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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 465. 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. [38199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contracts for electrification of the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines have been signed; if his Department has signed any procurement contract to purchase new electric trains to service both railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has ringfenced moneys from the European Union stimulus plan (details supplied) to fund the new rail work in Cork; the amount that has been ringfenced; if this will also include a number of new railway stations along the existing lines on the Cork to Cobh and the Cork to Midleton railway lines; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will have approval of all procurement contracts for new electric trains and carriages for the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines to be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some local authority areas including Cork County Council, recipients of the increased disability allowance payment will have this included in their means testing if they are also in receipt of HAP and will lose out on this increase through their rent contribution; the steps...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work that he is undertaking to ensure that HAP recipients benefit from increases in other social protection payments that they are entitled to and that means testing of income in relation to HAP does not cancel out such increases in future. [37027/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: In October 2021, 350 general employment permits were provided for hospitality but only managers were on the critical skills list. Why is it only managers? Prior to Covid the hospitality sector in the country was huge, with more than 260,000 people working in the industry. I would like to know where they have gone. We are speaking about chefs of all things. As a country we have an amazing...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion. (7 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Dr. Kelleher for her bravery. It is not easy telling her own family's stories. At the outset, I am well aware of the Owenacurra Centre. It is in my own town. Listening to her last statement, there is a mixture of emotions between anger and sadness. She hit the nail on the head in that the HSE is going against its own policy and the Sláintecare policy of a community-led,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion. (7 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: As I stated, in 2016 there were a few leaks in the building and cracks in the ceiling, and there was some plasterwork to be done. The estimated cost was €1,000 to do the cracks, €3,000 to repair the ceilings, €3,000 to fix the leaks and so on and €300 or so to put in a sink. Those are minuscule amounts of money. Those figures date from 2016, when the HSE had not...