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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am talking specifically about their qualifications and their higher specialist training. I appreciate they are undertaking this work, but my concern is around the higher specialist training and the medical staff and all of the allied clinicians and therapists who are there. Ms Shortt answered the question partially around some of them coming from Tusla. In her evidence, she also...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: The sense I am getting from Ms Shortt's evidence is that when she refers to forensic specialists, she is talking about people who carry out medical examinations in order to either harvest evidence or to ascertain any evidence of injury or such.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: As regards the specialist interviews and the trauma-informed child-centred interviews, which are carried out in a safe place consistent with the five principals set out, is there a psychological input there? Are there psychiatrists involved or is it a psychologist?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Tusla does not have any psychiatric input, such as child and adolescent psychiatry input, at this level. Is there any liaison with CAMHS?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: As regards the section 38 and 39 organisations, is Tusla outsourcing some of this work to section 39 organisations?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Why is this not being provided by the State? Is this impacted by the recruitment embargo in the HSE?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Is there a recruitment and retention issue with those kind of staff? I know that in other areas, such as in CDNTs, physiotherapists, occupational therapists or psychologists cannot be gotten because they all go. That is in a section 38 environment. They do not want to work there and are going elsewhere.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Where do they get this training? Where do they get these qualifications?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: They are outsourced to section 39 organisations.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses. I have one outstanding question. How does Tusla triage? Who is the responsible person? Who decides who goes to Barnahus and who does not?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Mr. Brophy for the clarity. I have one outstanding question. Are these families and children bounced from the security that you are providing them into an adversarial prosecution? When it goes to prosecution, are they bounced into an adversarial-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Unfortunately, I have to discuss some amendments in the House.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Mr. Brophy.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Air Traffic Control Services (15 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I thank the Minister of State for coming in. First of all, I would like to apologise. I came in on the DART this morning and there was a false signal at Bray, so I was delayed as a result. I thank the House for its flexibility. I ask that the Minister for Transport state how much the Department of Transport has paid the Irish Aviation Authority....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Air Traffic Control Services (15 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: Go raibh maith ag an Aire Stáit. I thank the Minister of State for the detail in his response. I appreciate that. While this may be the responsibility of the Department of Foreign Affairs, there is collective responsibility at Cabinet level. What the Department of Transport does cannot be disconnected from our neutral status. I raise this because of what is happening in Rafah. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I raise an issue on which I have been contacted by survivors of the St John Ambulance Ireland of an appalling scenario where young people, who were handed over in loco parentis and in good faith to participate in the activities and learnings associated with St John Ambulance Ireland and that public service, were sexually assaulted and raped. I know myself from the work I have done in this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I again want to raise the issue of conflict. I have been involved in the conflict space for 35 years. I have never seen Europe so destabilised as it is now. We have an attack by approximately 35,000 Russian troops in the area of Kharkiv. I fear for a break out on the eastern front. These are effects that will be felt from Kharkiv right across to Lysychansk to the banks of the Grand...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank Deputy Cronin for proposing this amendment Bill, which is absolutely essential. I had the experience of losing a daughter back in 2003. She went full term, but there was a cord accident at birth. It is very unusual but it does happen. She would have been 21 this year. Her mother and I were both working parents, which, as a result of economic necessity, is the case for everybody in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Deputy. Is the Government supportive of the Bill?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: My fingers are crossed. I hope we can. I again congratulate the Deputy and thank her for putting in the work.