Results 101-120 of 185 for long speaker:Pat Buckley

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...the Department definitely has a copy. It might be a handy addition to the steering group. I have three brief questions. Has she a date for when the review will be actually be carried out? How long will the families have to wait? Will it be ready for October 2021 and the enrolment of secondary school places? I understand where the Minister is coming from but a common sense approach...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (11 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: I echo the Chairman's sentiments and those of the last speaker. I also echo the Chairman's remarks about the Ombudsman. The information was excellent. We need to engage like this. As I said a long time ago when I sat on the last committee, this is a very important committee. I thank the secretariat because it does a lot of work behind the scenes.

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...services. It is well documented. He actually had to lie to get help - that will tell you how serious the service was. He has formally now just finished a little book, Memories & Hope: my long journey from there to here. What he meant by "there" was "in the bad place". A previous speaker mentioned homelessness as well. It is joined-up thinking between the local services of...

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...her opening speech in regard to the existing hospital not being fit-for-purpose. She is spot-on. It is archaic. An article I read recently states: It is sobering to think that the brand new, and long-awaited, national psychiatric hospital will be full within a few years, such is the demand. The new Central Mental Hospital, located in Portrane, in north Co Dublin, will increase the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...our people. I appeal to the Government not to be found wanting. Let us all do our best. We will work with the Government on whatever is coming. I welcome the initiative of the debate. It is long overdue. In the coming weeks we will hopefully be sitting here again, maybe after Christmas, and saying that we will get down to the crux of this and get things right.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...made so many I could write two books on them. I would probably have seven or eight reports. One puts the hand up when one makes a mistake and, if brave enough, apologises. It has gone on for too long. It is now the chance for the State and everybody else who colluded in the abuse of these people over the years to stand up and be counted, put up their hand, say they made a mistake and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Pat Buckley: I believe it was CUH. I am not 100% but it was one of the hospitals in Cork. I believe the drive-in test centre where two people waited too long and left, and a number of hours later got a text back to say they tested positive, is in Carrigtwohill. Many people out there are frightened. Can we get clarity on what are serious results relating to Covid and on the nature of results...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (10 Sep 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...out of the toilet bowl, people will be fed and everybody will be happy. If that is true, we should be ashamed of ourselves. We are here to represent people and get things right. I am not here long enough, but the Minister of State can hear that I am angry. I am fed up of getting these one-liners. It is not his fault and it is not a personal attack on him, but on the system. I do not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (10 Sep 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...or tell their managers they cannot cope, they are classed as troublemakers. How does one run a service when the top and the middle do not link up, never mind bottom? Obviously, the issue here is long-term underfunding. Recruitment has been an awful issue here and there have been many health and safety issues. I listened to one poor woman who said there was no seating for the patient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Pat Buckley: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the list of conditions on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Pat Buckley: ...meat plants, which currently fall under guidelines rather than legislation. We should also see urgency in sorting out school transport and the issues affecting people with disabilities. Not too long ago it was mentioned that there would be a package of €16.5 million for pubs, and with 2,500 members of the vinters' association, this works out at approximately €6,400 each,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jul 2020)

Pat Buckley: The long-awaited report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has been subject to numerous delays. Many survivors and victims have contacted me in recent days and even this morning. They are asking for a commitment from the Taoiseach that the final report, which is promised to be published in October, will not be delayed any further. I ask the Taoiseach for a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (14 Jul 2020)

Pat Buckley: This judgment has serious implications. It is about accountability and responsibility. It beggars belief that this judgment has come back from the European Union. It was not too long ago that we raised other marine safety issues relating to lifeboat gear, the Coast Guard and so on in the House. It is imperative that the matter is investigated. We have to get clarity in respect of what...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Pat Buckley: .... This is why I call on the House to support this motion. The motion says to build public housing developments on public land, led by local authorities, to deliver affordable homes, affordable cost rental homes, and to use long-term low interest borrowing from the Housing Finance Agency, the European Investment Bank and our credit unions. No one should have to live to work. We should...

Section 39 Organisations: Motion [Private Members] (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: ...wondering what we are debating I will put it in basic simple terms. The heart of the motion is calling on the Department of the Taoiseach to intensively engage with the not-for-profit sector to develop a long-term vision that would allow the sector and future Governments to provide services in a more integrated approach, underpinned by any new legislative change required and with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: 454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend long-term illness benefit to persons with enduring mental illness over 16 years of age that cannot work consistently due to their condition. [53231/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (10 Dec 2019)

Pat Buckley: ...are trying to fix something that is not broken. It says that the recommendations of the report, which have been accepted by the board of Bord na gCon, provide a road map to underpin a sustainable long-term future for the industry. If something is working, please do not try to fix it again. If we lose that industry in Youghal, it will affect our tourism. Many of the issues in this are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: ...this, they produced a report and the Government accepted the majority of the recommendations made and agreed with the budget allocations. All of this was completed in 15 months. Are we plodding along here? I have only been a Member for a short time but my background has been in the mental health area for the past 15 or 16 years. It is like Groundhog Day in terms of what is being said...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Pat Buckley: ...: "The Government's core stated objective is to promote care in the community in order that people can continue to live with confidence, security and dignity in their homes and communities for as long as possible." If he was to cut the sentence that followed and insert his own, he might say: "There is a possibility we will close a 44-bed unit in Cobh and remove a community care service...

Committee on Public Petitions: Save Fermoy Weir: Discussion. (3 Jul 2019)

Pat Buckley: ...but some do not. According to IFI's presentation, this situation may affect migrating species. "May" means there is a possibility. As it stands, the weir's condition is affecting many people along the River Blackwater. As far down as the old estuary, I am worried about the tourism side of the situation. It seems that we could be discussing this for a further ten years and it still...