Results 301-320 of 794 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: Since 2019, I have been writing to those who operate that pilot programme. I have never received a reply. Also, I would say that the waiting list to even make contact with Áiseanna Tacaíochta can be measured in years. I suggest that those involved should talk to companies such as Home Care Direct and people like Michael Harty, because it is a very successful model. It helps the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: I have become aware that, for example in the Dublin corporation area, if you modify your home to make it accessible to a disabled child or adult, you are exempt from local property tax. Is that universal or is it on a case-by-case basis? Are the witnesses aware of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: It is difficult to find a one-stop shop where I can get all the information. Quickly, because I know we are under pressure for time, how long is the average waiting list in Meath, Galway and Fingal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: Apart from the variables, approximately how long does it take? Is it a year, two years, three years or five years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: That is a significant improvement on what I heard from people in the past. I thank the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for the evidence they have given here today. I am here as a Senator; I am not a member of this committee. I am also here as a parent of an adult child with a disability. Under the UNCRPD, I am actually mandated and compelled to speak to the lived experience of disabilities in Ireland. I have a question for the witnesses, but I ask the committee to be mindful that I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: Frankly, I am very upset and concerned at some of the comments that have been made here. It would not be said about any other protected category of citizen in this country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: I thank Mr. Dolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Tom Clonan: I welcome this discussion. This is one of the most important committees and initiatives that is under way in Leinster House. With regard to death and dying, and the fear that it engenders, we have all had experience of death. I have seen my parents die, and one of my sisters die. I have seen my daughter die. In another life, I have seen innocent men, women and children being...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis Tom Hickey and I wish everyone a happy Christmas. I want to remember Private Seán Rooney, who was killed in the cause of peace. He gave his life in the cause of peace on this day last year. It was a death which "pierced the heart" of his family, as they said. In the context of everything that is happening in the Middle East, we have a proud tradition...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: I welcome the resolution by the UN General Assembly calling for an immediate ceasefire. It should come from both sides. Hamas continues to indiscriminately fire at civilian targets in Israel. This is a war crime. Hamas has threatened to execute the remaining 137 Israeli hostages. This is a war crime and must be condemned. However, the Israelis are now on day 47 of their ground campaign...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: I thank our guests for coming in and giving their evidence. I am very sorry to hear about Ms Moore Ryan's experience. I will ask a question but, unfortunately, I will then have to leave because I have a committee meeting in committee room 1, which is running at exactly the same time. My apologies for that. A couple of weeks back, Mental Health Commission representatives were here,...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: What CHO is that service running in?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: I will ask one more brief question before I go. Is there a jurisdiction elsewhere that the witnesses look to and say "this is how we should be doing it"?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses very much and again apologise that I have to go. It was great to see Ms Moore Ryan and I wish her continued good health and recovery. I thank her very much for coming in because I know it is not easy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: I have never sat in this chair before. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. As an aside, I have been married 25 years this Christmas and for the past 22 years, we have never been able to go out together without our son. In 22 years, we have never had one day's respite. It is not that we look for it but it relates to the question the witness has posed about what will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Tom Clonan: Thank you very much, Senator Flynn.