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Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Just by way of explanation, all the subsequent amendments pertaining to all the sections from Senator McDowell and I all refer to the same principle of including extra institutions. I do not intend to speak to them as I spoke to the Minister about it earlier and last week. I take in good faith his assurance they will, with whatever discretion they have, seek to include those graduates. ...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I will be a shot in the arm, being the young energetic Senator that I am.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: I do not share the same ideological ground as Senator Mullen. My amendment relates to the categories of citizens set out in the legislation. It includes all those referred to.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: What the Minister said may have been unintentional but she should clarify the record because, with respect, my amendment seeks explicitly to protect that category of citizens in question.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister is simply continuing; she has not corrected the record. I ask the Chair to direct the following question to the Minister: does she intend to correct the record or does she stand by her assertion that there is nothing in my amendment that would seek to protect all the categories of citizens as set out by her and her drafters? I have explicitly referred to protecting them.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: Will the Minister correct the record?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: She said none of the amendments submitted by any of the Senators would protect a transgender person. I have the greatest of respect for the Minister; this is not personal.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister is very welcome to the Chamber again. I do not have any objection whatsoever to the intentions and principles that underpin this Bill. It is sometimes said that perfection is the enemy of the good, but one small imperfection in this Bill is the enemy of the good intentions of the Minister and the Government. With regard to the definition of hate I have submitted in my...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: With respect to the Senator, it is not a comprehensive list because all of humanity is infinite and varietal. All difference is to be celebrated. To read-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is a finite list, so it cannot purport to represent the infinite variety of all human beings which, as I said, should be celebrated.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Ceannaire is very kind and I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Brambles is a day and respite care service operated by St. Catherine's Association in Newcastle, County Wicklow. It is a service that is available for parents and carers of children and young adults with intellectual disabilities. I have to declare a conflict of interest here. My nephew, who has Down's syndrome, gets much...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the case of Caitlin Ada Joanne Hassan. This is not the first time I have raised it and I am bringing it to the House’s attention again. This young woman was sexually and physically assaulted in a publicly funded care provider. It was subcontracted by the HSE to do what should be done by the State as a matter of human rights and entitlements. Unfortunately, we are 30...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is a matter of public record.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: She was physically and sexually assaulted. This House quite rightly expresses concerns about safeguarding and vulnerable people. Much has been made of those matters in recent weeks,-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: -----but when it comes to this young disabled woman, there appears to be less-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: I shall continue. A report was commissioned by the HSE in much the same way that the Catholic Church used to investigate itself. It has its own little investigative arm. It investigated the allegations and the report was withheld from Louise Hassan, a single mom and Caitlin’s mother, for no reason.When she wrote to the HSE to the disability services manager to get sight and access...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: In advance of the election, I thank the Cathaoirleach and his predecessor, Senator Mark Daly, for welcoming me into this House. I also thank Martin Groves, all of the staff in the Seanad Office, the ushers and everybody else who is part of this community for their support. I particularly thank my colleagues here in Seanad Éireann for all the support they have given me in the short time...

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirleach, agus comhghairdeachas, and also to Senator Wilson, the father of the House. I remember on being elected that Senator Wilson gave me some great advice. He said, "It was talking got you in here and it is talking that could get you out." Wise words of advice. On the subject of geography, we have two Senators from Tallaght. I think I am the only Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: I want to raise the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters. This is an extremely important committee, which was set up originally on the basis that it was for a special purpose. I have heard a suggestion that the committee might not be reinstated during this Dáil and Seanad term. I ask that this committee be reinstated as a matter of urgency and priority, and that it be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the issue of the triple lock. It has been reported widely that the Government is considering removing the triple lock and will introduce legislation to do so in the coming weeks. I have some serious questions for everyone in this House in this regard. I am trying to be as constructive as I can. The triple lock consists of a UN Security Council resolution, or UN Assembly...