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Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I was in construction for years. I did sewerage and water works so I know what we are talking about here. I am very frustrated on behalf of Mr. Coskeran. I can now see some part of the picture of where the county council is coming from but I have a number of questions. The DPIs categorises estates according to the number of residential units. Category three estates contain under 50...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: Now we are getting forward a bit more. The more I listen, the more I am saying to myself this has to be a governmental change at top level. In the meantime, however, and Mr. Coskeran is not alone in this, there are families throughout the country who are obviously in the same situation, and I believe almost 700 estates in the country are in a similar situation. This is a major issue, and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: This is really not about pointing fingers; it is about having this discussion, which is very welcome. I am very conscious the Mr. Coskeran is in the Gallery. We have to have these conversations, particularly because, as we have been discussing this matter, a picture has been painted. There seem to be gaps in the legislation, quite possibly since Irish Water was set up. This restricts the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: My final question concerned what we could physically do today after this meeting to assist the witnesses to move forward as fast as possible?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Lonergan and Mr. McGrath.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I am a bit confused. When this went for planning, there had to be specifications involved. If Mr. Coskeran went for planning for those five houses and if planning had been agreed under the conditions set, the additional condition set was that he was going to have to put in his own wastewater treatment plant. Surely there was an MOU or an agreement signed in advance of those works. Does...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: Surely someone had to sign off on the original planning with the stipulations. Can we get a copy of that document or those documents?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: When the applicants applied for the taking in charge, there must have been a response as to whether X,Y and Z had been done in regard to snagging on the site, whether the footpaths were okay, whether the camera had gone down the sewer and whether the water had been checked. Surely there was a signing off on that. I am asking that because I am trying to support the council. Mr. Coskeran...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed. An awful lot of work went into this. Much work goes on behind the scenes and I thank the secretariat and the rest of the staff because there is a lot of work. We can go through things here quickly enough but people do not see the amount of work that is behind it. I wanted that on record.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: It is agreed. That is good news.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I sit on the autism committee so I will have the best of both worlds.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I echo what the Chair said. Since I have come in here the staff have been amazing, just excellent. Well done to everyone. Once they move along, I wish them the best of luck.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council (27 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witness for that answer. At least we know the council applied. Who set up the expert panel? Was that a Government-nominated expert panel?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: 759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the ongoing failure of his Department to consistently meet forestry licence issuance and afforestation targets. [53139/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2023 (25 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: 760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in Budget 2023 to support young farmers. [53140/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Summer Programme 2023: Motion (25 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: I move: That the Joint Committee on Autism — notes the evidence of parents of autistic children and other stakeholders about difficulties with the Summer Programme and while not having met all the key stakeholders, given the urgency of the current situation, calls on the Minister for Education to: — ensure that all autistic children will have access to the Summer Programme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Summer Programme 2023: Motion (25 Oct 2022)

Pat Buckley: No, I think the motion is self-explanatory and I am conscious of time. I thank the committee for its co-operation.