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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is unbelievable.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: By God, they know how to turn on a party.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes, that is the one where the farmer-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes, he let the field flood and then they-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: From the correspondence I am getting, they are not really interested because once the water is released it has to go into a culvert. I think it is the OPW that is claiming that further downstream it will get into Castlemartyr and that could cause more problems there. I have met representatives of Cork County Council privately on this and discussed it all. They were immensely honest with...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is absolutely disgraceful.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes. I said that at a private meeting which went on until 10.30 p.m. I listened to the reality of those people and heard about how it affects them and their fear. They put all their life savings into a house which they wanted to make a home but it is now just a house again because of the damage. They cannot get insurance. That is not happening. They are afraid to invest back into their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: He probably will turn up. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for attending. We are here again to raise issues relating to flooding in Midleton in east Cork. I acknowledge the work that has been done on the rivers and so on and so forth in the Moore's Bridge area. The engagements we have had with some of the Departments and Cork County Council have been exemplary, but I have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes. Lets be realists about how the long term flood mitigation plan is long term, but I wanted to flag that with the Minister of State because many people are worried they will not have enough money to even pay for those prevention measures. Gleann Fia is slightly different because of the timber-frame structures there. There were suggestions to the effect that the adjacent land be used,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: Gleann Fia.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is no bother. I thank the Minister of State for his response and there is a lot of work in it. He has mentioned that he is meeting with Cork County Council again, and I welcome that. Reference has been made to the Owenacurra and Dungourney rivers, the Lidl bridge and the old Cork Road bridge. Deputy O'Connor and Deputy Stanton will be aware that years ago we used to dredge the slob,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the rationale behind the recent decision by the National Ambulance Service to reduce ambulance coverage in Cork County by removing an ambulance from each base from Monday to Thursday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38111/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if a risk assessment was conducted by the National Ambulance Service prior to the decision to reduce ambulance coverage in Cork County from Monday to Thursday; if he will outline the impact this reduction is expected to have on response times and patient safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38112/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: 119. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the decision by the National Ambulance Service to reduce ambulance coverage in Cork County by removing an ambulance from each base during weekdays; if he will consider reinstating full coverage in light of concerns from local communities and healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans that are in place to ensure adequate emergency medical services in County Cork following the reduction of ambulance coverage from Monday to Thursday; if additional resources will be provided to mitigate any potential service gaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38114/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the National Ambulance Service in making the decision to reduce ambulance services in Cork County from Monday to Thursday; if alternative models of care or staffing arrangements were considered to avoid service reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38115/24]

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Travellers in Prison: Discussion (26 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses very much for all their presentations. Sometimes committee meetings can be boring and repetitive. Listening to the witnesses, however, it is obvious that there is joined-up thinking between all the organisations and that things are moving forward. I was interested to hear Senator O'Hara speak about thematic inspections, but that has been covered. Ms Brady spoke...