Results 961-980 of 2,877 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I would greatly appreciate that and I thank Ms O'Reilly very much.

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I do not wish to dwell on this but there is frustration when you are trying to do the right thing. As Ms O'Reilly said, it is not about finger-pointing, but surely somebody has to take responsibility. That centre was fully integrated within a town where the people living in the centre could walk into the town. There was a doctor across the road in the community hospital. The dentist, the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with European Ombudsman (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: Ms O'Reilly is fairly spot on there.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I acknowledge that it is a fairly extensive response. I thank the case workers involved because a lot of work has gone into this. Hopefully, the case will be resolved at some stage. For the benefit of people watching, we sometimes ask for patience because things do not happen overnight. There is a lot of to and fro but it has to be done. We will work on behalf of the petitioners but, as...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the proposal. I understand the frustration from family members and so on. It is similar to the situation with autism in terms of assessment of needs and so on. I ask that we write to the HSE to find out if any of the families in question have ever used an initiative similar to the cross-Border initiative that exists for funding cataract procedures and so on? Has that ever...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is too late.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I simply agree with it. It is an interesting aspect and I would like to see the response when it comes back.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I absolutely agree.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the committee, the secretariat and all the staff for the work they do as a phenomenal amount of work goes into this. It must be acknowledged.

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I will cut straight to the chase. I thank Deputy Doherty for tabling the motion and I ask the Government to withdraw its countermotion. The Minister mentioned a few payments. He should remember one thing. Governments are supposed to serve the people. The payments the Minister mentioned are taxpayers' money. The Government is giving it back to the same people. It is not targeting it. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (2 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I have an observation rather than a question. Committees often bring in experts to debate legislation but the witnesses who gave testimony today are the experts. They are the ones who have lived experience in this area. I have made many notes, as have many of us, and a couple of things have come up. Each and every one of the witnesses has a personal story and it takes a lot of bravery to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (2 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is not a competition, but it takes a lot of bravery for our guests to come to this House and tell their stories. The purpose of the meeting is to listen to our guests as experts, not for them to listen to us making recommendations. I might upset a few people here and I am known to speak out of turn at times. When I was a member of a previous committee on mental health, it was suggested...

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: My apologies, a Chathaoirligh, but we are being bounced through the committees today. First, I congratulate the foundation. As I have often said here at this committee; this is a very different committee. It is last chance.com for somebody in the public to have his or her say and we are public representatives. It is our job and duty to listen to people but also then for them to have...

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: I second that. I commend he work of the secretariat here and, in fairness to Tipperary County Council, it has come back with as much as it can. It has gone above and beyond would would be expected, and I thank its representatives. We have a good engagement with them here. The Chair is right. The fence seems to be moving all the time. It just seems to be a pressure test from Irish Water...

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: I agree with the Chair on that. These scenarios seem to be getting a bit repetitive. I would be interested to see what the response will be and I would like to revisit that once the response comes back.

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: I thank the committee secretariat and the case workers, as always. An amount of work goes on behind the scenes and that has to be acknowledged.

Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (23 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Farrell for introducing the Bill. She has raised the three relevant points on it. It is about working together and enhancing accountability. We need accountability within the HSE and other entities. In this regard, we could probably consider some more legislation. It was not too long ago that Deputy Farrell and I worked on the protected disclosures law. We worked with...

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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I thank the Minister of State for being here. This Topical Issue matter is exactly what it says on the tin. It is to discuss additional financial supports for people in the first two years of apprenticeships. I raise this matter because the first two years are the most crucial. I have been talking to many of the families involved,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: From all of the inquiries I have received - I will not say complaints - from people and families on the apprenticeship issue, nobody actually questioned their employer. These people are very happy. It is the small additional costs that are difficult. I note the Minister of State mentioned the social welfare system. I see a problem with that. I am airing this issue to see if we can get...