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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: These are pressing national issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Deputy Sherlock is not here. Would the Cathaoirleach give Dr. Henry an opportunity? What would an action plan look like? How could we solve this problem?

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: On a point of order, I think there is a clear inference there of a conflict of interest. I think it is unfair-----

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: -----and I do not think it behoves this House to introduce that type of argument or narrative here.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I did not want to speak.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Does either Ms Boylan or Mr. Andrews believe that Russia will be able to successfully mount a ground invasion against a NATO country by 2029?

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for being here. I commend the Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 and Senator Ryan and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who co-sponsored the Bill. It is very important and, as has been set out by colleagues, this is the least we can do in marking this loss. The most extraordinary thing we can do as human beings is bring life into the world. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Bienvenue en Irlande to our French allies and great friends. Vive la France. It is great to celebrate France and Ireland; the Iiberté, égalité, fraternité, and now sororité, that exist between our countries. Today also marks the anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica. I was proud to serve in former Yugoslavia with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for attending and Mr. Herrick for his presentation. It is great to see Dr. McDonagh again. I am sorry she got delayed on the way in. I have a question for all three witnesses. I know Mr. Herrick is relatively new; his is a relatively recent appointment. I congratulate him on that. I am delighted to see him in the role. I relied heavily on many of his publications...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Chair for allowing me to come in a second time. I want to apologise. I am on the health committee, which is why I have been coming and going. I will pick up where we left off and the first principles of legislative rights for disabled citizens. I am concerned that the only legal right disabled citizens have at the moment is the legal right to an assessment of need and I hear...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: On the issue of the medical model, Ireland is so much an outlier that we do not even meet the basic threshold for compliance with the medical model. We have children who cannot get routine surgeries. I have noticed that some Government figures have begun to mobilise the medical model as a way of saying, "That is the medical model” or "Diagnosis is a bad word" but we are not even...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I welcome the witnesses and it is great to see them. They are former colleagues. I am proud to say I was a member of RACO and I was a barrack representative in the independent republic of Magee Barracks, Kildare, back in the day. Sadly, like myself, it has been retired. We have mostly discussed the triple lock and what might replace it. We have not really got to grips with these heads....

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Yes, I just wanted to clarify the distinction. I am aware of it.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I would like to make one last request. We worked with RACO on the previous Defence (Amendment) Act. We argued the case vocally in the Seanad and laid down amendments we had drafted in consultation with RACO. We seemed to get some traction with the then Tánaiste and Minister for Defence - it was Micheál Martin at the time - but then everything was just guillotined. While we in...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: May I raise a point of order?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Senator Craughwell characterised my description of war fighting as a personal opinion. In fact, there is very comprehensive military journal literature written by professional officers that demonstrates quite clearly that peace enforcement can become war fighting. I gave the examples of the UN mission to Korea and the UN mission to Afghanistan, ISAF, which evolved into a full war fighting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: The witnesses are all very welcome. I thank them for coming here. I apologise; I am on the Committee on Disability Matters so I am over and back to the meeting. Ms Rickard-Clarke mentioned culture. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is reporting on the gaps in Ireland's implementation of the UNCRPD and that issue of culture comes up again and again. It was mentioned that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: What is it called? I did not catch that.