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Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 43: In page 12, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(k) to promote party of esteem and support equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation,”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: At the outset, I must declare a conflict of interest. My father was a garda in Pearse Street Garda station, and my grandfather was a garda in Kevin Street Garda station. Their service overlapped briefly in the 1950s. I am told that my grandfather used to go from Kevin Street to Pearse Street to make sure my dad was in bed. I believe they had a doorman there. Dad would have retired around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Does Mr. Jones have a breakdown for his workforce? How many are neurodiverse and how many have disabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: That is not a bad thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am just saying that I imagine it is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am glad to hear about the peer-to-peer mentoring. Back in the nineties, in Lebanon, post-traumatic stress debriefing was a new concept. After a period of six weeks of very intense shelling and attacks, we, as a unit, were offered PTSD. The person who gave the training was a chaplain but was not qualified and said we should say a decade of the rosary. We got a decade of the rosary, so I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: If the figure is 7% in the Courts Service, I suspect there is probably a cohort of people with hidden and other disabilities whose proportion is probably consistent with that in the general population.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I have to declare a conflict of interest. I am a member of the NUJ and have been for 23 years. I have had issues that were very well dealt with by the secretary general, Mr. Dooley. I just wanted to put that on the record. The other conflict of interest I have is that I have been in and out of RTÉ for 24 years as a security analyst, less so recently for whatever reason, and I have...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Do the unions have a means to do so? I have learned a lot in the short time I have been sitting here about the extent to which the unions can represent their members. Is that something it can ballot for industrial action over? In another part of the public service - I worked in DIT, now TU Dublin, for 22 years - if I was asked to do the work of another lecturer without getting paid, I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: In my questioning, there is no implied criticism whatsoever of any of those presenters. Like I said, I think the product that is generated is of a very high standard. It is failure of management and leadership. Unfortunately, as was pointed out by committee members, some of those people have not made themselves available to the committee. Particularly with public funding, that is a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: First, I apologise for not being here for the opening statements. I was caught in the Order of Business on a matter that is not far removed from what we are discussing here. I also welcome Dr. Niall Muldoon, whom I have never met, but I thank him for all his powerful advocacy in the area of disability rights for children. As a parent and a carer, I really appreciate it. I must confess...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: This was back in the 1980s when Ireland had a very homogenous population. I want to compliment the witnesses for all the work they have done on issues of race, ethnicity and all of the sensitivities in that area because it is something Ireland really has to get to grips with. No pressure on you guys, but you are the demographic that will have to do that and you are already showing...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: One of the issues that has emerged in the research that has been carried out at third level is that there is not enough conversation around the area of consent. This leads to a situation that might otherwise be an interaction between two consenting adults becoming an assault. There is a parallel issue of the proliferation of pornography and access to pornography. In the absence of proper,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: This issue came up for me by accident in a discussion at home. There was an horrific incident a couple of years ago where a young woman was handcuffed by a police officer in London and was then raped and murdered. We happened to be talking about that case at home and my daughter said: "By the way, when you pass by in the car, don't beep the horn at me." I asked whether that is because I am...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Are teachers squeamish about it? Do they not want to go there?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I went to a Christian Brothers school in Finglas in the 1970s and 1980s. When we did biology, the teacher said we could read the chapter on reproduction ourselves. The teacher would not teach us the reproduction chapter because of that squeamishness. There is a fear around talking about these issues. I am hearing from the witnesses that they are not squeamish or fearful. They want to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I have to apologise. I have amendments to legislation going through the Seanad so I have to go up and do that. It was lovely to meet everyone. I am very sorry. I had a parent in with me and I just could not leave. When I was in the Army, we had 18-year-old soldiers. We used to drop them off at the checkpoints in south Lebanon at night. We would leave them there for 12 hours and say...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is with a heavy heart and some distress that I raise the issue of a very talented young student with disabilities who applied through the CAO in good faith for a place in the National College of Art and Design, an institution that is supposed to represent truth and beauty and the highest ethical standards.Unfortunately, despite this student having an amazing portfolio and having exhibited...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Grand. I ask you to give me a few extra seconds at the end.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: The family, when they became aware of this, brought it to the attention of the board and the senior leadership team of the NCAD. The Minister, the board and the senior leadership team have known for six months about this discriminatory treatment but they have not acted. Their only response was two weeks ago, when Emma O'Kelly, for RTÉ, did a story that covered it. Then they issued a...