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

Pat Buckley: I agree with that proposal.

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

Pat Buckley: I agree with the Chairman's recommendation and look forward to hearing Mr. Dunne's response. The issues he raises are similar to the issues raised in the petition regarding the Owenacurra centre. I am interested in his response because the situation at St. Brigid's Hospital seems to mirror what is happening with other institutions that are old and archaic and in which no investment has been...

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. Briefly, I wish to refer to petition No. 42/2021 relating to saving the services at the Owenacurra centre in Midleton. We have not received much of an update, even through parliamentary questions, on this matter. It has been discussed by this committee and also the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health. We still have no clarity on what is actually happening with the premises and I...

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

Pat Buckley: The Deputy is welcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Pat Buckley: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist with an urgent matter in relation to school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63012/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Zone Management (16 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. He mentioned the section of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993, which gives effect to the International Convention on Salvage of 1989. However, it says that the Minister for Transport has the power to appoint an official, known as a receiver of the wreck, to organise the process of dealing with it. If I go back to where we are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Zone Management (16 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: As the Minister will be aware, the MV Altaran aground in Ballycotten last February and unfortunately, it is still there. It has not been moved. It is a massive blight on the area of Ballycotten. We pride ourselves on the coastal area. It is also a health and safety issue that has been ongoing since last February and has not been addressed. I spoke to the landowner and contacted the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); if she will make arrangements to support Cork County Council with funding to address the safety issues identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61294/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent assistance his Department can provide in the early intervention of orthodontics services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61171/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I have listened to the first speaker and will get straight to the point because I do not mince words. Dr. O'Brien mentioned the reasonable distance for services. There is St. Catherine's ward in Cork city and St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, is very rural. There are also services in Kanturk, Mallow, Fermoy, Macroom, the Western Road, Cork, Blackrock, Cork, and two places in Skibbereen....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: Why could it not buy one in Midleton?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I am sorry for cutting across Mr. Fitzgerald but I am conscious of the time. The HSE's opening statement mentioned A Vision for Change. We have a catchment area of over 94,000 people in east Cork. The HSE is obliged to provide a service when areas reach around 100,000 people. We are fairly close to that and yet it is moving services back into the city, even to the far side of the city,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: It was a 24-bed service-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for his honesty. Chair, may I ask just one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I will be brief. Thank you, Chair, and I thank Mr. Fitzgerald again for his reply. My fear is that while everything looks very well in plans and on paper, Mr. Fitzgerald said the services are consultant-led. We have problems with recruitment of consultants and so on at the moment. My biggest fear, therefore, is that east Cork will lose its vital services and that the HSE is trying to fix...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I want to return to the issue of independent living. I do not have any faith in it because the timeframe is way too long. Would the HSE consider retaining the existing services in Midleton while working around the difficulties? The witnesses referred to other alternatives but I do not believe they are there. If they are not there as alternatives, they are not an option at the moment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I will make one final point. I have listened to what Mr. Fitzgerald has said. I believe we will be back here again, perhaps in 12 months' time. As many of the Deputies on this call are well aware, between 2000 and 2002, we had 69 suicides in east Cork, the majority of these occurring in Midleton. Despite this, Mr. Fitzgerald is telling me we do not need services in this town. I do not...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses. It is great to be here talking about this. God knows this is surely not a one-off situation, although I hope it is. A substantial amount of information was provided to the committee about this. There were nearly 200 pages of evidence. Going back to what Mr. Barrett was saying regarding 2012 and the enforcement notice in 2013, Westmeath County Council clearly states...