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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (31 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: It has been an absolute pleasure and a great experience working with Mr. Bollins in the last petitions committee as well. It is sad to see him go. One person’s loss is another’s gain is right. It has been an absolute pleasure and an honour to work with such amazing staff within this committee. Whatever changes there are, we have to accept. We also welcome in the new staff....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with Deputy Farrell. I have dealt with many protected disclosures and have raised some in the House with the Minister. There are smaller companies with perhaps eight or 12 employees that have major contracts, with the HSE for example. We said at the outset that we would try to be inclusive and to protect everybody. I worry that if we exclude smaller companies, people will slip...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I concur with Deputy Mairéad Farrell. Again, my experience, even in the previous Dáil, was one where people who came to me with protected disclosures did so as a last case scenario. It was very difficult to get a reply from a Minister with responsibility in whatever was the relevant field concerning the protected disclosure. I remember raising such an issue on the floor of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: To touch on that aspect again, I understand what the Minister is saying. My fear here, though, is that the Minister is saying this is a procedural thing and that certain channels should be set out for reporting these types of disclosures. There seems, however, to be a gap in respect of when the procedural process is followed all the way to the top and the issues have not been addressed. My...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is one of my concerns, because it is not happening now. It seems that issues in protected disclosures are still not being resolved, whether people go to a Minister or the Minister refers such disclosures to a body such as the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, for example. The response comes back down the line to inform me, as a witness for the whistleblower, that the issues have been...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I echo what Deputy Farrell said and thank the Minister for working on both sides. I also thank the members. As has been said many times, the two most difficult things to do in this country are to tell the truth and to help people because you normally get punished for it. This is important. Everybody should be proud of what has already been achieved, even though nothing has been achieved....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: I understand from where the Minister is coming. It is welcome that he is open to discussing the matter further down the line, with the possibility of changes. We dealt with a similar issue at the Committee on Public Petitions in the context of legacy and so on. Through agreement and amendments in that regard, we set it up. It was agreed that we could not be restrictive in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the 30-day waiting time for receivership of a company (details supplied) in County Limerick will be waived in order that employees can access social welfare assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 911. To ask the Minister for Health if he will visit the Owenacurra Health Centre in Midleton, County Cork and instruct the HSE not to close the centre but to improve it and retain all the services that were present pre-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 913. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two short-term respite beds are closed in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork and all the associated services with those beds have ceased; when these services will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14317/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 914. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork have told the HSE that they do not want to leave the centre and want to remain in the centre as it is their forever home and want to see all the services retained despite the HSE saying that the centre is not fit for purpose (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 915. To ask the Minister for Health if he will obtain assurances from the HSE that the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork will remain open and that all pre-Covid-19 services will be retained and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not build a new fit-for-purpose mental health centre on the grounds of the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork retaining all existing pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE would not build a new purpose-built mental health centre to replace the existing Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork on the adjacent grounds at the Midleton Community Hospital and retain all pre-Covid-19 services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 920. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has found an appropriate building or premises in Midleton, County Cork to provide mental health day care services which were suspended in March 2020 and formally administered at the Owenacurra Health Centre if the service is running at 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14324/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 921. To ask the Minister for Health the location and name of the proposed premises to provide mental health day care services in Midleton, County Cork due to the removal of services from the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork in March 2020; if the day-care services have resumed; if the service is running at 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to that the two short-term respite beds in the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork are now closed; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if the Owenacurra Health Centre, Midleton, County Cork is to be closed by the HSE that there will be a loss of 24 long stay residential beds and respite facilities for persons with severe and enduring mental health difficulties in east County Cork; the HSE plans to retain these services in Midleton, County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Pat Buckley: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the location the 22 long stay respite beds based in Midleton, County Cork at the Owenacurra Health Centre will be moved to in Midleton if the centre is to be closed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14326/22]