Results 401-420 of 720 for speaker:Tom Clonan

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is cynical. It is hypocritical. You know what? It is consistent. I say this because Eoghan has been on a waiting list for years. Tens of thousands of children and young adults have been on waiting lists. What the Government is doing with this Bill is putting it on a waiting list. If nothing, the Government is consistent. I therefore ask in relation to that amendment that we have a...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is shameful. Do not do this.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for her comments. Before I conclude, I thank all of my colleagues from the Civic Engagement Group, the Seanad Independent Group, the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and the Green Party who support my Bill. To echo Senator Ruane, I am an independent Senator and it is very difficult for me to secure time for a Private Members' Bill. To push this back for a year is...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is designed purely to kill the Bill. It flows from a systemic thinking that a good idea can only come from the Government benches. It is not being accepted because I sit on this side of the House. The Minister of State knows where I am coming from and the journey we have undertaken. I spent 20 years outside those gates holding up placards and made three attempts to get into this House....

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I beg the pardon of the Cathaoirleach and Senator O'Loughlin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I apologise but I was just dealing with an urgent message. I wish to raise the case of Captain Dr. Lisa McNamee. She is a young female medic in the Defence Forces. She was commissioned in good faith in 2017 to complete a special military medicine training scheme. It is part of the overall GP training scheme. She entered that scheme, as did other doctors, in good faith. The training...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: This is discouraging other young doctors from joining. It is essential for our Defence Forces to have medical personnel out in places such as Syria and Lebanon. I have asked for a meeting with the Minister and a debate on this issue. I have also asked the Minister to come to the House. Can we have a debate on this matter? I feel this woman is being targeted. Given everything we know...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: Welcome home. Fáilte abhaile. When I think of diversity and inclusion, I always think of liberty and freedom. The first shots for liberty and freedom were fired in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. In fact, almost 50% of the continental army of the United States in the Revolutionary War were Irish emigrants. In the field, many of them spoke...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: It said a neighbour testified that indeed there might have been a horse of that name there but he knew no such man. Unfortunately, I do not know what became of my forebear Thomas Clonan. I do not know if he is still a horse. My journey to this House was through the experience of having four teenage and adult kids, one of whom has a disability. I have always campaigned for diversity and...

Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I commend this Private Member's motion from our colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group. We should all be greatly exercised by this. We all remember the name of Alan Kurdi, the little boy whose body was washed up on the beach in 2019. That image is iconic. It was supposed to be emblematic or symbolic of the end of something. We were supposed to be united in our resolve to end the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I want to raise two issues. One is the report of the national independent review panel that has brought forward a report on the rape of an elderly and vulnerable citizen in a nursing home run by the HSE on behalf of the State. Other elderly residents made complaints about sexual assaults perpetrated by the same staff member. It would appear from the report that...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: Fearaim fáilte ar ais roimh an Aire agus déanaim comhghairdeachas leis arís. I stand in this Chamber as a completely independent Senator in my own right. I am not part of any coalition of views and, despite certain graphics that have appeared online without my consent or knowledge, I am not part of a coalition of people who oppose the Bill. I want to be absolutely clear...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Protected Disclosures (20 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. I ask him to make a statement on the publishing of the full protected disclosure investigation report on the Phoenix Park community nursing home, St. Mary's, in Dublin, the only nursing home run by the State during the Covid pandemic. I draw the Minister of State's attention to the fact we have the HSE whistleblower, Margo, here...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Protected Disclosures (20 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State. He and I both know that the correct thing to do here is publish the report in full. It is 500 pages long, so a very small executive summary is not enough. What we are talking about here is an international standard. If a report is commissioned, then its findings and recommendations must be published in order that we can learn from them and contribute...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I welcome my assistant Noelle today. I thank her for coming along.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I welcome all our guests. I echo the sentiments about Christy Dignam. As a Finglas man myself, I lament his passing. I knew members of Aslan growing up; Alan Downey on drums was a neighbour of mine.Finglas has made a huge contribution to the arts and music over the decades, for example Bono, the much maligned Paul Hewson is also a Finglas man from Cedarwood. While some people claim that...

Seanad: Gradam an Uachtaráin Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I support this in principle, although I will echo what Senator Craughwell said, in that the Bill would require significant amendment. Positive reinforcement is the most powerful learning tool for us as a species. In Ireland, as a republic, we should be confident enough to recognise the outstanding achievements of our citizenship. One of the ways I suggest the Bill be amended is to ensure...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: I second Senator Boyhan's proposals about the speaking arrangements for the incitement to hatred Bill this afternoon. I echo the condolences for former Senator Paul Coghlan and his family. One of the recurring themes in the comments made is the collegiality he brought to the Chamber. Since I arrived here, I have experienced that generosity and collegiality from colleagues. It is a great...