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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy (Resumed): Discussion. (25 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank Nem for that response. I was led to believe the Decision Support Service would be fully funded. I contacted it early last year and was really excited about what I heard. I was thinking this would go right. Having listened to Nem, I realise I need to revisit the issue, go back and find out what the bloody hell is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy (Resumed): Discussion. (25 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: We were told the service would be making a chocolate cake but we are now finding out that it is making a cake with no chocolate. That is what is happening. I do not mince my words.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the rationale and reasoning behind issuing a section 24 letter to the TII as part of the roads allocations to County Cork for 2023, which effectively overruled TII’s proposal to fund the Mallow Relief Road to the amount of €1.4 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19406/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health and Safety (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his response and his honesty. He is right; we can all work together on this. This is the most important thing about it. I am passionate about workers' rights, health and safety, protected disclosures and what has happened in the last year and a half. We are all very lucky to be elected here. The Minister of State knows as well as I do that when you...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health and Safety (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is all in black and white.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health and Safety (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: This matter is self-explanatory. It is a sensitive case. It involves about 4,500 families and workers and their safety. It has been reported in the press this week that unfortunately there was another incident in the Stryker factory in Carrigtwohill. Unfortunately, One gentleman is on life support as we speak. I am not raising this for kudos or anything of that nature. This matter...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming in. When this petition came to me, I did not realise how serious sepsis was and I welcome the fact that the witnesses said there has been a 26% reduction in mortality rates. Going back to the what the Cathaoirleach said, I totally get what the HSE is doing within the medical structure but when I heard this first I wondered how I had never heard about sepsis....

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is about having this topical discussion and trying to see if we can all move forward together. I am glad Dr. O'Dwyer mentioned pharmacies as well because even in the past few years we have seen a considerable culture change within the pharmacy industry, which is for the betterment of the community and about which I am glad.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is great to have this conversation. It is about everybody talking and raising awareness here. I am delighted there is something on social media that we can all share. It is about sharing that information. It makes the point about how powerful some of these committees can be. I am lucky enough to sit on the Joint Committee on Autism and to learn a lot more from witnesses and so on,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed. It is nice to see progress on that petition.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I sit on the Joint Committee on Autism. The petitioners appeared before the committee and we discussed this matter. The committee will lay a final report before both Houses by May of this year created time constraints but there was general agreement, very similar to the recommendations of this committee, that the Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen and the Joint Committee...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: Agreed. It is comprehensive.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: No.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I echo what the Chair said. It has been excellent. I was going to embarrass Susan and get her to go on the television in the committee. She would not be up for that. I echo what the Chair said. People outside do not realise the amount of work that goes in here by the secretariat and the case workers, and the volume of paperwork, phone calls, emails - you name it - and sometimes, let us...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with that proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in east Cork in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. First, I congratulate them on how they have managed to achieve so much in such a short period of time within the library services and so on. It is heartening for the committee to get a bit of good news for a change. I address my first question to Mr. Brady and Ms Cusack. When the library was being adapted to make it autism-friendly, did the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: Some people come into our offices and they have been approved for X, Y and Z. It is grand to be approved for something but if it is not built, there is an issue. Is the council facing that challenge as well? We know that we have a major issue with housing as it is. When there is a need for specific housing, a person applies and the specific type of building is not available, how does it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Pat Buckley: Does Mr. Brady or Ms Cusack want to comment on the question of how challenging it was to adapt the library? I am very interested in it. If it can be done in Limerick, why can we not do it anywhere else around the country? Most fairly large towns have libraries and while I acknowledge they are being used by people, the services can be improved. There did not seem to be an awful lot of...