Results 21-40 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes. I am here to advocate for the rights of disabled children-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and I would never raise or mention the name of a child without their parent's permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and if you want, I can hand you the email with that permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you are not going to take my word for it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I think we need to start again and I want that formula of words you used removed from the record because I will not have my contributions framed in that manner.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: No, you are not. You used a formula of words-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----that brought me into disrepute and impugned my integrity.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I am saying it because that is what you did.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: It is not my opinion; it is an objective fact-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you look back at the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Can we start again? I raise the case of a 14-year-old boy in Tralee, Daniel Collins, who, like thousands of other disabled children in Ireland, is not receiving the support, therapies or surgical interventions he needs to grow and thrive as a young man. He is 14 years old, he has autism and cerebral palsy and, since August 2024, he has been categorised as an urgent case for spinal surgery....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----spend millions and millions on legal fees and senior counsel to put families like this through an adversarial system-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and to push back against them getting their treatment. I am asking the Leader that we have a debate with the new Minister with responsibility for children, disability, integration, youth and so on, Deputy Foley, to try to see whether there is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----a way forward with this. I do not want to come in here every week for the next four years and raise-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----these cases. Let us turn it into a good news story and try to change something for children within the life of this Government.
- Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: The Minister is very welcome to the House and I thank her for being here. I want to make a few general points about early and preschool education in Ireland. We are both former teachers. I was a primary school teacher back in the 1980s, briefly. In fact, I would say that I have not really worked since. It is a very tough job. Philosophically, we all accept that the State should provide...
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Minister, fáilte isteach agus comhghairdeas on your new portfolio. I want to address section 2. I commend my colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group on bringing forward the Bill. I am proud to support it. Section 2(1)(a) seeks to oblige the Minister not to provide exemptions for aircraft where an application has been made with respect to military or dual-use items destined for the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (27 Mar 2025)
Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, for coming in. The Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, approached me yesterday to give her personal apologies to the family this matter relates to because she cannot be here due to her schedule. However, I am glad the Minister of State is taking it because we have worked side by side over recent years in the Seanad, and I know he...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (27 Mar 2025)
Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State. When a family comes forward like this and identifies themselves, not only can their individual case be discussed, it must be discussed. This is not a reference to the Minister of State, but I saw it employed as a rhetorical device by previous Ministers and, in particular, the HSE, when they say that they cannot comment on individual cases. However, when a...