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- 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: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I have made a note of that, Deputy Brady.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: The only floodgates I can see is the other boats out in the water now that there could be a disaster with.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: But he is still fighting.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: I can certainly give Mr. Gaffney a commitment that this case will go further. We will probably follow it up with the marine safety office as well and have Mr. Gaffney back in. He and the other witnesses are the experts in the room when it comes to this matter. I give him a full commitment that we will follow up. The way Mr. Gaffney has been treated is absolutely shocking.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Pat Buckley: As I said, for the public outside, this is has been amazingly beneficial. It was extremely informative in such a short period of time. Sometimes we feel a bit guilty because Mr. Gaffney has been fighting this for 15 years. He gets his five or ten minutes of fame in here. It is not about fame; it is about getting stuff on the record. This committee is non-political. When we were setting...