Results 1-20 of 101 for going forward speaker:Pat Buckley

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward the motion. We heard from previous speakers about the people who care for others. It is personal but there is the knock-on effect of poverty, mental health issues and so on. I am going to concentrate on the good work that carers do, in particular on an amazing and successful story that I raised in the House a number of months ago. One...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...by what it could provide. Some of the Traveller families wanted to be on a site but also needed land for the horses and so on. Cork County Council progressed that project a number of years ago and fair play to it. I listened to what the Deputy said as well. I can understand the local connection to an area but it is human nature to shop around. Why go into one shop and get five things...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...of a State funeral or other State recognition. Whether it is the Department of public expenditure or the OPW that is making an excuse, they have not told the Minister because they want it to go away, so all they do is overcomplicate it. Given that we are the recipients of the petition, if we can move it forward, that is our job, just as it was in the case of the previous petition,...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...to ground children and make them realise what they had, rather than taking it for granted. There were tears on both sides when I told my kids that their transition year was over, that they were going into the leaving certificate cycle and that they would not be able to return to the summer school the following year to help. Every year, my kids were there. It was one of the most amazing...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...in a fish plant. We used to process fish in this country that were caught in this country. We have the possibility here of having a more than €1 billion sustainable industry in this country. We are going the wrong way when I hear previous speakers talking about quotas and the like. These are our waters and this is our fishing industry. Talking to fishermen in Ballycotton, Cobh,...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: Good morning to all of our witnesses and I thank them for coming in. From my accent, they will know I am from Cork and not from Mayo, so I will concentrate on Cork. A number of years ago, I sat on the Cork County Council Traveller committee. This issue has been going on for a long time. I welcome the news that the stage 2 funding is on track and also the other information given in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank all the board members for coming in. I was not here at the start of the meeting but I was watching it. I will go back to Mr. Finnegan's original mention of a border in respect of Waterways Ireland. How ironic that, 25 years since it was set up after the Good Friday Agreement, we are talking about borders. It is absolutely bonkers. There is also the fact that it was introducing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...have seen community spirit rise above it. What they really need is open engagement. The biggest problem we have with anything is there is no two-way flow of information. I know the council, the Government, the OPW, the office of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, and the local council have been actively working on this. I want to put that on record and recognise it. I am very...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...in that way. The floods in my town were mentioned. People will be reactive but we do not have a magic wand to fix everything. However, at least working in tandem to prevent such issues is a step forward. The pilot programme makes common sense. By making it more attractive to insurance companies and having a lower chance of having a fire in that property, at least we are going in the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...or 120 between them, so it is misinformation. We are here because we are trying to protect our heritage. The people who live and work in these houses and businesses are proud of them. The minute we go to the European Commission and get a statement to say the companies actually can do something about that we are then into a defensive mode. We will be told it is a bad idea. As far as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief (23 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...for Christmas but it is only an office and people's homes, businesses and lives have been deeply affected. I think there is a public meeting next Tuesday. People want to know what the plan is going forward. We cannot predict everything. There is no certainty, but is there going to be a plan? We hope the so-called new flood warning system is to be rolled out in the near future. Will...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Pat Buckley: The reason I let the other speakers go first is that it is their immediate area. I am very proud of this public petitions committee because it is a last chance for the likes of yourselves to be heard. That is what is powerful here. We try not to play politics inside here. It is one of the strange committees because we try to get things done. Listening to the witnesses, there is nothing I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Mental Health Services: Discussion (28 Sep 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...I have written this down in my notes here - I tend to scribble a lot - and I will be putting in parliamentary questions on why that has not happened, what the timeframe is and why nothing has gone forward since November 2018. It is absolutely mind-boggling in the current climate. I do not even have to mention the year but it is mind-boggling in the current climate with the way people are...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Tully for bringing forward this motion. Carers work all year round. They do not get holidays and are not entitled to them according to Family Carers Ireland, FCI. We spoke about this issue at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism this morning. The representatives of FCI said that families who have members with autism have additional costs. This works out, on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health and Safety (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...as we speak. I am not raising this for kudos or anything of that nature. This matter dates back to 2020, when I received a protected disclosure. It was a very large protected disclosure. I forwarded it to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, and brought it to the attention of the then Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar. I received a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...but not all the time. I wanted to put that on record and acknowledge it. If any of us from this side of the House can assist in any way, that is what we are here for. It is to try to move things forward and help people so that people do not have to go through the same thing as we had described to us. Whether it is cancer or suicide, sepsis or other things, it can be a niche thing,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I echo what the Chair said. It has been excellent. I was going to embarrass Susan and get her to go on the television in the committee. She would not be up for that. I echo what the Chair said. People outside do not realise the amount of work that goes in here by the secretariat and the case workers, and the volume of paperwork, phone calls, emails - you name it - and sometimes, let us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...I was very interested in the written submission from TUS. It is 2023, and both statements refer to funding and the lack of funding. The fact is that funding is down nearly 50%, with the figures going the wrong way. Indeed, it is probably down 90% realistically, because the numbers have risen and the funding has halved. I am reading one of the recommendations in the TUS submission on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: .... As they are now encroaching on it, and the first thing the Departments do is to put up their defensive wall. I know that when the issue is personal there is a stronger drive, but I will give the best example I can. A good number of years ago I lost two brothers to suicide in the space of 16 months. The health system was crap and the coroner’s system was very poor. The...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: First, I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing this Bill forward. I listened to what previous speakers had to say. The one thing we must realise is that this is an emergency. In times of emergency, you think outside the box. It was mentioned previously that this is for the public good. It is for the public good. We all have people coming into our offices every day who are...