Results 501-520 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: Yes. I thank the Acting Chair. I am conscious of the time pressure for other Senators who wish to speak to other aspects of this care Bill. I reiterate what I said during last night's debate. The wording is, as proposed by the State on Article 42B: The State recognises that the provision of care, by members of a family to one another by reason of the bonds that exist among them, gives...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I just want to make a general observation to echo what Senator Higgins said. Notwithstanding the differences of views and notwithstanding the time constraints and the compression of this process. I do appreciate the listening ear. I felt that we at least had the opportunity to raise those concerns here. I appreciate the Minister's bona fides in this regard. I know the debate may have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that Committee Stage only of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023 be taken today and that the Remaining Stages be taken next week. The context for this, which Senator Craughwell will elaborate on, is the manner in which very important legislation is being guillotined. It is not only guillotined with respect to the time we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is being pressed.

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: Can I propose that we divide time? There is no guarantee that I will get to speak.

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Tánaiste for coming in to make his presentation and I thank Senator Craughwell for sharing his time with me. I really welcome the establishment of this tribunal. As we heard in the debate in the Dáil last week, particularly in the contribution of Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, it is an extraordinary achievement to get a fully sworn public tribunal and that is the achievement...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: No. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell is here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I have tabled this matter to ask the Minister for Health to comment on the fact we have 150 children with limb deformities and serious spinal issues who are not being operated on. I know of at least one child who has become permanently paralysed since we raised this issue prior to Christmas.It is of great interest that neither the Minister nor one of his representatives has turned up to take...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: This is not personal.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I hold the Minister of State in very high esteem and have great respect for him. The fact that the Minister and the Department have not sent anybody here is absolutely emblematic of the contempt in which they hold disabled children and their parents. The core issue is that two of Ireland's most experienced spinal surgeons came before the Joint Committee on Health last year and called out...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: With respect, on what basis?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: Is the Minister of State entitled to speak?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I know the Minister of State wants to speak.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I tabled a Commencement matter to get an informed response from the Department, not to get somebody coming in here and talking the matter by the seat of their pants. No disrespect to the Minister of State, but does he know anything about orthopaedic care?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: Children in the Gallery, you go home and tell your parents what a circus this Seanad is. Tell them how we treat disabled children in this country.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: This is a civics lesson in how parliamentary democracy is abused.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State. I have one minute to respond. I appreciate that the Minister of State, out of respect for the process, has undertaken to respond. I want him to know that we have 150 disabled children in need of complex spinal surgery. Children like my son are being allowed to deteriorate because of a vendetta by the board of CHI against two senior surgeons who raised...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: Where is the Minister? I am sorry, Acting Chairperson, you are going to have to remove me from this Chamber.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: I do not care. There are 150 children in extreme pain.