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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: ...who still need to be housed in the community. Our councillor, Liam Quaide, must take credit for all his determination to tackle the decision of the HSE and Neasa Hourigan worked tirelessly too. Pat [Buckley, I wonder?] is a hero of mine! I was so grateful to Tess O'Donovan for being willing to meet me last year, though we had to postpone our arrangements for December. I shall miss my...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is unusual to be getting the thanks and it is unusual to speaking briefly about the Owenacurra centre. To everybody here who has worked on petitions committee, those who are here now and have worked on it previously, I want to say a heartfelt thanks, as well as to everybody out there, Joe Public, the media and everybody else. I am not going to name names because I will leave somebody...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed, Chair. I note there is a lot of correspondence there with the European Ombudsman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: As I have stated previously, this is not a political committee. It gives credit where credit is due. I read recently about the roll-out of oral contraception, whether it is at a supermarket, a sweet shop, a chemist, a pharmacy or wherever. There is a stipulation that it can only be paid for with cash. I know this is very unusual, but it is a good step. At the moment, as soon as a Ryanair...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with Senator Lombard. A commonsense approach does not appear to have been adopted here. We need to ask questions. Most people would think that doing the right thing is simple. It could possibly be done under statutory obligation. Sometimes they can do that and make changes. It should be interesting. I will give the Senator 100% support in that regard. Any opportunity we can...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: I wish to thank the secretariat, as usual.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: ...public that they were happy and thanking the committee for dealing with their petitions and getting results. That comes down to the amount of work that Leo, Karen, Barbara, Alex, Donal, Clare and Pat do. People come and go. I extend a massive thank you on behalf of the members to the staff for the amount of work that goes on kind of scenes that people do not see. It is welcome when get...