for sanctuary. We have a reputation of being an open...

Committee on Public Petitions: Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision Report: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...is not the right way to treat people. The witnesses mentioned the Children First course. I did it online in 2018. I would have thought that it would have been a statutory obligation for anybody working with in direct provision, never mind working with children. It bewilders me. People have a perception that people living in direct provision are scroungers and they should not be...

Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...seems to be more empathetic, with people who are in it for the job and not for the profit, so profit does not drive things. The witnesses mentioned the complaints mechanism, specifically in the direct provision update for 2020. Regarding mental health, many people who enter direct provision are quite possibly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, because they have come...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Pat Buckley: 860. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services provided to those living in direct provision; and the annual cost of this. [34480/17]