Results 941-960 of 1,088 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: Yes, but the specific question was whether the witnesses accept that carers and parents are mandated to speak to-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: So Mr. Darmody believes-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: I am making the point how do they know-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: I am also a member of the disability matters committee which, unfortunately, sits at precisely the same time as the health committee and I apologise for leaving earlier. To declare a conflict of interest, I sat on mental health tribunals for more than a decade before I was elected. I have attended hundreds of mental health tribunals. Before I ask questions, I want to say that I cannot...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in. It has been my experience, as an academic, that when we speak to issues like the triple lock and neutrality, it invites a very vitriolic and abusive response, not just from unnamed people online but from our academic colleagues, people who should know better. Some very high profile academics engage in ad hominem attacks on anyone who speaks to...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: Does Professor Murphy have any thoughts on an alternative to the triple lock that might be workable?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: No pressure.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: On a point of order-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and I mean to be constructive, a number of Fine Gael MEPs published a position paper advocating Ireland's membership of NATO. That is not a criticism because it was a well-articulated, well-argued and cogent argument.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: They were intellectually honest in doing so. They were saying this was their desired trajectory.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: Public positions have been taken on the matter.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: It is easy enough.
- Seanad: Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (18 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming in and presenting us with her observations on the Farrelly report. It is fair to say Grace has become a household name in Ireland and, sadly, for the reasons the Minister has referred to. Grace was failed. Everyone from the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to the various Ministers who have a footprint in this area have all expressed regret this has happened,...
- Seanad: Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (18 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: Thank you.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming in. I have a couple of conflicts of interest I have to declare. First, I served and soldiered with Declan Power in a couple of different guises. I think he has been one of the most powerful voices for the recognition of the service of our troops in the Congo. I think he has done outstanding public service in this regard. I do not think he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: The challenge I have is not to get emotional in this discussion. Before I ask questions, I should say there is nothing personal in this. I know that each and every person here is a good person who is trying to do their best but collectively, ladies and gentlemen, something has gone terribly wrong. It is a scandal of international dimensions. This report, which CHI has not published, is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Tom Clonan: No. Responsibility.