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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: Just to go back, I asked a question earlier about services in Cork overall and rating them on a scale of one to ten, with ten being best practice and one being crap. How would Mr Farrelly rate Cork?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is okay. I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will not touch on correcting the record. I will actually write and ask that it be done. As Deputy Hourigan said, the HSE uses these reports as excuses. The first question I asked was whether the Mental Health Commission has come under pressure from any external entities to tone down any of its services.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I, too, welcome this debate. It was not too long ago we were arguing about the duty of candour. I recognise that the Minister will look at the Part 5 review and strengthen that. What this House is about is debating it. We are all trying to sing from the same hymn sheet here. I was a little surprised when the Minister was on about the 50:50 for yea and nay on the audits. That is...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I suppose the Minister is black and blue from listening to it, but I will cut straight to the chase. The duty of candour has to be put on a statutory footing. In the short few years I have been here, we have scandals including CervicalCheck, vaginal mesh, mother and baby homes, the mental health system and the disability system. It comes down to oversight, accountability and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: 353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) living alone will not qualify for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of the very high number of primary students with no secondary school places in east Cork; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58183/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Ministers of State. I am aware that a lot of work and positive engagement has taken place. It is fabulous that has happened. I have listened to the witnesses. The problem is that the commercial side is not as complicated as the family home. The Minister of State mentioned Insurance Ireland and the Northern Irish Department for Communities and, therefore, it is an all-Ireland...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: The public water supply is a matter for Irish Water. If it will not work with us or facilitate people, who do we go to? That is the problem. The response mentioned 2025. We are in 2022 so that is another three years of people buying water, drawing water and enduring frustration. I appeal to Irish Water to get its finger out and start forward planning to help these people. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for attending. This is the fourth time I have raised a Topical Issue matter on boil water notices in east Cork. Many Deputies are lucky to be able to raise four Topical Issue matters in one year. I want to paint a picture by referring to recent newspaper headlines, including in theIrish Examiner: "Urgent boil water notice issued for Whitegate area of Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Apology (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to secure a State apology for persons (details supplied) who were shot by Free State forces in Kilmainham Gaol on 17 November 1922. [58194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Apology (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to secure a State apology for the wrongful execution of a person (details supplied) who was shot by Free State forces. [58195/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Apology (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to secure a State apology for the wrongful execution of Irish republican army volunteers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group on coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork; and the details of the plans for long-term measures to address this continuing problem which has only had stop-gap measures applied to date which have not provided lasting protection for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently request senior Office of Public Works engineers to assess the works that were recently undertaken to arrest coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork and to determine if further remedial works are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can clarify if Coillte plans to sell land for a development (details supplied) in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57972/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: You have caught me on the hop, Chair. I do not have any questions. I have observations more than anything else. We have heard from many witnesses over recent weeks and months that any service in the disability sector seems to be extremely restrictive. We have heard about opportunities for anybody with any form of disability. I hate using that word because it is a label. This is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will be very brief and I am not picking on any individual here but I can remember in my former role as spokesperson on mental health that DCU was the very first educational body to bring me in as a spokesperson to meet with the students inside. It was so open and normalised and we had pizza. I can see how that has moved and progressed, perhaps not as fast as we might have hoped....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I always give credit where it is due. The Minister stated "There has been a bit of a cliff edge for autistic people when it comes to the end of the traditional secondary school education", an issue we discussed in the previous session of the meeting. He is correct, and we will welcome anything that is positive, but some of the earlier witnesses spoke about funding. The Minister referred to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is great to listen to the Minister. This committee is very apolitical, which is good, and the people on it are passionate. Our conversation in the last session shows that we can work together on this. Some of the committees can get heated but this is about trying to get as much information as possible and getting that information into the public domain, so everybody benefits from it. I...