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Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: 265. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid payment will be made to the staff of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45854/22]

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Regional Group for bringing this motion forward. The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, has been listening to many Deputies here in the House today. I have been talking to small business owners. I spoke to a lady on Thursday last who is absolutely terrified of what is coming down the road here when it comes to energy supply and energy costs. I also spoke to one...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the representatives for attending. Where do I start? We are back here again. In the opening statement, Mr. Fitzgerald said his organisation is working very hard to ensure every resident's transition is supported as much as possible. We are not talking about individual cases here but about more than one. Mr. Fitzgerald will be aware that the engagement with the residents of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: On that coercion, I have been told by family members of residential patients who were taken from the Owenacurra Centre and brought to other places to have a look without any of the family members being informed of that until it happened. Mr. Fitzgerald can change the word from "coercion", but it is still wrong. If it is an issue, we can always go with the family members down the protected...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: If I can use an alternative wording, "residents were removed under duress." Would that do?

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: Maybe pressurised into making a decision.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will rephrase and say that some family members and residents felt pressured into going to look at alternative accommodation. That is what I am hearing back from the family members. I am only reiterating what the family members are telling me.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: On that basis, I will certainly withdraw it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: On two points-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I suspect that is how rumours grow. It is not too far from the town in walking distance. Mr. Fitzgerald mentioned the ten-bed unit and the specialist care. He is right on the specialist care but these people cannot live independently at home. They need this specialist respite. Even the short-term respite is there to give families relief. That is the kind of care that we still need in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: Additional money was set aside for mental health services in two tranches, one of which amounted to €16 million. I am thinking outside the box. I have been talking to family members who have requests. Would it be possible to move the existing residents across the road into the Midleton Community Hospital section? If the building is not fit for purpose, is it possible, as our guests...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Dr. O'Brien. What she says about the variety of services and so on is very much welcome. I just do not want the point lost that, while people can recover, progress and so on, there will always be a demand for what specific beds we have there already. What I have tried to do here is get clarity so the people of east Cork will know that those services will be protected and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: Let us say the Minister instructed the HSE to reverse the decision to close the Owenacurra Centre and gave a commitment to do whatever had to be done to retain those services and put in a restructuring package. Could that be done if there is support and a will to do so?

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I accept that. Mr. Fitzgerald has said that the HSE is investing in property. We do not care about that because the HSE, as an entity, is obliged to invest in people and look after them to the best of its ability. That obligation has got lost and, therefore, the residents and their families have suffered the most from the HSE's inability to maintain these buildings. What if there was...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions Received (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed. I would like it to be noted that the case managers have put a lot of work into this and other cases. It might seem that we are flying through our business but there is a lot involved here, a lot of reading and so on. I just want that to be noted.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions Received (15 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the secretariat and all of the other members of the committee for the co-operation.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for the answer. There is hope and light in his response. The Department provides the social welfare inspector, so at least there is an avenue there. When the information comes back from the Department, it outlines the deadline for appeal but does not state that the person has opportunities if his or her circumstances are different. I welcome that. I got more...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Sep 2022)

Pat Buckley: This is a bit of a tricky issue. I will give some brief background with a synopsis of this lady's situation. Her name is Margaret. She wrote to me to say she is the mother to her daughter of 36 years. Her daughter has Fraser syndrome and to date is the only one in Ireland with that syndrome. She is deaf, dumb, registered blind and is autistic. She explains how she does the hardest job...