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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: To be honest, I would find that difficult. As I said, I am not acting as a go-between for the Owenacurra centre. I am a public representative and I take the same amount of punishment or credit as others. My feeling from working on this, talking to the service users and listening to the petitioners is that they have exhausted all avenues. That is why they need this opportunity to tell...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I have no issues with that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is a middle ground. I thank the Chair.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I just want to say thank you for today. This is what the committee is about. It is about dialogue and fairness, and about meeting in the middle ground. At the end of the day, the committee is set up as a forum for people to have a voice. We must just progress with this and I thank the Chairman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I can see both sides here. I thank the committee for hearing me out. I understand the issue about duplication. If the suggestion is that the secretariat writes to the Sub-Committee on Mental Health, the health committee and others, and asks where the issue is at or if those other committees are finished considering the issue, at least then we will know what action to take. I am happy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: 177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he considered developing sustainable transport plans for IDA business parks or explored the potential for park and ride systems in Fermoy, County Cork to shuttle persons to IDA parks in Cork. [6622/22]

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: First, I thank the witnesses for attending. Second, I love their honesty. I can sense from some of them that they are angry and feel disappointed and let down. I understand that people who work within the services are fully committed. I suppose it is like trying to bake a cake in that if one does not have all the ingredients initially, one will not get the cake one wants. I will refer...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I love the honesty.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: Professor Doherty mentioned the Australian model and the Beat the Blues programme. My wife does not like it when I say that prevention is better than cure but it is a fact. It is about the destigmatising of mental health issues. There are many areas where it is difficult to do that. For example, a member of the Defence Forces would not admit to suffering with mental health issues because...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Mairéad Farrell for her opening remarks. I also thank Minister for his opening remarks because while we will not always agree, we can agree to disagree. I welcome the establishment of a new office but it needs teeth and adequate resources. Obviously, that can be chiselled out. There are some problematic sections including the exemption for smaller companies with...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: There could be a lucky dip.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time this morning to take these questions. It is a Cork thing this morning, for some reason. In 2019 there was a chemical explosion in a factory in Cork. It is well documented. It was documented by the Irish Examiner. A protected disclosure was lodged. Obviously there is a health and safety procedure and it went to the Health and Safety...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister very much for his response. It is not too often we get excited in here. We usually get heated rather than excited. However, as Deputy Mairéad Farrell has said, we can work together to make the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 the gold standard. It is about protecting people. I welcome the fact that the Minister has said he is looking at existing cases...

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I listened to the Minister of State's statement in which she spoke about root and branch change. Certainly, that must happen. When I was listening to the other speakers the question of the definition of disability and how we describe it came into my head. It is quite a pertinent question. We have mentioned many other issues people have that do not fall under its remit at present. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Protected Disclosures (22 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: 88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to serious concerns over the perceived failure of the Health and Safety Authority to respond to protected disclosures made in relation to dangerous work practices; and the steps he is taking to ensure that protected disclosures are dealt with in a prompt and serious manner. [9314/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Election of Vice Chairman (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I apologise as I could not get into the meeting for some reason. I had to leave and enter the meeting again. I congratulate Deputy Devlin, who has a bit more weight on his shoulders now. I am sure he is well able to carry it. Well done.

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. I thank Mr. Feeney for his honesty - he is breath of fresh air - and for all the great advertising for the real capital, Cork. Everything I wanted to ask has been well covered and Mr. Feeney addressed it nicely, bluntly and honestly. I thank him once again. I have learned a lot today.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the secretariat for a fairly comprehensive reply and recommendation with which I agree.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chairman, the secretariat and the members of the committee for an excellent meeting today. I am certainly more educated leaving than I was when the meeting began.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I wish to flag an issue that has arisen since we came out of the pandemic. Many elderly people's medical cards have expired. These are full medical cards but when those people go through the process of getting them reissued, they are being issued with GP visit cards only. Those people were eligible for full medical cards before the arrival of Covid-19 but now they have expired, the...