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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. We have worked on issues before, which he has resolved and for which I thank him. I know we have capacity but we also have capacity and performance issues. Based on this response, I can assure the House that this will not set her back from walking. She will be up and out of bed using a walker within a day or two of surgery. Her muscles will...

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...

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: Can I just ask what happens to families?

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: Lovely. I thank the Chair.

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: But you need planning permission-----

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: Waterways Ireland needs planning permission on the marina.

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 will be brief. I wish to ask Mr. Rowe about the unauthorised development on Waterways Ireland land that he mentioned earlier. He stated that it is an issue for planning and for the council. However, if the land, which was taken illegally as it is illegal to take land without planning permission, is land belonging to Waterway Ireland, then it is Waterways Ireland's issue, not 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: Perfect.

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 the Chair.

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...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the secretariat and the committee here because a phenomenal amount of work has gone into this. I am very disappointed that the four witnesses who were invited could not turn up. There is a process there, as the Chairman said, in that the correspondence from the HSE is be forwarded to the petitioner for comment; I agree with that. I do not know why the witnesses did not turn up....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations on it. We ourselves know that it is right. Whether you are in England or in Armagh, the price of paracetamol is extremely low compared with anywhere in the Twenty-six Counties. I have also noticed that you cannot buy paracetamol anymore in discount stores such as Dealz. There must be some game being played. I cannot understand why generic medicines are so...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: 185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 28 November 2023, if the medical records of a member of the Defence Forces were found to be incorrect and inaccurate, the procedure that is in place to put this miscarriage of justice right; the person or body to contact with new evidence and supporting documents (details supplied) to rectify this...

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

Pat Buckley: What about fuel subsidies?

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

Pat Buckley: The Minister mentioned in his opening speech the €305.5 million in support schemes. It is a long time since I worked 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the vacant property refurbishment grant, particularly in relation to Cork County Council; the stage of applications at present, particularly in relation to a person (details supplied); the number of applicants who have drawn down and received the grant to date; and if he will make a statement on the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. I note that she has saved the best for last.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I am happy enough with that. I would like to hear about the apprenticeships from Galway City Council.