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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I am sorry I was delayed coming in, but I was watched the contributions from my office. As a parent of four children who are now adults and teenagers, I remember how in the early noughties we had four children in Dublin 4 who were under the age of six. Childcare cost €900 per month at that time. Like many of our contemporaries, we both had to work in order to pay the mortgage. That...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: One of my children when in creche, was diagnosed with a neuro-muscular disease at 18 months and has additional needs. The wonderful people who are providing the childcare, Liz and Lena, innovated and wrapped everything around him so he was included in everything. It was a powerful endorsement of his rights as a child to participate fully in the cultural and educational life of the Republic....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Professor Cooney is very welcome to the Houses. It is great to meet a colleague. I worked in Technological University Dublin, TUD, for 20 years and have been involved in a number of his courses. Regarding the whole Trinity College Dublin question, the Supreme Court judgment at the end of this month may actually produce a TUD Senator as well as a Trinity College Dublin Senator. It could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It was DIY. Let the committee hear that. That is something I have been saying over and over again: there are no supports out there. Anybody who thinks or suggests that there are supports is very much mistaken. We had the Australians in for a meeting this week. The national disability insurance scheme in Australia provides disabled Australian citizens with a wraparound service with all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: No pressure; it is another business opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Pass on my regards to our colleagues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Unfortunately, I have to go to a meeting now. I thank the witnesses for their testimony.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for attending today. I want to apologise. Like many of my colleagues, I was at another meeting. My apologies if I duplicate some of the questions or points that have been raised already. Following on from the meeting last week, I am not sure if it is my colleagues' experience, but I received an enormous volume of correspondence from early childhood care providers....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I had a specific question on aligning the financial reporting with the reporting required for core funding and the mismatch between the reporting periods. The Deputy asked the question and Dr. Brooks answered that and referred to Mr. Considine. I know from submitting annual returns myself over the past 23 years that after a period of time, there is a uniformity. I would imagine that in this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I remind the House of the situation that confronts hundreds of disabled children who are still languishing on waiting lists for complex spinal surgery in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals. To add to this injury, there is the assertion that they will not be referred abroad for treatment. We rightly raised the issue of the children who are suffering in Gaza, thousands of whom are dying, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank everybody for coming in. It is one of the habits of these Houses to sit late. We had a very interesting and engaging set of witnesses last week, particularly Dr. Hillery, the chair of the Mental Health Commission, and Professor Lucey, who is the Inspector of Mental Health Services. They said that, in their opinion, CAMHS was in failure and was failing children and adolescents in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I was really struck by something Dr. Hillery said last week. This is going to sound like a statement of the obvious - I will not use the full Monty Python analogy - but obviously children get sick and the most common pattern of illness is in the area of mental health. It is a vital service. I know that Dr. Burke is in a lead role in this area. I wish her the best of luck in her new post...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I echo the expressions of sympathy to the Honan family on the loss of Tras Honan.I also echo Senator Dooley’s comments about Dublin city. As a proud Dubliner, I am dismayed to see the city descend into anarchy as it did. I wrote an article inTheJournal.ie on 21 October in which I predicted precisely this set of circumstances. I think a Rubicon has been passed in that members of An...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I do not think she is for turning on it but can we have a debate on just ratifying the protocol?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I commend the work Senator McDowell has done on this issue. As a newcomer to these Houses, I was shocked to learn that the library in its current form was to be dispensed with. I have always had access to a library as an academic. What is a library?A library is the most powerful engine for arriving at the truth, with data, evidence, facts and nuance. As parliamentarians, we are...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming in. I hope I have enough time to say what I want to say. The most important people in all this are the victims of the stabbings last Thursday. I preface anything I am going to say with that. I am not looking for anybody's resignation or sacking. What we need now is solidarity and a bit of unity in this House, but in order to do that, we have to face the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Tom Clonan: Several weeks ago, I had a Commencement matter about the Snunu family - a Syrian woman, Nouralhuda, and her three children, Ahmet, Mohamed and Rital. Rital is a little girl; she is only three years old. They have been detained in Kuala Lumpur International Airport since May in a small room with a hole in the ground for toileting. The temperature is over 30°C with massive humidity....