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Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I want to be clear on why we put in the amendment because I want it on the record. We tabled the amendment because of the fact that the RPZ legislation was based on the electoral areas. I mention two areas in particular - Carrigaline and somewhere in Meath. One half of the Main Street in Carrigaline will be in an RPZ and the other half will not because of the redrawing of the boundaries....

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: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank Dr. Lannon for his honesty.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I agree that these are fairly similar petitions but Senator Buttimer might remember something similar came up in a previous petition.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I am shocked that we are back to it in 2021. I note a number of recommendations there as well. The first petition, that the secretariat advises is similar to a petition that was submitted, is the one the Chairman covered to make the two the same petition. However, it was what has been alleged here, on, I suppose, the Shannon Estuary. It says here that there are currently legal...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: They are fairly similar. This is what I am afraid of. I would go with the recommendation on the first one of Mr. Jamie Forde Kelly. On the recommendation, as one can see, there has been a considerable amount of work undertaken on this petition and the secretariat advises in respect of the report received on unathorised developments by Mr. Forde Kelly that Portaneena Marina is currently the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: With all due respect, through the Chair. The man has apologised and you are at character assassination here.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Regional Group of Independents for bringing forward this motion again and our own Deputy O'Rourke for putting our amendment forward. I welcome the majority of the Minister of State's response. Much of the PSO aspect has been covered but this is about the vital nature and the seriousness of losing a service like the post office in any town, village or city. It is just...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: The Taoiseach may be aware that the Owenacurra health centre in Midleton is to close in October. With the current Covid crisis and the hacking of the HSE, it has been very difficult to get answers. Is there any way the Department of the Taoiseach or the Department of Health could find out what is going to happen with that centre when it closes in October? Nineteen long-stay patients will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (6 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received Cork County Council’s assessment of funding document; if he has taken on board the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36368/21]

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Youth Mental Health and Psychological Services: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Acting Chairman. I will be very brief because time is short. All of us have meetings after meetings for a meeting about a meeting before we go to the meeting to talk about that meeting. Anyway, much has already been raised but there are some main issues that keep coming up. I love our guests' frankness about it because I am black and blue in the face from listening to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for being here. I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue. I will provide a brief background. It was the wording in the previous Mental Health Commission report in 2018 that got me. It said the Owenacurra centre "was" a 24-bed unit situated in the middle of the town. It "was" a single-storey prefab building centred around an internal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, but while it is welcome, the Central Mental Hospital is in Dundrum not Midleton. We are talking about getting local services. Local knowledge is local expertise. When any service is run in the community, people get to know each other and more trust is built up. I would not say there is a more laid-back working relationship but there is more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a medical card. [33362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a social welfare payment other than child benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [33363/21]

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

Pat Buckley: I have a couple of points. The big one is on the fabulous work that has been done. The reports are fairly in-depth. The one about living in lockdown was quoted in the media back in March. It is Dr. Muldoon’s own quote to the effect that children in lockdown are living in “low-level melancholy”, with a lack of joy in their lives. It is a damning indictment of what...

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

Pat Buckley: No. I thank Dr. Muldoon.

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister for his opening contribution. While we might not agree on some matters, we can agree that the Common Fisheries Policy has not been great for Ireland. It is archaic and dates back to the 1970s. We can also agree that the latest trade deal, incorporating a 15% reduction in quotas, will lead to an additional loss to fisher of €43 million. We can further agree that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ship Disposal (17 Jun 2021)

Pat Buckley: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to offers made for the removal and scrappage of the MV Alta wreck in Ballycotton, County Cork; if so, if these offers have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26930/21]