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Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes, within the constraints and the remit.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Thank you, Chair. I could talk all day.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I was going to ask a question on section 114 but I will not do so as we would be here for a long time. It is a complicated process.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: It lists a lot of options and so on. I am delighted to have had the opportunity to engage with Mr. Justice Mahon today. He has cleared up a lot of matters. He has opened my eyes to a few things the committee might be able to do to improve outcomes for people and ease his workload and that of his office. I am delighted to have had the opportunity to engage with him. I thank him for coming in.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is great.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: As they say, give credit where credit is due.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendation. It is ongoing. It will be interesting to see what the response will be but I agree with the recommendation.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Absolutely.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is interesting to note that it can be discretionary. I would like to see what will come back. I agree with that recommendation.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the secretariat and the staff because, as the Cathaoirleach said, we do not see all their work on the correspondence that goes to and fro. That has to be acknowledged. It is hard work.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I am very interested in this subject. I spent 18 months watching this because European law had to change and we had submitted our own proposal.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (29 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the visitors who are in the Public Gallery. I, too, want to read from correspondence I received recently from the son of Patrick Murphy, who is in his 99th year. Patrick worked for CIÉ for 40 years from 1949 to 1989. His job was as a ganger on the permanent railway between Cobh and Cork. He walked the line in both directions every two weeks with a heavy hammer and a large...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: The Mental Health Commission never mentioned the closure of the facility.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I understand that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: Absolutely.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for her time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I appreciate the response. I am well aware of the three beds and the possible ten beds but we had 22 beds there so we are basically halving the service. It is not what was there before but that is for another day. I was raising the concerns of residents and families. I got information from the residents that people were coerced. The Minister said people were relocated. According to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for her appearance tonight at this ungodly hour. We are back again talking about the Owenacurra centre. I am delighted this Topical Issue was selected. I have been driven to frustration over the past two years between parliamentary questions and committee meetings. I wrote to the European Ombudsman in October 2022. I wrote that I was contacting her office...