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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (25 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: I will raise an issue about first responders. In Cobh in east Cork, which has a population of approximately 14,000 people there is a retained fire service but there are no first responders. The fire service is trained in first aid and first response. There was a case over Christmas where someone suffered a cardiac arrest. I spoke to members of the fire service. They were frustrated that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (25 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I will raise a few points in the short time I have. The retained fire services are well placed to assist the HSE with responses to such life-threatening emergency calls. There does not seem to be any obstacle to that. The National Ambulance Service is simply protecting its patch. I have not heard of any engagement between it and the fire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: I thank the ladies for today. I am conscious of time so I will go straight into it. In Ms McDonagh's opening statement, she referred to holding the Government to account. I would like to know how Inclusion Ireland is getting on with that. It is probably a short question but a tricky one. There was also mention of gathering better data so as to plan properly for disabled children. Each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: No, it was a report she was waiting for. We can come back to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes, something that has not been published yet. She mentioned some report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: Yes. The final question is one I have probably had for months now. It is to do with children in school. With autism or disability, where a child has assaulted a special needs assistant, SNA, and the SNA has to be put off, there does not seem to be a one-fits-all plan with schools, be it either a special school or a public school. I just cannot get the child in. I cannot tell the mother...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: I am sorry for cutting across but in fairness, the school engaged. However, it is again down to resources.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: As the school could not provide the additional resources, including even a temporary changeover SNA, that child has regressed because they have been at home and that is obviously affecting family life and the mental health of the parents and so on. You just feel like it is hopeless.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: What about the optional protocol? How does Ms McDonagh feel about that? It seems to be a big bugbear. We have been trying to push the Government to deal with it. It is grand to say that people have a right to something but without addressing the optional protocol, it is only a right on paper. Someone can be approved for a three-bedroom house but if it has not been built yet, the person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is a case of not getting the right ingredients for the cake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: Dr. Roddy provided additional notes on the lack of psychotherapy, art therapy and other therapies. I encourage everybody to get a hold of those and read them. They are frightening. Dr. Roddy covered most of it. In terms of silos, how do we mentally and physically break down the attitude of Departments? All the witnesses have referred to the issue. We could call it the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if the results of a pilot scheme launched on 1 October 2022 was a feasibility study of the ambulance service bringing patients to Mallow General Hospital instead of Cork University Hospital in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2743/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: I welcome all the witnesses and the people in the Gallery. I am known for being blunt. The big problem we have here - let us cut straight to the chase - is that there is absolutely no oversight in the HSE. We in this committee have met a number of times to discuss other centres, and the exact same excuse comes up, that is, buildings are not fit for purpose, and instead of investing in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: When St. Brigid's was being closed, was there any consultation with family members or anything like that? Our guests are shaking their heads. Did they get anything in writing that outlined the rationale for the closure of the building?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: This is a very serious situation and it is not the only such case in the country. I had to write this down because I could not believe it. You cannot be fat to go into St. Brigid's. It is as simple as that. That is the issue here. If that is the issue of non-compliance, that is ludicrous.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: Exactly. That is why I said it. To correct the record, I meant to refer to HIQA rather than Tusla earlier in the meeting. I reiterate that representatives of the HSE and HIQA should come before the committee and be accountable. It is always down to no accountability, no responsibility and passing the buck. As our guests noted, HIQA never mentioned those recommendations; it was the HSE....

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: There is nobody who can be asked whether it was Mr. X or Mrs. X who issued that response. They cannot follow it up because they do not know who is accountable for issuing that statement, so they do not know who is responsible for dealing with the information and whether that is misinformation or disinformation. As I said earlier, I have heard about cases like this previously. I had a stern...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: May I have 12 of those 14 unanswered questions?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: That is great. I think it was back in June last year when €220 million of additional money was put in to the HSE on the Revised Book of Estimates to pay out in compensation. The witnesses can see how bad the system is. One can keep making mistakes and we will keep paying for them. My final point is very simple. It was said that if you rip the heart out of the community, the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed. We will see what comes back.