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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 5 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: In paragraph (a), after "household use", to insert ", including details of associated BER ratings and proposals to retrofit houses to improve their BER rating"

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: On behalf of Senators Ruane and Higgins, I have been asked to move amendments to the consequential amendment No. 14c8. We have some concerns about the wording used in amendment No. 14c8 and are a little unclear as to what is intended. Amendment No. 1 seeks to delete the phrase "as the Minister considers necessary from subsection (5)(b) as it caveats the provision that a review conducted...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 1: In subsection (5)(b), to delete “as the Minister considers necessary”.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 2: To delete subsection (6).

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I also thank the Minister very much for his statement and for everything that has followed. My apologies that I had to attend the Committee on Disability Matters. I have an interest in safeguarding, particularly when it comes to sexual violence, sexual assault and rape. In 2000, I completed a PhD, a doctorate, while serving as an Army officer. I set out very...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Thanks Chair. I apologise as I obviously missed the Minister's response on that. I ask him to address the questions I asked, given everything we have learned about how Ireland rolls with regard to this. Abusers are protected and shielded. Organisations' default position is to protect themselves and their reputations. Very far down the line is the welfare of those who have been targeted...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for his frank response, which I appreciate. I apologise again to the Chair that I did not hear the earlier contributions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Ms Gallagher for her detailed evidence. I will try to be brief because she has covered so much ground. I first thank her for all the extraordinary human rights work she does in the UK and elsewhere. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a graduation ceremony at UCD a couple of years ago. My eldest guy, who has gone well past the tooth fairy, graduated in law at UCD. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I apologise; as the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is before another committee, I will have to leave after their responses to attend it. I was on the DSG and benefited from Ms Dempsey-Clifford's stewardship and her skills as a chair, so I appreciate that very much. As for the NDA's reports, I have a number of young adults and teenagers. My youngest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I have received hundreds of emails from families in crisis for whom precisely that is what has happened. For example, a couple in their 80s will have had their son or a daughter who are in their 50s returned to them. I have been told that sometimes, people are transported in a taxi or a minibus and the parents are told, "Here you are." This is not fake news. It is not an artificial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Why is it the case that people like Daniel Airey, Geraldine Lavelle and my son cannot get that support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: What about the tens of thousands of people who are coming through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Let us not deflect from the core issue. What about the tens of thousands people who are coming through? I refer to people like my nephew, Donagh, who has Down's syndrome and lives in Dundrum. There is nothing for him. There is nothing for my son. There is nothing for the hundreds of people who have contacted me and because of the statistical analysis, there are many thousands of people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I appreciate that, and I appreciate that is a frank response. It aligns with my experience that it is of low priority. Apart from giving out about this, there is a responsibility on people like me to try to be a part of the dynamic that persuades those in positions of power to actually have the political will to drive this thing forward. I will try to finish with something positive. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: On that point, there is a service provision model. We have pointed it out to the HSE, as has the Minister, but it is refusing to implement it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: This model could solve that problem the Deputy spoke of and hundreds of others as well that I am aware of. I am sorry for cutting across Deputy Murnane O'Connor, but there are solutions.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Taoiseach for coming in. I had the pleasure of meeting his lovely mum here two weeks ago, so I appreciate the importance of family. I am conscious that more than 100,000 disabled citizens and their families live in continuous poverty in Ireland. I refer to the time that is left in this Administration. Since I came in here, I have enjoyed very generous support from everybody in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: It was stated that the Boston team arrived on a Sunday at Dr. Goldman's invitation. How long did they stay in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: They arrived on Sunday. I doubt whether they visited the hospitals on the Sunday.