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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I am sorry for cutting across Mr. Fitzgerald but I am conscious of the time. The HSE's opening statement mentioned A Vision for Change. We have a catchment area of over 94,000 people in east Cork. The HSE is obliged to provide a service when areas reach around 100,000 people. We are fairly close to that and yet it is moving services back into the city, even to the far side of the city,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: It was a 24-bed service-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for his honesty. Chair, may I ask just one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. Thank you, Chair, and I thank Mr. Fitzgerald again for his reply. My fear is that while everything looks very well in plans and on paper, Mr. Fitzgerald said the services are consultant-led. We have problems with recruitment of consultants and so on at the moment. My biggest fear, therefore, is that east Cork will lose its vital services and that the HSE is trying to fix...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I want to return to the issue of independent living. I do not have any faith in it because the timeframe is way too long. Would the HSE consider retaining the existing services in Midleton while working around the difficulties? The witnesses referred to other alternatives but I do not believe they are there. If they are not there as alternatives, they are not an option at the moment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I will make one final point. I have listened to what Mr. Fitzgerald has said. I believe we will be back here again, perhaps in 12 months' time. As many of the Deputies on this call are well aware, between 2000 and 2002, we had 69 suicides in east Cork, the majority of these occurring in Midleton. Despite this, Mr. Fitzgerald is telling me we do not need services in this town. I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist with an urgent matter in relation to school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63012/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Justice Mahon for his opening statement. As many of the issues have been already covered, I will be brief. In his opening statement, Mr. Justice Mahon mentioned that the section 114 process is limited. I heard some of his earlier comments and responses. We have engaged with a number of ombudspersons over the past 12 months. In fairness, they are exemplary in their work. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the ombudsman. We all know people from all walks of life within the Defence Forces and we are well aware of the all the absolutely amazing work they have done. There are ex-members who, when they left the service, were delighted with the work they did. There are, however, many examples of post-traumatic stress disorder and the supports do not seem to be there for those members. I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations of the secretariat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations of the secretariat. It has been extremely comprehensive. There is a strong reply there from the Department as well and it is fairly clear and clarifies everything that the petitioner is looking for.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with that proposal.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the Chairman's recommendation and look forward to hearing Mr. Dunne's response. The issues he raises are similar to the issues raised in the petition regarding the Owenacurra centre. I am interested in his response because the situation at St. Brigid's Hospital seems to mirror what is happening with other institutions that are old and archaic and in which no investment has been...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed. Briefly, I wish to refer to petition No. 42/2021 relating to saving the services at the Owenacurra centre in Midleton. We have not received much of an update, even through parliamentary questions, on this matter. It has been discussed by this committee and also the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health. We still have no clarity on what is actually happening with the premises and I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: The Deputy is welcome.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I thank the Minister for being here at this ungodly hour. She is well aware of the issue with the Carrigtohill Community College campus. I will always give credit where credit is due. The issues were not the fault of the Department. There were many issues with the planning and mistakes were made. I also want to acknowledge that a temporary campus was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the Minister's reply. That this is the largest single school building project ever undertaken by the Department shows that the population of east Cork is absolutely ballooning and is also set to balloon in the next ten years. I wanted to raise the matter because we are at maximum capacity in other areas. In Midleton, St. Mary's High School has major capacity issues. There is a...