Results 741-760 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: Bearing in mind that we might need accommodation to meet the needs of 230 people, looking in his crystal ball, what percentage of that need does Mr. Devereux believe we will meet by 2028? Does he think St. Michael's House will be able to cater for 10, 50 or 100 of those people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: What is the budget for what St. Michael’s House does provide at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: In other words, in order to meet the need, one would need to double that figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: That would probably explain the volume of correspondence I get-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: -----and our own family has had the experience of there just being none.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I will finish now because I do not want to keep the Leas-Chathaoirleach any longer. I really appreciate the representatives’ responses and their candour. During the financial crash, we got intellectual honesty from the banks to a certain extent, because they put their hands up, said they had failed and said that we needed help from outside the jurisdiction. We handed our financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services (Resumed): Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Mr. Devereux for that frank response. I appreciate it. I thank him for all of the hard work he is doing under very difficult circumstances. On the issue of human resources, where can we put pressure to help with respite and transport? What happens to people when their parents die? Where do they end up?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I am not going to comment on the judgment that was delivered in a recent high-profile case. Instead, I will address the question of the role of commissioned officers. Under Defence Forces regulation A7, paragraphs 55 to 58, they are required to attend court in an observer role but they are not required to disclose any information concerning the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: In the context of the commitment to zero tolerance for violence against women, as a matter of priority, the Tánaiste and the Secretary General of the Department of Defence should immediately amend these paragraphs of the Defence Forces Regulation, DFR, A7, in that membership of the Defence Forces, in cases of violence against women, should not be a mitigating factor. It should be an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I wish to quote Ms Justice Ann Power from the opening statement of the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces, which covers issues of discrimination, harassment, bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape of male and female members of Óglaigh na hÉireann. It is a culture that promotes class discrimination, promotes discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I did a rough estimate based on that. There are approximately 60,000 students in each year. Given that about 60,000 sit the leaving certificate every year, I extrapolated from that. From junior infants up to sixth class, there is a cohort of about 60,000 nationwide in each of those years. At primary level, that would give us a total of 480,000, almost half a million, pupils and at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I heard the Minister of State speak about this in the audiovisual room the other day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister of State referred to a prevalence estimate of 3.8%, which is as near as makes no difference to 4%. Based on my calculation, it means there are approximately 48,000 people in the system who are on the spectrum. There is a huge range of need within that. I ask again how she would characterise the capacity to meet that need. Is the system in crisis or is it doing fine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am asking the Minister of State how she would characterise the situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister of State is using passive language in talking about parents who "cannot find a place for their children". In fact, there are no places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Mr. McLoughlin for his response. I am grateful to the Minister of State for her frank assessment of the current situation as a crisis. I know it is not a crisis of her making. The correspondence I receive certainly speaks of a crisis for families. They appreciate hearing it framed in that way. I wish her the very best of luck with meeting that need in the coming years.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber. Domestic violence statistics in Ireland are shocking. Some 14% of women experience physical violence in the home and in relationships and 6% of women experience sexual violence in the home, including sexual assault and rape. Almost one in three or 31% experience psychological, coercive control in the home setting. I know more information is...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear,

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Jun 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.