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Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: If we receive a protected disclosure concerning mistreatment, mismanagement, misinformation or lack of co-operation in the service and give it to the HSE, can I get a commitment from the HSE that it will be acted on, the issues in it resolved and the so-called whistleblower protected?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: Mr. Fitzgerald is a gentleman. I thank all the witnesses.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: Good afternoon. I thank everyone for their honesty and for their time. Much has been covered but I want to return to what Mr. O'Dwyer said about waiting lists on appeals and such matters. It struck me straight away and it reminds me of the local housing issue. Even though between 1,600 and 1,700 people are waiting, in the next month there will be an influx of more. If that list is not...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I would not say that today as my wife would kill me because I married a Waterford woman, so the Chairman is safe here.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I love these meetings and people's honesty. No matter what you are doing, information is the key. Without information, whether it is getting it into the public domain to educate people or it is being provided at committee meetings for us to learn what is happening on the ground, and without dialogue, we cannot come up with solutions. I thank the witnesses and look forward to re-engaging at...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I agree.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the recommendations; they are excellent.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: There is agreement on the recommendations.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: We are in agreement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: We are in agreement with the secretariat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: We are in agreement with the secretariat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: We are in agreement with the secretariat's advice.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I will come in briefly. The committee, during the lifetime of this Dáil and that which preceded it, received a petition regarding unauthorised development on the Shannon Estuary. The most recent correspondence the committee received in this regard arrived more than three months ago. We have not had anything back from Meath County Council or Inland Waterways. Is there any update on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. That is much appreciated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Owenacurra mental health facility, Midleton, County Cork is to close by October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which the 19 residents and patients will be redeployed to in east County Cork after the closure of the Owenacurra mental health centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the location to which the staff will be redeployed in east County Cork after the closure of the Owenacurra mental health centre, Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose for which the Owenacurra mental health centre, Midleton, County Cork will be used once it closes later in 2021; if the building is deemed not fit for purpose if it be will used for an alternative purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for the site of the Owenacurra mental health centre, Midleton, County Cork in order to reinstate the services that were there previously; if the existing building will be demolished and a new centre built in its place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pat Buckley: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if a health centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork is in the ownership of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43619/21]