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

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. First, I congratulate them on how they have managed to achieve so much in such a short period of time within the library services and so on. It is heartening for the committee to get a bit of good news for a change. I address my first question to Mr. Brady and Ms Cusack. When the library was being adapted to make it autism-friendly, did the...

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

Pat Buckley: Some people come into our offices and they have been approved for X, Y and Z. It is grand to be approved for something but if it is not built, there is an issue. Is the council facing that challenge as well? We know that we have a major issue with housing as it is. When there is a need for specific housing, a person applies and the specific type of building is not available, how does it...

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

Pat Buckley: Does Mr. Brady or Ms Cusack want to comment on the question of how challenging it was to adapt the library? I am very interested in it. If it can be done in Limerick, why can we not do it anywhere else around the country? Most fairly large towns have libraries and while I acknowledge they are being used by people, the services can be improved. There did not seem to be an awful lot of...

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

Pat Buckley: I want to congratulate the organisation again. It is not too often that we get good news stories in here. At least that is one. I am delighted that the project is moving on. I take Ms Cusack's point that people who never used the service are now using it. As she said, they were invisible in the community. I thank the witnesses for the presentation.

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

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. 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...

Committee on Public Petitions: Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I congratulate Ms McKay. It is nice to have new blood. I am interested that the number of complaints going the whole way through the system is very low but the overall number of complaints is substantial. She mentioned Twitter and Facebook. It goes back to the code of practice. At least with a print edition, there is accountability and clarity and it can be followed up compared with fake...

Committee on Public Petitions: Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is interesting that the highest number of complaints related to truth and accuracy, which is understandable. Protection of sources is another heading and then there is one which I am very interested in, namely the reporting of suicide. We do not really see the word "suicide" too often in print media any more. The phrase is "died by suicide" but they do not use it. Are the complaints...

Committee on Public Petitions: Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: As no one is offering, I invite Ms McKay to make her closing statement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is vital. On behalf of the committee, I thank Ms McKay very much for presenting to the committee. These sessions are always very beneficial to the members. It is all about getting information in so we can get information out. We will suspend briefly to allow Ms McKay to leave.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: We have six petitions for consideration today. The first is Petition No. 52 of 2022 entitled Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign, which is from Mr. Joseph Hughes. The petition requests that the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and the national sepsis programme in the HSE develop a sepsis awareness campaign for television and radio explaining to the public how to recognise...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Senator. That is agreed. The next petition under consideration is Petition No. 54 of 2022 entitled Amendment of Section 173 of Personal Insolvency Acts, which is from Mr. Karl O’Daly. The petition relates to a request to amend section 173 of the Personal Insolvency Act which provides for the keeping and preservation by personal insolvency practitioners of accounts and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed. The fourth petition on the agenda is petition No. 64 of 2022 entitled “Stop heating [the] Russian Embassy” and is from Mr. Jonas Paulauskas. This petition relates to a request that the electricity, heating and water for the Russian embassy in Ireland be turned off. The committee recommends that the petition is inadmissible under the Standing Order 127(1)(a)....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed. I thank the members. The fifth petition before the meeting is petition No. 65 of 2022 entitled “To bring the Legion Hall into public ownership and reopen it as a community/peace centre” and has been made by Mr. Aaron Crampton. This petition relates to a request that the now privately owned and derelict Legion Hall in Killester in Dublin 5 be added to the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes, that was definitely the case. I do not believe we have anything else to consider on our agenda for today. That concludes our consideration of public petitions. As always, I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many assessments of needs cases for children with disabilities have been outsourced to the national treatment purchase fund in 2020, 2021 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15291/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

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

Pat Buckley: I thank Ms O'Reilly for her time today. I was interested to hear about the Covid recovery fund and very interested to read the press statement from the European Court of Auditors, which stated: Citizens will only trust new ways of EU funding if they can be sure that their money is being spent properly ... Currently, there is a gap in terms of the assurance the Commission can provide for...

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

Pat Buckley: That is absolutely perfect. I wanted to see had I gone in the right direction. I know it takes time for the European Court of Justice to go through the cases but I just wanted clarity. I am glad Ms O'Reilly has given me that information and there is actually an avenue there.

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

Pat Buckley: I thank Ms O'Reilly very much.