Results 61-80 of 2,351 for speaker:Pat Buckley
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair. I note that she has saved the best for last.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I am happy enough with that. I would like to hear about the apprenticeships from Galway City Council.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: That is lovely. I appreciate that. To reiterate, we are here to help. If we can assist in any way, please do come back to us.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank Dublin City Council and Galway City Council for coming before the committee. I know their time is precious. I mention the definition of a mobile home. We discussed looking at modular homes as being better value and having a longer timeframe. What would the witnesses' take on that be? It has to do with the preferences of the Traveller community. While we are on housing and when...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Whitmore for her patience. I am very proud of this committee. The fact that is that this lastchance.com for Mr. Gaffney. Any fellow outside the door would know what has gone on here. I have read the stuff about the case but listening to Mr. Gaffney and hearing it from him, I recognise the beauty and genuineness of him and his family and everything else. We must consider...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: It is absolutely mind-boggling. I am delighted Mr. Gaffney is here and has put the matter on record. That is extremely important. He has all the evidence. I do not come from a maritime background at all. I might have been picking periwinkles a number of years ago or something and I did not like that job either. Mr. Gaffney has all the evidence and nobody has asked him for it. As he...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Exactly.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: That is only a label.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Did Mr. Gaffney have to live on that boat? It was not that he gave up.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: And Mr. Gaffney has lost everything.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I admire Mr. Gaffney for his strength and I envy him for his family and the people he has around him. I admire him because when an injustice happens, it should be automatically corrected so it does not happen again to somebody else, whereas here it is seems to be pushed under the carpet. Nobody is taking responsibility. Everybody is trying to find a technical way of getting out of it, such...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I do not believe in Irish taxpayers’ money for this. No way. It has nothing to do with it.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I can guarantee Mr. Gaffney that we will follow up with it. I am conscious of time. Does Mr. Gaffney wish to make a closing statement?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Absolutely.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: As I said, we will follow up. Does anybody else wish to come in?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Yes, too many times.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Agreed. It is a good news story, for a change.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: That is agreed.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: Just that it is agreed.