Results 881-900 of 2,772 for speaker:Pat Buckley

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Deering for attending. I will start at the back of the report and work the opposite way. In his conclusion, he said, "acknowledging and learning from mistakes, from oversights, from unfairness and inequity is intrinsic to driving improvements in our public services". Even though he said in his opening statement that his office received its highest number of complaints in 38...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is perfect. It is a story of hope today.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: An awful lot of people have been moved out and put into places that are less compliant. It goes against policy, community integration and community-led services. It is the Owenacurra Centre in the town of Midleton. People are being moved to a place that is 15 miles away. They cannot even access a shop. It has to be detrimental to their health and their families' health also. It is a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I would say it is both. It is under the remit of the HSE.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I will email the details because I am conscious that we have a lot to get through. I thank Ms Hanrahan.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: No, I think I have grilled the witnesses enough.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: Ms McNelis's statement, in one of the many pieces of correspondence here, sums it up when she says: If you can't get insurance there is no competition. All you get in this country is a stick. You get fined if you do not maintain a heritage building and yet you cannot insure it. There needs to be a carrot somewhere or heritage buildings will be lost forever in Ireland. This makes...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I echo what the Chair said. It was the same in our previous conversation with the Ombudsman. Sometimes people do not like the response, but the Chair is correct that there are procedures and it takes time. I know people want it to be addressed urgently but I ask the petitioners to have patience. A lot of work has gone into this. The Chair is correct that the committee aims to get the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: We have the best secretariat. It is as simple as that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: Two issues come to mind. With any ombudsman’s office, one bugbear I have when asking about power, additional resources or whatever is mental health respite for older people. There is no oversight in that regard. When one tries to reach out to access information or help for families, it is not available. To cut a long story short, I reached out to the European ombudsman on this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I asked that question because, specifically in relation to older people and respite mental health services, local community services are being closed down on the basis that buildings are non-compliant, yet the people in them are being taken out of what Mr. Deering calls their home and moved into other places that are actually less compliant. Does the Ombudsman have the power to investigate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: We will now go to Deputy Joe Flaherty. The Deputy has the stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: Who would like to go first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I am conscious of the time. Perhaps we will take a short break.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: I was waiting for one or two more speakers to come in, although I will probably take my place on the list. It is amazing to have all the witnesses here, so diverse but so firm and so honest, which is great. I have made a number of notes. The assessments of need and the additional waiting lists kept coming up. Ambition was mentioned, specifically the ambition to try to get people to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: Just before Ms Gibney comes in, Dr. McDonagh is right. It is rights-based. We have had it here on certain committees where we feel like people have been treated very badly. They have actually gone to the European Ombudsman and the European Commission of Human Rights. I still feel sometimes it is not within their remit and they will come back again; it is excuses. If we keep thinking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: We were very hard on the witnesses when the Chair was away.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a young child (details supplied) with special education needs cannot get a school escort even though their school transport has been sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Services (9 Feb 2023)

Pat Buckley: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an arrangement between the fire services and the HSE and the National Ambulance Service to provide a first response service nationally exists if there are no first responders in an area where there is a retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/23]