Results 761-780 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan

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

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I had a commitment and had to leave the room so if I ask a question that has already been answered, I ask her to forgive me. The Minister of State stated there were 3,000 special education classes. Is that just at primary level or is it primary and secondary level?

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

Tom Clonan: Does the Minister of State not characterise the situation as a crisis?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I echo the expressions of sympathy to the family of our former colleague, Senator O'Mahony.Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. I echo the condemnation of Russia's attack on the children's hospital in Kyiv. It was part of two waves of missiles that were fired at Kyiv yesterday. In the first wave, the Russians fired what NATO designated AS103 Kodiak missiles. These are very...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister very much for coming in. This Bill has arrived at a very particular moment in the development and transformation of the Defence Forces. From an operational perspective, when I retired back in 2000 the Defence Forces did one thing for one agency, and that was peacekeeping for the United Nations. Now they do peace enforcement, peacekeeping for the United Nations and for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I echo the congratulations to Regina Doherty on her election to Europe. In the two years that I have been here, she has been a great colleague and mentor. She is originally from Finglas and Ballymun so while I am not saying it is the Finglas Mafia who were in play, she is a great colleague and I am delighted to see her go to Europe. I wish to welcome Nikki Bradley to the House whom I met...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am just welcoming Ms Bradley to the House out of politeness. I have not said anything else. I had the great pleasure to meet her with the Taoiseach on the way in this morning. She will be a fantastic appointment, when that takes place. Yesterday, I spoke about the waiting lists for scoliosis for spinal surgery in the Children's Hospital Ireland group. Despite the commitments given by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Of course what I said was accurate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am sorry I am late. I welcome Senator Bradley to the Chamber. We met before on International Women's Day in the University of Limerick. I think it was just before Covid started. I had the privilege of hearing some of her life's journey and incredible achievements. I am delighted to see her here and to meet her again. When I heard the news, I thought it was a really great appointment....

Seanad: Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I echo the universal support for the spirit of the Bill and, having read the Bill, it is not motivated by a desire to censor or in some way restrict freedom of expression in any way but is motivated by a duty of care towards children. Smartphones really proliferated in the mid-noughties, so we now have a generation who are reaching majority who have been exposed to that technology in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State and all her officials for coming in. Before I ask my questions, because of the time of year and the fact that we may be in recess very soon, and it is not certain what will happen in October and November, I will say the following. I first met the Minister of State in 2020, after she had been appointed to the role. I thank her for all the work she has done....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Is she a medical doctor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Frankly, that is extraordinary. In terms of any of the questions the Minister of State cannot answer here, because I do not want to put her unduly on the spot, will she provide me with a written explanation of how that competition was run to a point where the individual I will not name was appointed to the position of clinical lead? I ask this because, in other areas, it is a medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: The third question is who designed this thing in the first place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: That is the mechanism by which it was researched and piloted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Who designed it. Who is the person?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Could I get an answer to the question about transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I asked a question about assessment of needs and services support. Does the Minister of State view those as mutually exclusive concepts or are there things that ought to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: Why are they not happening in this jurisdiction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: It needs to be challenged on that because people are getting nothing. That is not the fault of the Minister of State. As always, she is very frank in her responses, which I really appreciate.

Seanad: Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 Jul 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming along today. In regard to the first group of amendments, this is an oppressive and wholly inappropriate instrument. It does not just give rise to the risk of creating two categories of Irish citizenship, it de facto creates a two-tier Irish citizenship, and in doing so devalues the whole concept and value of Irish citizenship in the first place. I share the...