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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is a matter of public record.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: She was physically and sexually assaulted. This House quite rightly expresses concerns about safeguarding and vulnerable people. Much has been made of those matters in recent weeks,-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: -----but when it comes to this young disabled woman, there appears to be less-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: I shall continue. A report was commissioned by the HSE in much the same way that the Catholic Church used to investigate itself. It has its own little investigative arm. It investigated the allegations and the report was withheld from Louise Hassan, a single mom and Caitlin’s mother, for no reason.When she wrote to the HSE to the disability services manager to get sight and access...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Ceannaire is very kind and I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Brambles is a day and respite care service operated by St. Catherine's Association in Newcastle, County Wicklow. It is a service that is available for parents and carers of children and young adults with intellectual disabilities. I have to declare a conflict of interest here. My nephew, who has Down's syndrome, gets much...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I welcome the Minister. I note that all the amendments have been ruled out of order. I also note that we are at a particular point where nobody knows what is going to happen in the next couple of weeks. I know the Minister's time is limited in terms of getting this through. Members, including Senator Malcolm Byrne, spoke at length about the graduates and the institutions that would be...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Just by way of explanation, all the subsequent amendments pertaining to all the sections from Senator McDowell and I all refer to the same principle of including extra institutions. I do not intend to speak to them as I spoke to the Minister about it earlier and last week. I take in good faith his assurance they will, with whatever discretion they have, seek to include those graduates. ...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I will be a shot in the arm, being the young energetic Senator that I am.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I do not share the same ideological ground as Senator Mullen. My amendment relates to the categories of citizens set out in the legislation. It includes all those referred to.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: What the Minister said may have been unintentional but she should clarify the record because, with respect, my amendment seeks explicitly to protect that category of citizens in question.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister is simply continuing; she has not corrected the record. I ask the Chair to direct the following question to the Minister: does she intend to correct the record or does she stand by her assertion that there is nothing in my amendment that would seek to protect all the categories of citizens as set out by her and her drafters? I have explicitly referred to protecting them.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Will the Minister correct the record?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: She said none of the amendments submitted by any of the Senators would protect a transgender person. I have the greatest of respect for the Minister; this is not personal.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister is very welcome to the Chamber again. I do not have any objection whatsoever to the intentions and principles that underpin this Bill. It is sometimes said that perfection is the enemy of the good, but one small imperfection in this Bill is the enemy of the good intentions of the Minister and the Government. With regard to the definition of hate I have submitted in my...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: With respect to the Senator, it is not a comprehensive list because all of humanity is infinite and varietal. All difference is to be celebrated. To read-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is a finite list, so it cannot purport to represent the infinite variety of all human beings which, as I said, should be celebrated.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: As the Deputy says, we are so immersed in the neoliberal imperative. However, I can remember Ireland in the seventies. I got my first job in the eighties. I can remember it, dark and all as it was. There were certain things in respect of which there were received values, such as housing and health. I remember watching a documentary programme involving Alan Whicker in America. I...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh again for bringing forward this useful legislation. I have very little to add to the questions I put last week. One of the questions I put was about the categories of citizens that might be deemed suitable for inclusion, so I endorse what Ms Ní Bhuachalla says about all categories of citizens as set out in the Equal Status Act. As regards thinking...