Results 881-900 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Hold on a minute, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I have the permission of the parents, so I will not be impugned.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I will not be impugned in this way. If anybody thinks that vindicating or advocating for the rights of a disabled child will somehow embarrass them in the future, that is an absolute disgrace. I call on you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh to withdraw the formula of words you have just used there and have them struck from the record, because I will not have my contributions here framed in that...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: No, you are not making it clear. You are making it unclear. You are creating an element of doubt. You are obfuscating, you are conflating and you are eliding, and I will not tolerate it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes. I am here to advocate for the rights of disabled children-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and I would never raise or mention the name of a child without their parent's permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and if you want, I can hand you the email with that permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you are not going to take my word for it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I think we need to start again and I want that formula of words you used removed from the record because I will not have my contributions framed in that manner.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: No, you are not. You used a formula of words-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----that brought me into disrepute and impugned my integrity.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I am saying it because that is what you did.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: It is not my opinion; it is an objective fact-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you look back at the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Can we start again? I raise the case of a 14-year-old boy in Tralee, Daniel Collins, who, like thousands of other disabled children in Ireland, is not receiving the support, therapies or surgical interventions he needs to grow and thrive as a young man. He is 14 years old, he has autism and cerebral palsy and, since August 2024, he has been categorised as an urgent case for spinal surgery....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----spend millions and millions on legal fees and senior counsel to put families like this through an adversarial system-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and to push back against them getting their treatment. I am asking the Leader that we have a debate with the new Minister with responsibility for children, disability, integration, youth and so on, Deputy Foley, to try to see whether there is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----a way forward with this. I do not want to come in here every week for the next four years and raise-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----these cases. Let us turn it into a good news story and try to change something for children within the life of this Government.
- Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: The Minister is very welcome to the House and I thank her for being here. I want to make a few general points about early and preschool education in Ireland. We are both former teachers. I was a primary school teacher back in the 1980s, briefly. In fact, I would say that I have not really worked since. It is a very tough job. Philosophically, we all accept that the State should provide...