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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I do. There has been a lot of correspondence on this. I know it has come up before, but we are in a possible position of industrial action with Aer Lingus. We are coming into the summer, which is probably the busiest season. Families have been saving for the whole year to go on holiday and are now facing the prospect of not getting to go on holiday at all. We are now discussing an...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is 38 incidences. I cannot understand why it has not acted on this. It is typical, especially in this country, that we end up being reactive instead of proactive in trying to address these matters. Agencies should put up their hands and say if there have been mistakes. There have been many investigations in this area in recent years. There are ongoing investigations with Boeing. In...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: There is also the aviation authority. It mentions three of them. Much of this is copied and pasted. Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation states: 5.1.2 The State of Occurrence shall institute an investigation into the circumstances of a serious incident when the aircraft is of a maximum mass of over 2 250 kg. That is a small plane.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I would hate to be sitting here in a month or six months, discussing an air tragedy in Ireland. There are red flags which have not even been reported in the news, which I find strange. Is it for fear of causing panic or people cancelling flights? It is not about that. It could be a major health and safety concern. We have an obligation and duty to act on it swiftly, so we do not end up...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I will second that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: The response from the Department of Justice is written in black and white. The Cathaoirleach could elaborate but there is no point.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: We received a petition about a year and a half ago about unauthorised developments and Waterways Ireland. I was talking to the secretariat about it. Waterways Ireland was asked to come in this month but it does not seem to suit it. We met the Kenyan committee. It is a pity we do not have the same rules and powers as them. They can arrest people, bring them in and make them responsible....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I welcome this opportunity. I have listened to everybody. I feel like we are chaining ourselves to the asylum and migration pact in the sense of taking an all-or-nothing approach. While there are good elements to it, I have some fears in regard to it. The current system is broken and we have not got it right. We cannot buy a bee in a box because we do not know what will be in the final...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister for his response in which he stated that, "Ireland is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid." Yet Ireland has the most expensive energy costs. A number of the speakers referenced energy poverty. We still have food banks today. I told a story a while back in this House. It was a true story that broke my heart about a...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. We are back again. I have been raising this issue for some time. I will give him a synopsis of what we are dealing with in Midleton in east Cork. Midleton flooded in November 2000, October 2004, June 2012, July 2013, January 2014, February 2014, October 2014, December 2015, January 2016, December 2018 and the most recent and most...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am a realist. Things do not happen overnight. As I said, I listed out events going back to 2000. I welcome the Minister of State mentioning Mogeely and Gleann Fia. I thank Cork County Council and the east Cork municipal district council because they are pushing and working with the OPW on this. The Minister of State's response states...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. This is the crux of the matter every year, with school transport and everything else. One of the main groups I met last week was the Irish Primary Principals Network. It set out a synopsis of the solutions. Its first request is to increase admin time for teaching principals, stating: Burnout and Job...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that a company (details supplied) may be closing some of its operations in Cork, if he will investigate the matter and put in place plans to support workers. [27127/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (25 Jun 2024)

Pat Buckley: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the increasing trend of applying dynamic or surge pricing models in the sale of tickets for music and sport events, particularly through a company (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the possibility that this upward changing in prices during the sale period may be in...