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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: The problem here is that members of the Joint Committee on Health are going to visit the Owenacurra centre to look at the so-called structural deficiencies that formed part of a HSE report on the centre. That is one of the reasons the centre is being closed. The petitioners are raising a separate issue relating to the same premises, namely, the social impact of all the services being lost...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: To be honest, I would find that difficult. As I said, I am not acting as a go-between for the Owenacurra centre. I am a public representative and I take the same amount of punishment or credit as others. My feeling from working on this, talking to the service users and listening to the petitioners is that they have exhausted all avenues. That is why they need this opportunity to tell...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I have no issues with that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is a middle ground. I thank the Chair.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I just want to say thank you for today. This is what the committee is about. It is about dialogue and fairness, and about meeting in the middle ground. At the end of the day, the committee is set up as a forum for people to have a voice. We must just progress with this and I thank the Chairman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (3 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: I can see both sides here. I thank the committee for hearing me out. I understand the issue about duplication. If the suggestion is that the secretariat writes to the Sub-Committee on Mental Health, the health committee and others, and asks where the issue is at or if those other committees are finished considering the issue, at least then we will know what action to take. I am happy...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Pat Buckley: We are back again. I am delighted to speak on this and thank Deputies Ward and Daly for bringing this motion forward. It was said already there are 71,000 children waiting for life-changing treatment, including 19,000 who are waiting for more than 12 months for occupational therapy, psychotherapy, speech and language therapy and many more mental health services. I do not know when the...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic. The report on the look-back review into CAMHS services in south Kerry is a damning one on a disgraceful situation. I commend the whistleblower on coming forward and on what that has done. We would not do what was done here to animals, and that is being honest. I also bring another situation in the youth mental health services to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the Minister's reply. That this is the largest single school building project ever undertaken by the Department shows that the population of east Cork is absolutely ballooning and is also set to balloon in the next ten years. I wanted to raise the matter because we are at maximum capacity in other areas. In Midleton, St. Mary's High School has major capacity issues. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I thank the Minister for being here at this ungodly hour. She is well aware of the issue with the Carrigtohill Community College campus. I will always give credit where credit is due. The issues were not the fault of the Department. There were many issues with the planning and mistakes were made. I also want to acknowledge that a temporary campus was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland’s fuel security at Whitegate Oil Refinery east County Cork; if the industry is protected and preserved into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department has been in discussion with a company (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss preserving Ireland’s only oil refinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland’s only oil refinery (details supplied) at Whitegate, east County Cork will be nationalised in the event of the refinery facing closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 537. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the St. Raphael's Covid-19 test centre in Youghal, County Cork has been removed from the HSE website; if the HSE plans to cease its testing operation in Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/22]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Justice Mahon for his opening statement. As many of the issues have been already covered, I will be brief. In his opening statement, Mr. Justice Mahon mentioned that the section 114 process is limited. I heard some of his earlier comments and responses. We have engaged with a number of ombudspersons over the past 12 months. In fairness, they are exemplary in their work. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the ombudsman. We all know people from all walks of life within the Defence Forces and we are well aware of the all the absolutely amazing work they have done. There are ex-members who, when they left the service, were delighted with the work they did. There are, however, many examples of post-traumatic stress disorder and the supports do not seem to be there for those members. I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations of the secretariat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations of the secretariat. It has been extremely comprehensive. There is a strong reply there from the Department as well and it is fairly clear and clarifies everything that the petitioner is looking for.