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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Housing and Homelessness in County Kildare: Kildare County Council (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for the information that was provided, which is a massive help. Their engagement has been exemplary. They have had many public and private meetings. I understand there were four meetings with the petitioner. I have seen how the estate was and where it is going now. I understand the situation was complicated when the developer...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Housing and Homelessness in County Kildare: Kildare County Council (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I am just going through the three phases. Mr. Creighton has set out the timelines. It is good for the council to air these matters today because people do not understand all of the links in the chain. As I have said, it is not too often that everything is laid out for the Committee on Public Petitions, not only in black and white, but in colour, so that it can be understood. This is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: He is using the commission's report as an excuse. The report stated the building at the centre was not fit for purpose. Michael Fitzgerald, the Cork Kerry Community Healthcare chief officer, is using the commission as an excuse. Is it possible for the commission to approach the HSE and say it is misinformation and an untruth? It is taking the information from the report out of context and...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I, too, welcome this debate. It was not too long ago we were arguing about the duty of candour. I recognise that the Minister will look at the Part 5 review and strengthen that. What this House is about is debating it. We are all trying to sing from the same hymn sheet here. I was a little surprised when the Minister was on about the 50:50 for yea and nay on the audits. That is...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Pat Buckley: I suppose the Minister is black and blue from listening to it, but I will cut straight to the chase. The duty of candour has to be put on a statutory footing. In the short few years I have been here, we have scandals including CervicalCheck, vaginal mesh, mother and baby homes, the mental health system and the disability system. It comes down to oversight, accountability and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Ministers of State. I am aware that a lot of work and positive engagement has taken place. It is fabulous that has happened. I have listened to the witnesses. The problem is that the commercial side is not as complicated as the family home. The Minister of State mentioned Insurance Ireland and the Northern Irish Department for Communities and, therefore, it is an all-Ireland...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for attending. This is the fourth time I have raised a Topical Issue matter on boil water notices in east Cork. Many Deputies are lucky to be able to raise four Topical Issue matters in one year. I want to paint a picture by referring to recent newspaper headlines, including in theIrish Examiner: "Urgent boil water notice issued for Whitegate area of Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group on coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork; and the details of the plans for long-term measures to address this continuing problem which has only had stop-gap measures applied to date which have not provided lasting protection for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently request senior Office of Public Works engineers to assess the works that were recently undertaken to arrest coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork and to determine if further remedial works are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: You have caught me on the hop, Chair. I do not have any questions. I have observations more than anything else. We have heard from many witnesses over recent weeks and months that any service in the disability sector seems to be extremely restrictive. We have heard about opportunities for anybody with any form of disability. I hate using that word because it is a label. This is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I will be very brief and I am not picking on any individual here but I can remember in my former role as spokesperson on mental health that DCU was the very first educational body to bring me in as a spokesperson to meet with the students inside. It was so open and normalised and we had pizza. I can see how that has moved and progressed, perhaps not as fast as we might have hoped....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: I always give credit where it is due. The Minister stated "There has been a bit of a cliff edge for autistic people when it comes to the end of the traditional secondary school education", an issue we discussed in the previous session of the meeting. He is correct, and we will welcome anything that is positive, but some of the earlier witnesses spoke about funding. The Minister referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1039. To ask the Minister for Health when the extension and refurbishment of 33 beds at Kanturk Community Hospital, County Cork will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1040. To ask the Minister for Health when works will be completed on the 50-bed replacement unit at Youghal Community Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health when the refurbishment and extension plus 71 beds will be completed at St. Patrick’s Community Hospital, Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54652/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: A lot has been covered. I thank both groups for what they do. It is fairly substantial and we can be critical of services a lot of the time but I am well aware of what St. Joseph's Foundation does and it is amazing work. We keep saying, as politicians, that a lot of these services should be based on needs and not on means, and when there is no charge for a service, it lifts a weight from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Pat Buckley: We had a good session in the first part of this committee. Listening to the witnesses and looking at their faces, I see the anger, frustration and hurt. We are not here to patronise. What is important is for the witnesses to tell their stories in the committee so they get into the media and people know what is going on. I was lucky enough in the previous term, back in 2016, to be mental...

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: 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...