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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Thanks Chair. I apologise as I obviously missed the Minister's response on that. I ask him to address the questions I asked, given everything we have learned about how Ireland rolls with regard to this. Abusers are protected and shielded. Organisations' default position is to protect themselves and their reputations. Very far down the line is the welfare of those who have been targeted...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for his frank response, which I appreciate. I apologise again to the Chair that I did not hear the earlier contributions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Ms Gallagher for her detailed evidence. I will try to be brief because she has covered so much ground. I first thank her for all the extraordinary human rights work she does in the UK and elsewhere. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a graduation ceremony at UCD a couple of years ago. My eldest guy, who has gone well past the tooth fairy, graduated in law at UCD. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I apologise; as the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is before another committee, I will have to leave after their responses to attend it. I was on the DSG and benefited from Ms Dempsey-Clifford's stewardship and her skills as a chair, so I appreciate that very much. As for the NDA's reports, I have a number of young adults and teenagers. My youngest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I have received hundreds of emails from families in crisis for whom precisely that is what has happened. For example, a couple in their 80s will have had their son or a daughter who are in their 50s returned to them. I have been told that sometimes, people are transported in a taxi or a minibus and the parents are told, "Here you are." This is not fake news. It is not an artificial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Why is it the case that people like Daniel Airey, Geraldine Lavelle and my son cannot get that support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: What about the tens of thousands of people who are coming through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Let us not deflect from the core issue. What about the tens of thousands people who are coming through? I refer to people like my nephew, Donagh, who has Down's syndrome and lives in Dundrum. There is nothing for him. There is nothing for my son. There is nothing for the hundreds of people who have contacted me and because of the statistical analysis, there are many thousands of people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I appreciate that, and I appreciate that is a frank response. It aligns with my experience that it is of low priority. Apart from giving out about this, there is a responsibility on people like me to try to be a part of the dynamic that persuades those in positions of power to actually have the political will to drive this thing forward. I will try to finish with something positive. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: On that point, there is a service provision model. We have pointed it out to the HSE, as has the Minister, but it is refusing to implement it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: This model could solve that problem the Deputy spoke of and hundreds of others as well that I am aware of. I am sorry for cutting across Deputy Murnane O'Connor, but there are solutions.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have been asked on behalf of my colleagues, Senators Ruane and Higgins, to move several amendments for them. Regarding Dáil amendment No. 3c to this legislation, the rationale for the Senators' proposed amendments to this amendment is as follows: this grouping of amendments relates to an issue that my colleague Senator Higgins raised...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 1 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: To delete paragraph (d)(i) and substitute the following: "(d) selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated as natural heritage areas having regard to— (i) all of the matters to which the Minister is required to have regard under section 16(6), (ii) the list of proposed natural heritage areas, (iii)...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 2 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: To delete clauses (Il), (Ill) and (IV) of paragraph (d)(i).

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 3 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: To delete paragraph (d)(i)(lll).

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 4 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: In paragraph (d)(i)(lll), before "facilities" to insert "environmental".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 5 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: In paragraph (d)(i)(lll), before "projects" to insert "environmental".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 6 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: In paragraph (d)(i)(lll), after "projects", to insert "having a primary objective of environmental conservation, restoration or protection".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 7 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: In paragraph (d)(i)(lll), after "community," to insert "which shall not include football pitches, golf courses, hotels or car parks,".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 8 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 3c: In paragraph (d)(i)(lll), after "community," to insert "but which shall not include projects without a clear and primary environmental objective".