Results 921-940 of 2,761 for speaker:Pat Buckley

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

Pat Buckley: It is agreed. The secretariat and the case workers put a lot of work into that and there was a fairly comprehensive response. I wanted that noted.

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

Pat Buckley: No thank you, Chair.

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

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: It has been said here tonight that there are 73 patients on trolleys in CUH, with 13 waiting for beds in the Mercy Hospital. What we are facing at the moment is not surprising but it is unprecedented. I am glad the Minister and the Ministers of State are present. The Government is closing a 22-bed mental health respite centre in Midleton, the Owenacurra centre, in the middle of a health...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reviews (18 Jan 2023)

Pat Buckley: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has commenced the comprehensive independent evaluation recommended by the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council into the cumulative impact of a range of measures which it states represent a cost to employers through administration burdens and resourcing and which could be particularly burdensome for SMEs; and if...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I tabled a parliamentary question on this as well. It states, "Separately, the Minister for Health has stated that he believes that a review of the management and impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes is warranted". The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, mentioned in her response the €145 million provided under the temporary assistance payment scheme. Some €145 million is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I am here to speak on behalf of family members regarding the CareChoice nursing home in Ballynoe in County Cork. I wish to refer to some of the correspondence I have received and then the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, will know exactly where I am coming from and how frustrated the families are. I was told that the following are some of the concerns families have regarding the...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I read the Minister of State’s opening speech. It beggars belief that we are in this Chamber talking about our own energy capabilities versus profit. The Minister of State noted that €118 million has been allocated to fuel poverty this year. I think it will increase next year, so we know that it is happening. Yet we have the capability to be the Dubai of Europe when it comes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that some vehicle insurance companies are suggesting that vehicle owners should obtain a certificate of road worthiness from a mechanic while awaiting an NCT due to the backlog of NCT tests, in order that the insurance would honour the policy; the reason that this is happening; the rationale...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Inquiries (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to establish an independent public inquiry into the high numbers of deaths at a nursing home (details supplied) in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62172/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I wish everyone a good morning. It is an absolute pleasure and honour to be here. I was shocked by the line in Carmel's opening statement that said, "someone who cannot speak is regarded as not having intelligence". She followed this by saying: "This is a common perception held by psychologists, speech and other therapists, teachers [and] other professionals." She is actually meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: Yes, so they have done something to provide assistance anyway. It is not a matter of questions. It just mind-blowing that I am sitting across from a 21 year old.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: The Senator can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: We are staring the evidence in the face this morning and I cannot understand why people cannot be supported when something is working. That makes me very frustrated. As I said, we must do something to progress this. No family should be out there begging for something that should be their natural right in order that they can progress in life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I am sure that there enough laptops and iPads being recycled every year that were never used and that never went onto a shelf in a shop. I can guarantee that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will try to be brief. It is great to have the witnesses before us and to have bodies that represent so many people. Many of us have discussed the reasonable accommodation passport scheme. It is an amazing initiative that, it is be hoped, will grow. I noticed, however, between the two sets of representatives, that the issue of awareness and information came up on numerous occasions,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: On the Kerry project, there is a fine Cork name over there so I hope they will still work with a Cork woman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Housing and Homelessness in County Kildare: Kildare County Council (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for the information that was provided, which is a massive help. Their engagement has been exemplary. They have had many public and private meetings. I understand there were four meetings with the petitioner. I have seen how the estate was and where it is going now. I understand the situation was complicated when the developer...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Housing and Homelessness in County Kildare: Kildare County Council (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I am just going through the three phases. Mr. Creighton has set out the timelines. It is good for the council to air these matters today because people do not understand all of the links in the chain. As I have said, it is not too often that everything is laid out for the Committee on Public Petitions, not only in black and white, but in colour, so that it can be understood. This is an...