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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: There is something happening on this matter.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. The responses back are non-existent responses on this matter. We are still waiting on a number of county councils to respond.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: The interesting thing-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: -----I see from some of the responses is that they are all referring to the Planning and Development Act 2000 within the county councils. At a meeting of the housing committee on Tuesday, 30 January 2024, I asked Mr. Éanna Rowe from Waterways Ireland whether it is the responsibility of Waterways Ireland or the county council to address planning issues. His response more or less...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: Where is the revenue going?

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I have made a note of that, Deputy Brady.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: The only floodgates I can see is the other boats out in the water now that there could be a disaster with.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: But he is still fighting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I can certainly give Mr. Gaffney a commitment that this case will go further. We will probably follow it up with the marine safety office as well and have Mr. Gaffney back in. He and the other witnesses are the experts in the room when it comes to this matter. I give him a full commitment that we will follow up. The way Mr. Gaffney has been treated is absolutely shocking.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: As I said, for the public outside, this is has been amazingly beneficial. It was extremely informative in such a short period of time. Sometimes we feel a bit guilty because Mr. Gaffney has been fighting this for 15 years. He gets his five or ten minutes of fame in here. It is not about fame; it is about getting stuff on the record. This committee is non-political. When we were setting...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for being here. In fairness, it is not easy. I listened to most speakers today and to the Minister of State's opening statement, and it is true. People still hear it said that it is impossible to commit suicide in Ireland. It is actually impossible; a person cannot commit suicide in Ireland, since it was decriminalised in 1993. I want to put on the record...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (27 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Waterways Ireland is in the process of issuing a licence to the Portaneena Marina based in the Killinure Lough off Lough Ree outside Athlone (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (27 Feb 2024)

Pat Buckley: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I have raised this issue in the Dáil before. Five weeks ago, I raised a Topical Issue matter regarding a young lady who was 17 years old. Her name is Katie Byrne, and she has been waiting for a hip operation for 14 years. That is absolutely bonkers. In that Topical Issue debate, I said to the Minister who was substituting at the time that I had approached the Minister, Deputy Stephen...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: It was sent directly to the Minister's mailbox.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: 248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for applying for humanitarian assistance after the recent flooding in east Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/24]

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for being here. The report contains 109 recommendations, but the committee probably could have made more. A great deal of work went into the report, which is a blueprint for how the services should be run. It tells the true life stories of the witnesses who appeared before the committee, provides details of the expert reviews and so on. This was probably the...