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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Pat Buckley: ...House during the week. I spoke to someone who is one of only two tinsmiths left. I told him that I worked in construction years ago, and our building site was beside a halting site in County Kildare. We had to bring specific timber up from County Cork, which was the only place you could get it. We arrived in the building site, parked the van and trailer, went for tea, came back and the...

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

Pat Buckley: ...regarding opening up old entrances. Mr. Creighton spoke about the estate having only one entrance and about high levels of antisocial behaviour taking place in lanes. I would be saying to Kildare County Council, in the context of the Rathangan area, that this is a good news story. The council should carry on with the work it is doing and continue to engage with the people. I...

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

Pat Buckley: .... Looking at where the council is now in comparison with where it has come from gives me hope. On my own behalf at least, I thank Mr. Creighton very much for the information today. I wish Kildare County Council the best of luck. I hope Mr. Creighton will not forget where we are because we can push the Government for funding. I hope the people of Rathangan in Kildare will get plenty of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: That is going to Kildare County Council, back to the petitioner and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...the words of Deputy O'Loughlin. The Minister of State's answer referred to funding. Funding for the youth sector has been cut by 28.5% since 2008. This is a much wider issue than Rathangan and Kildare. It is a national issue. The Minister of State and the Government need to be honest and fund these services into the future. They are not emergency measures. Rather, they are the...

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Pat Buckley: ...in Rathangan in 1996 and has flourished with the support of the local community and local businesses since then. It meets the specific need for such services in this rural part of County Kildare. Approximately 50 young people access youth services in the town, including those provided by Foróige. As Deputy O'Loughlin informed the House, a youth café was established in...