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Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: The issue of corruption is of paramount importance to those of us involved in transformative politics, which seeks to empower and encourage people to take control of their State and mould a better and more equal society. If there is no public belief that some in politics truly wish to achieve change, we are left with an impossible task. All Members have heard on doorsteps, radio call-in...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: As I mentioned, it seems that standing up to corruption can be bad for one's health, which is ironic. Ireland's whistleblowers can also attest to that. The Bill provides the legal foundation to address corruption but the political and structural will to punish corruption will matter most. That does not currently exist. The main part of the Bill addresses some very important issues...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: There were tickets here.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: He does not even know what suffering is.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I, too, welcome everyone in the Gallery. I welcome the opportunity to speak. I have listened to much of the debate and put my pen away because I kept changing my notes. There has been a lot of misinformation. Sinn Féin supports the legalisation of medicinal cannabis where it is deemed medically necessary. I would like to appeal to Members of all parties and none to come together...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 Report: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: Anseo.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 relating to treatment of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; to improve the provision of mental health services; to promote the rights of persons subject to the Mental Health Act 2001 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act...

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: An old man once said to me that a bad law was an unjust law. The setting up of Irish Water privatised water services installation, shut down small companies and destroyed work within the local authorities. Irish Water held businesses and local authorities to ransom and forced county councils to give data for residents on the housing list, which was another breach of data protection...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: Any decent human being would be disgusted by what he or she saw on "RTÉ Investigates" last week. I do not think anybody with a shred of respect for human dignity could stand over the conditions we saw on television. It was like something out of a Dickensian drama. As disgusted as we were, can we really and truly say that we were shocked? As public representatives, we deal every...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his frankness. We can argue about percentages but we will not fall out over that. The Minister of State referred to households appearing on multiple lists in different authorities. I am a little confused by that because it is extremely difficult to move from the county housing list to the city housing list in Cork. I assume there is airbrushing of figures...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Buckley: The House may not be aware, but council housing waiting lists have increased by 9% in the last 12 months. What this means in real terms is that the housing waiting lists for local authority housing has increased from 91,600 households in September 2016 to 99,555 in September 2017 in this State. In my county of Cork, Cork County Council local authority area waiting lists have increased from...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: When will the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act be commenced? We are aware there are a number of Bills on the Order Paper which refer to the Act. One was passed in the Dáil and is now with the Seanad. The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is also outstanding and needs a bit of attention and action.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: On page 66 of the programme for Government, the Government committed to increasing funding for mental health services, but we have once again only seen €15 million in additional funding this year, with €20 million carried over from last year. My question is simple: will the Government commit to spending and providing extra money for mental health services?

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: There was €35 million-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget adjusted for population growth and increase in demand by year in tabular form (details supplied). [44962/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I have a number of questions and will try to ask them as quickly as possible. I do not want to see the work of this committee running parallel to any other review. There have been too many reviews of reviews of reviews. We already had reports from the psychiatric nurses and the Royal College of Surgeons. We had a review of A Vision for Change and we are talking about another. We have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Kane for being very frank. While we spent considerable time today talking about this, we must remember that this committee is a driving committee, not a talking committee.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak tonight. We might get Deputy Healy-Rae a Cork passport. I have one - they were given out a number of years ago. It goes to show how big is Cork county. I acknowledge that Cork city has long outgrown its 1965 boundary. I also acknowledge, however, that a merger of both the city and county councils would not be in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Oct 2017)

Pat Buckley: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in the lead up to the 95th anniversary of the execution of Liam Mellows by the Free State in Mountjoy Gaol to issue a State apology to the families of the at least 77 persons executed in this period (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43452/17]