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Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...language at the time was, of course, everybody wanted the railway back but I am a realist. When Ms Brennan stated, "The closed railway line running north of Claremorris to Charlestown and on to Sligo is simply not going to reopen anytime soon." I noted she is a realist. Ms Brennan is correct, and I agree with it. We had 600 people in Youghal at a meeting one night, and I laid out the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (20 Sep 2018)

Pat Buckley: ...but we are probably going to get a lot of generic answers on this and we are well aware of it. Cork, Kerry, Wexford and Tipperary services are understaffed. We now have problems in Waterford and Sligo. I can tell the Minister of State how bad it is within 16 seconds. A 13 year old was in CAMHS but somebody in his or her wisdom decided that she may not have Asperger's, so she was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: ...high calibre Consultants it requires." We also learned that in 2016 no applications whatsoever were received in respect of 44 consultant psychiatrist posts advertised. These positions were in the Sligo-Leitrim and Cavan-Monaghan areas, the Central Mental Hospital, the Carlow-Kilkenny area, Donegal, Longford, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Waterford, Wexford and Cork. Surely this is having a...